Wild Blue - Anheuser-Busch

jploving

South Carolina

3.25/5  rDev +54.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Got to be straight up...very average beer that I absolutely adore....
We all have a "guilty pleasure"....might be "Veggie Tales" for my 12 year old, "Harry Potter" for my wife....I have a few guilty pleasure beers....this is one of them (take time to read my future reviews and you will learn I have a lot more than I should..)
No real complexity to this....lots of blue berry and lots of alcohol...take a fruit juice-add alcohol (or ferment...not sure which they did) and carbonate...most are kind of bad...but I love this....
It appears that I am in a minority- but I do feel that a lot of people do not like it simply because it is a AB product...I understand that emotion, but certainly do not agree with it...AB is the KING of beer...YOU do not have to like it...but someone-a lot of people do-think it is the best in the world...I do not agree, but...
even though Wild Blue lacks any exciting adjectives...I still like it...I am sorry I can not give it a better rating...it is just a simple tasting beer that I happen to love.
I rate it a 3

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 01:14:46 | More by jploving

CardiacNP

Louisiana

3.14/5  rDev +49.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Wild Blue from Blue Dawg brewery in NY/ InBev

Aroma sweet blueberry ver prevalent

Appearance ruby red/purple clear with a small 1 finger cranberry head. With very little lacing

Taste - sweet wine like blueberry flavor with a little tart/bitter finish and aftertaste light carbonation

Mouthfeel smooth wine like with little residual resins

Overall a nice deceptive 8.0%ABV lager If you enjoy blueberries you should give this a try. Nice after dinner desert beer

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2013 00:51:16 | More by CardiacNP

Bear1964

Nebraska

3.06/5  rDev +45.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Pint glass showed a juice like beverage with little head to speak of, what was there was reddish purple. The smell started out like blueberry pie but went south fast and settled as stale juice box with some chemical notes. The taste was a real surprise as it tasted pretty good for what it is, I don't care for blueberries in the first place but I wanted to keep a open mind. The berry flavor was just enough but not over the top, on the down side not much Lager came through and that results in a 8% ABV adult juice drink....still have to try the Raspberry sister beer...and I do like Raspberries...I like a little more beer with my beer but I'm glad I tried it.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2013 21:29:24 | More by Bear1964

minneneva

Nevada

4.78/5  rDev +127.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

This blueberry beer is the best I have tasted. With it's full body and aroma it is pleasantly palatable. It is slightly sweet but not too sweet, and looks and tastes of delectable blueberries. The only downside is the calories. At about 260 per bottle I tend to limit myself to 1 or 2. Perhaps that can be a good thing!

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2013 02:40:08 | More by minneneva

angrybabboon

Rhode Island

1.46/5  rDev -30.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.25

Consumed 3/16/13

Note: This is my official "Night Before the Rescheduled EBF 2013 Extreme Beer." Yes. Extreme...ly terrible.

Appearance: Absurdly purple - deep purple throughout (does not look like a typical fruit beer, which usually has lighter tones), probably thanks to some dye - pours with a shockingly bright pink head, fades to a little cap, leaves some pink streaks of lacing - despite its artificial, borderline fluorescent qualities, it is kind of pretty

Smell: It's like someone decided to melt a grape-flavored Popsicle in a generic adjunct lager - extremely sweet, like high fructose corn syrup was dumped in post-fermentation - more of a generic berry than blueberry, I think the color is making me think this smells like blueberry than the actual aroma - kind of reminiscent of grape soda and canned cranberry sauce - decidedly artificial, like Kool-Aid - some hints of a lager underneath, with some corn

Taste: The issues with the aroma are actually amplified in the taste - this tastes like carbonated, grape-flavored cold medicine - there is some blueberry flavor, but it's kind of strange and mostly overpowered by blasts of sugar - alcohol, in a cheap, terrible way, like someone dumped Kool-Aid mix in cheap vodka... perhaps worse, actually - corn and sugary grains - sweet with sweetness, sprinkled with sugar

Mouthfeel: Medium-ish body, sticky sugar grossness, cold medicine aftertaste

Overall: Great, now I have diabetes

This is genuinely, remarkably bad. I haven't had anything this bad in at least a month. I sometimes feel the urge to seek out beers with terrible reputations. I almost feel as if it helps reset my palate, giving me some perspective. And this beer certainly fits that category. I'm temped to drainpour the rest of this, as I kind of feel like vomiting, but I guess I need to practice some self-discipline.

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2013 05:11:18 | More by angrybabboon

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

1.59/5  rDev -24.3%
look: 2.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2

Given my stunning lack of success with Wild Red, I do not hold out much hope for this one, either. Maybe I will wash it down with some Wild Turkey then go buck wild while buck naked and see what happens from there.

From the bottle: "Blueberry sediment may be found in this product." I can only hope for some truth in advertising.

My initial, gentle pour still created two fingers of fizzing, deep-lavender head with mediocre retention. If Wild Red was a purplish-red, then this is a reddish-purple in color with NE-quality clarity. How can it be so bright and still have the possibility of sediment? Nose smelled like blueberry pie, which is to say, blueberry-like and quite sweet. I once really loved blueberry pie, but now I find it too sweet for my taste, so I am not holding out a lot of hope for this beer. Mouthfeel was thin and watery and the taste was unnaturally sweet. I begin to question how much actual fruit goes into these types of beers and how much of it is simply chemically manufactured esters. Finish was candy sweet and although it was not horrible, it was not something that I would want to drink more than one of them. Hell, I may have trouble finishing one without going into diabetic shock ...

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2013 16:33:21 | More by woodychandler

JackMcAwesome

Florida

3.05/5  rDev +45.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25

This was an odd one...

I did my standard pour into a pint glass, but I'm not too sure that matters here.

Look: It looks great. It's a dark purple with a pink head. Very minor lacing.

Smell: Definitely a blueberry smell. It also smells like some wines.

Taste: The wine smell was definitely a prelude of things to come, as this taste like someone took blueberries, sprite, and wine and just blended it together. There aren't any beer qualities present. On taste alone, I wouldn't classify this as a beer. I'd be curious to do a blind taste test with someone and see what they thought. It's a fruit soda to me.

Feel: In the vain of soda, that's what it feels like. Heavy carbonation, heavy on the sweet side.

Overall: I've only had the Sea Dog variety of fruit beers, and wanted to try others just for kicks. This one is A LOT different than those, but that doesn't make it bad. I'm just not sure I'll revisit this one when it's time to duplicate. I was hoping for a bit more, I guess it's the lack of beer qualities that bums me out.

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2013 22:46:53 | More by JackMcAwesome

hopheadfred

3/5  rDev +42.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

So I had this beer and thought it tasted more like a blueberry mix drink than beer. It has some serious alcohol, so that's pretty sweet, but this wouldn;t be a goto beer for me. Blueberry aroma and flavor is pretty intense. I think people dog this because it's an AB product, but compared to some other fruit beers I've tried, this one stands out. I will probably buy a six pack or two every summer to share with guests.

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2013 05:45:25 | More by hopheadfred

BlackBelt5112203

South Carolina

1.94/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass at cellar temperature.

Oh boy. I had this beer about 2 years ago and it was one of the worst I’ve ever had. In fact it’s the only beer that I’ve ever drain poured secondary to me not being able to finish a 6 pack. It’s time to revisit this one to give it a full review. Let’s see if my opinion has changed at all. Good thing I was able to get a single rather than a 6 pack this time.

L – Blueberry-like ruby color with a rather impressive 4-finger frothy, bubbly, pink head. The head actually looks like cotton candy. Really good retention and some nice sheets of lacing. Clear with lots of bubbles. For a fruit beer, the appearance is actually very nice.

S – I get musty, stale grains, blueberries, and a rather unpleasant metallic aroma. After the pretty nice appearance, this is going downhill. Now to taste it. Gulp.

T – Actually, it’s not as terrible as I remember, but still not very good at all. I’m getting sweet and slightly tart blueberries followed by alcohol (cheap rum?) dryness. The sweetness becomes cloying after a few sips. This tastes more like a rum and blueberry soda cocktail than a blueberry lager.

F – Light-bodied with decent carbonation, a sticky mouthfeel, and a somewhat cloying and somewhat dry finish. A strange rum-like dryness mixed with blueberry sweetness lingers longer than I would like it to. There’s also some throat-warmth from the alcohol.

O – This really should not be considered a beer. I guess the way that it is made technically makes it so, but you’d be hard-pressed to find many beer characteristics here. I’ve docked some good fruit beers for lacking base beer characteristics in the past. Not only does this one lack any base beer characteristics but it also does not smell, taste, or feel good. I wonder how the other offerings in this “wild” series are, but I don’t think I’m curious enough to try them. Stick to the usual adjunct lagers, AB InBev. At least those are somewhat drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2013 04:00:55 | More by BlackBelt5112203

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

1.5/5  rDev -28.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.25

LOOK: Clear ruby colored brew, pink fizzy head that has some staying power.

SMELL: Sugary sweet artificial berry scent.

TASTE: Wine mixer like grain, heaps of sweet n low like cloying sweetness and overbearing fruit flavoring. Generic berry sweetness. No balance and the flavors flat out suck.

FEEL: Surprisingly light in body but sickly sweet and a touch boozy.

OVERALL: This is not good.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2013 16:17:20 | More by Stinkypuss

kagent777

Utah

1.93/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Two bottles were brought to the beer tasting recently, but we (un)fortunately did not have the time to get to them. For the sake of knowledge, I am going to give one a try now.

Appearance: Looks like purple kool aid with a head on it. It is clear of floaties at least. The head was light pink and had uneven bubbles that did not last too long.

Smell: Blueberries and sweetness, nothing else.

Taste: A weird combination of blueberries that are not too sweet and bitter beer. The sweet and bitter clash. This reminds me of the way that the Berliner Weisse that has the woodruf flavoring in it tastes. The sticky sweetness of the syrup first and then a strange "beer" like taste after that.

Mouthfeel: Except that these are flavors that I do not want to taste, they coat the mouth pretty well.

Overall: Even for someone who likes blueberries, this beer is too berryish and not enough beer. One second though, I really cannot recommend this one at all.

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2013 04:25:10 | More by kagent777

Chemelli

5/5  rDev +138.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

I don't normally care for alcohol in general but when I tried the Wild Blue Blueberry lager/ale I was pretty impressed with it. I will definitely buy it again and recommend it to others as well. I drank it straight from the bottle so can't really give much on the appearance but everything else was excellent in my opinion.

Serving type: bottle

01-19-2013 20:25:30 | More by Chemelli

Dmart1223

Colorado

1.94/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Oh man. Talk about nectar of the gods!

The beer pours a stunningly deep purple, reminiscent of Smurf blood, with a big, frothy, nasty head that fades fast. Which is great, because you wouldn't want any kind of barrier between your face and the luscious concoction about to fill your soul.

The smell? Imagine blueberry syrup....but in beer form! How zany!

Not that you'll be sniffing it for very long, because as soon as you tilt "Wild Blue" up to your nose, your arm reflexively thrust the elixir -- glass and all -- right down your throat. What, is your throat sore? Obviously that's because you can't take the mix of "natural flavors," and "color" that come with real-life blueberries!

And WOW, feel all that alcohol! There's no pesky "beer" flavor to get in the way of getting wasted.

This beer deserves ratings above a 5. Unfortunately, they only give you 12 ounces of greatness at a time, which just makes me upset. Until they make this beer in gallon jugs complete with a needle for direct IV injection, I'll have to give the same rating I'd give a fizzy, cheap wine cooler.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 22:47:15 | More by Dmart1223

Matthewislee

Virginia

1/5  rDev -52.4%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

If I could give a lower score, I probably would. If you want cheap, syrupy, overly-sweet, gaudy fruit-beer, then I guess this might be your thing.

Smells like sugary syrupy beer
Looks like sugary syrupy blue beer
Tastes like Robitussin (at best)

If you want blueberry beer, just buy some Coors Light, puree some frozen blueberries and go to town.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 02:53:02 | More by Matthewislee

ummswimmin

New Jersey

1.98/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

I poured this beer into a tulip style glass, and the coloring is a deep purple. I got about two fingers of foam, but that goes away quickly.

Off the top a get a ton of artificial smelling blueberry. This is sickeningly sweet. It is almost too annoying to breathe this in anymore.

This tastes like cough syrup. It coats the mouth and just stays there. I really don't want to take another sip. This is definitely a sink pour.

I don't know why I bought this beer. It was as bad as I expected.

Serving type: bottle

12-14-2012 01:56:49 | More by ummswimmin

Ryanm1

Pennsylvania

1.25/5  rDev -40.5%
look: 1 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

I picked a six pack of this up from the store taking a shot in the dark hoping to find something good. It took about a few nights before I popped one of these bad boys open. Well the bottle says 8% so you know you are getting a heavy hitter. When opening it definitely smells like blueberry and pours out to the equivalent of blueberry juice concentrate's color. Had a moderate amount of carbonation make white head. The first sip seemed like a pleasant sweet surprise. After sip 2 and 3 you realize that this is an incredibly sugary drink. By sips 5 and 6 it is almost unbearable to drink.

This says blueberry lager on the label on the front but on the back says its an ale, so which is it? To me it tastes like it doesn't have hops therefore making it neither and a malt liquor. This product barely resembles beer. It was so sweet I looked up the calorie content only to find it 260 calories per 12 oz. I wonder how many grams of sugar. Def not worth picking this up unless your 16 years old and drinking for the first time.

Serving type: bottle

11-22-2012 02:07:42 | More by Ryanm1

dbrauneis

New Jersey

1.7/5  rDev -19%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

A: Pours a clear dark garnet red with purple highlights in color (not dissimilar to blueberry pancake syrup) with moderate amounts of visible carbonation. The beer has a finger tall creamy purplish pink head that slowly reduces to a thick film covering the entire surface of the beer evenly. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate aromas of berry sweetness over the top of something that is quite chemically.

T: Super sweet flavors of blueberry that almost taste like you are drinking the syrup before it was mixed with anything... Very artificial tasting. Moderate flavors of alcohol are present in the finish of this beer.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate to heavy amounts of carbonation.

O: Not the easiest beer to drink, with the kool-aid like flavors and the not so well hidden alcohol I'm not sure I would enjoy another of these (ever). There is also something very artificial about this beer even though it claims to have natural blueberry flavoring.

Serving type: bottle

11-19-2012 18:47:04 | More by dbrauneis

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.3/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Off I go into the Wild Blue... This stuff pours a clear cranberry sauce topped by a short-lived finger of light magenta foam. The nose comprises sweet blueberry (surprisingly not all that artificial) and some light cranberry sauce (strange theme...). The taste reprises the blueberry, but not it's sweeter and decidedly more artificial, like ancient sno-cone syrup or something like that. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and an oily feel. Overall, a pretty sad fruit beer, probably the worst of the Wild bunch AB puts out.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2012 05:55:14 | More by TMoney2591

andrenaline

Ontario (Canada)

2.05/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

I wasn't paying attention when I picked this one up and I should've clued in to the brewery, but what's done is done, so let's take it for a spin.

A - Pours a dark ruby red with a purple hue, thin layer of head which is gone in seconds and no lacing.

S - Sourdough bread, grainy notes, and faint sugary berry notes on the finish.

T - Very medicinal and reminiscent of cough syrop, sour bready flavours linger along with an odd cardboard flavour and hints of berry skins.

M - It's a tad prickly going down, and finishes with a touch of dryness.

O - Avoid, avoid, avoid. This stuff was terrible. Drain pour material.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2012 14:01:28 | More by andrenaline

rosen551

Minnesota

2.1/5  rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

This beer is definitely blueberry - the color is berry red, similar to juice.

Smell is sweet, almost candy-like. Taste is also very sweet, feels very carbonated in the mouth.

Overall, is a very overpowering sweet blueberry taste, not the best fruit lager.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2012 00:58:27 | More by rosen551

Roland45s

Virginia

2/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Considering I don't care for blueberry, this beer actually wasn't that bad and with the decent abv...was almost worth drinking. Ok, not so much, however, I could stomach it even though it tasted like rich cough syrup and reminded me of being a kid taking dimeatap (sp). Would I recommend it, hell no, but if you are on the FB 100 beer list challenge, you don't have a choice....

Serving type: bottle

10-26-2012 11:35:59 | More by Roland45s

95stategrad

2/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Nothing about this beer was at all compelling. The taste was completely over-the-top fruit. Not sure if it was actually blueberry, but it was definitely fruity. Almost sickeningly sweet. The only reason I'd ever buy this again is to mix with Guiness to make a Black and Blue...

Serving type: bottle

10-24-2012 20:58:10 | More by 95stategrad

frankiepop

Pennsylvania

2.9/5  rDev +38.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Dark blue. Not much of a purplish head and a little lacing. The color is that of blueberries. Its a dark.

I have had lagers before that are hinted with blueberry, but this is ridiculousness this is just like a blueberry pie.

This beer goes well with Fats Domino music.

Serving type: bottle

10-22-2012 04:18:14 | More by frankiepop

Tragyahn

3.7/5  rDev +76.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Let me start by admitting that I don't have a talented palate for beer, nor have I studied what critics say a "good" beer should be. That being said, I found this beer to be rather unoffensive compared to other high-ABV, cheap beers.

The alcohol content and relatively low price-point of this beer put it in the class of a Mike's Harder Lemonade, but the taste is not as sweet, nor is the alcohol as pronounced. The appearance and smell go along with what one would expect from a blueberry-brew. At first I was hesitant since this beer smells alarmingly like something that would come out of a can of Mike's, but don't be deceived. It's nowhere near as alarmingly nauseating or sweet as that foul malt concoction.

There's no lasting head, it pours with a deceivingly low amount of bubbles. This beer has two primary landmarks when it comes to taste, blueberry and carbonation. The sweetness and fruit-tones of blueberry mixed with a heavy carbonation and the familiar slightly-dusky aftertaste of a carbonated soda are the primary players here.

On the whole I would say this is a very drinkable and effective brew for someone who shies away from the higher IBU beers like IPAs. As long as you realize that this is a beer which tastes more like a fruit-soda than a craft-beer you won't be disappointed.

Serving type: bottle

10-10-2012 23:52:22 | More by Tragyahn

Bills453

Ohio

3.78/5  rDev +80%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Appearance - dark bluish purple with no head.

Smell - fruity, blue berries and wheat.

Taste - if you buy I blueberry beer, you must be expecting to taste blueberries and beer...that is this. Not too bad.

Mouthfeel - average

Overall - don't really like fruit beers, this isn't a terrible offering. I think it gets low ratings just because its Busch.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2012 19:14:21 | More by Bills453