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Just picked up this beer it's called "Wild Blue" what a great beer!! Has a blueberry flavor, 8% alc, and very tasty and smooth thought I would share to all the beer lovers out there.[] Also under age drinking is bad so......stay away[shocked]!!!

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[cool][#0000ff]Sounds kinda "foo foo" to me. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You better watch out for a big can of beer falling out of the sky.[/#0000ff]
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I'll tell you what i'll bring a 6 pack to the catfish party and tell me what you think i'll have it nice and cold already so you can partake on the water to avoid a pesky fine..[]

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[cool][#0000ff]Not saying I wouldn't try it or that I wouldn't like it. Just givin' you some stuff.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Love blueberries and I been knowed to pop a top or two.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Ain't it amazin' though, how sometimes things go together better than you ever thought they would? And, then there's the opposite...two things that are good by themselves but terrible when combined. (Good garlic dill pickles and chocolate ice cream?)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]They say that opposites attract...like tight men and loose women.[/#0000ff]
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Oh i know, im always ready to take some crap...[cool] But I will still bring it out with maybe a few others for a good time...[].

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[cool][#0000ff]My philosophy of life is "FISHING IS ALWAYS GOOD...EVEN IF THE CATCHING ISN'T." And, if you can take enough anesthetic to ease the pain of a slow day...well, there you have it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After all you can always bring along a designated angler, to take care of the fishing part...while you handle the other details (imbibing). [/#0000ff]
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We do all need too numb the pain at times....[] And I really ike beer!!!


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I'm guessing you're buying it at the state liquor store? I don't buy beer often but this sounds like it is worth trying.
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Hey even if you don't catch a fish you will at least catch a buzz. I like all types of beer. But I only drink one or two of the fruity beers or else they start to be a little too fruity. Nothing like waking up the next morning and tasting blueberry.[unsure]
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sounds good[cool]
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Sounds pretty good!

On another note... I wouldn't bring any to the catfish party. I don't think they allow booze at the park.
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You are right no open containers in the park but on the water your good to go...[]

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Actually I bought it on Hill AFB, I should of mentioned that but didnt really think about it. I could taste blueberries for about 8 hours after drinking a six pack of it though which really wasnt all that bad[cool].

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at 8% go with the Wasatch Deavastor and enjoy a semi real beer!
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And where were you planning to store the open containers once you were done??? []
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I'll have to contact a friend there today[], thanks for the info.
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Sounds like a malt liquor wine cooler to me.
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As I’ve mentioned before, I subscribe to an unusual email newsletter. It’s paid for by Miller Brewing, done by a Milwaukee ad agency. They stalk other big brewers filings and make them public.
[url "http://www.beernewsletter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/a-b-wild-blue.jpg"][/url] Mostly, I don’t give a darn, you’ve seen one standard lager, well, you know. But last week they came up with some GREAT NEWS. Anheuser-Busch (their obvious nemesis) has “filed a certificate of label approval application with the Treasure Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for WILD BLUE!”
The caps are mine.
Miller Brew Blog, goes on to say it’s an 8 percent lager and AB say it’s made by the “Beechwood Brewing Group.”
What Miller doesn’t know is this is a serious beer, made by A-B’s craft brewing section. I got to try it two years ago at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver and again last year at an A-B-arranged cheese and beer tasting in San Francisco.
I know all the criticism about alco-pops, the sugary, fruit-laden, malternatives. I’m sorry, Wild Blue’s none of that. Here’s an excerpt from my report on that beer and cheese event in September, 2006.
“Blue Dawg Wild Blue***+ and Wensleydale Cranberry****. Cheese comes from an artisian English cheesemaker with origins dating back to Cistercian monks who came to England with William the Conquerer. Blue Dawg is an Anheuser-Busch label; the beer’s made at an A-B brewery in Baldwinsville, NY. It’s being test marketed in Ohio and Michigan.
The beer rating websites hate this beer, but I think part of that’s because it’s A-B and brewed with rice and part because many American beer raters think fruit beers are effeminate. They should try a true, workingman’s Belgian lambic.
Wild Blue’s made with a blend of barley malts and a percentage of rice. Hops are Hallertau and Tettnang. Last year, the company said whole blueberries were added to the mash. Not sure if that’s still true. This is a big beer, 8 percent and it’s true blue. Indeed.
The cheese by itself is fabulous. Crumbly and buttery with a sweetness from the cranberries, offset by an underlying acidity.
The beer is a shock. Yes, there’s sweetness and a definite fruit flavor. But after an initial sweet hit, there’s a surprising dryness that lasts into a long finish. Reisch said they used rice to gain dryness. Without the rice, the beer would be way too sweet, he said.
Together the cheese and beer are spectacular. The taste of the two mingle and explode in the mouth.
Here’s a cheer for Wild Blue. Now, if they’d just skip the rice and use a wild yeast for a secondary foundation to create a bit of sourness to balance the berries…
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[url "http://www.beernewsletter.com/blog/?p=274#comment-1400"][#0066cc]May 15th, 2007 at 6:33 am[/#0066cc][/url]
Hate to be in line with “the beer rating websites,” but I hated this one too. I thought it tasted like they’d taken blueberry pie filling, thinned and carbonated. But…I judged this category at GABF last year, and this almost made it to the final round (I know, I know, it’s blind-tasting, and if you think you know what a beer is, you’re crazy, but…once you’ve had this stuff, you will never mistake it for something else). So maybe it’s just me.
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[url "http://www.beernewsletter.com/blog/?p=274#comment-1401"][#0066cc]May 15th, 2007 at 9:54 am[/#0066cc][/url]
Thanks for the comment Lew. Obviously, this is one that draws diverse opinions. Perhaps that’s why A-B, has never rolled it out, despite the fact that they’re introducing new beers in frantic fashion these days.
Personally, I found it interesting and drinkable, although, if I were designing it, I’d have added a bit of a sour, lactic touch, There;s this unusual beer from England made with strawberries _ Melbourn Brothers Strawberry that has a sour, lactic edge, which I find quite drinkable. But lots of others are put off by the background sweetness. [li]Chelle Says:
[url "http://www.beernewsletter.com/blog/?p=274#comment-1521"][#0066cc]August 21st, 2007 at 7:03 am[/#0066cc][/url]
Oh, this is my favorite. For anyone who doesn’t like straight up beer, this is the way to go folks. =] yummmm. [li][url "http://www.natalia-vodianova.info/"][#0066cc]Natalia Vodianova[/#0066cc][/url] Says:
[url "http://www.beernewsletter.com/blog/?p=274#comment-2094"][#0066cc]January 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 pm[/#0066cc][/url]
Hey!…Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts about Wild Blue Lives: A Good Beer from Anheuser-Busch comin..holy Wednesday . [li][url "http://www.natalia-vodianova.info/"][#0066cc]Natalia Vodianova[/#0066cc][/url] Says:
[url "http://www.beernewsletter.com/blog/?p=274#comment-2289"][#0066cc]February 1st, 2008 at 11:38 pm[/#0066cc][/url]
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I'm starting to think that you like beer!![laugh][laugh][laugh]
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If I could marry it I would and if I could afford to bath well maybe not so much...[crazy]. But if I had a nickle for every different kind of beer ive had id be able to throw one heck of a party..[angelic] My all time favorite beer though is Kilkenny Super and they dont even sell it in the U.S. the only place ive found it is in a little irish pub in Italy..[pirate] It's a dark beer with overtones of coffee and carmel corn, heavy but delicious!!


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