Wild Blue - Anheuser-Busch

Todd

Massachusetts

1.53/5  rDev -27.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

One pint brown bottle with some ugly ass dog on the fruit kicking a giant blueberry with its hind leg. Poured, it looks like black currant juice, topped with a fizzy, tight purple-y-pink colored head. Retention is mediocre, with a creamy foam ring.

Strong artificial blueberry aroma, bubble-gummy, with a solvent edge.

If it didn't say "Blueberry Lager" on the label, you'd be hard-pressed in recognizing this as an actual beer. It's medium in body, with some syrupy density, and a prickly and spritzy carbonation. Quite tart upfront with acidic berry-like characters, super-sugary artificial blueberry sweetness, and smack of lime in the back. Sour in spots, with a growing alcohol presence as the beer warms. Dry finish, a bit tannic, with a fruit drink powderiness that's not overly desirable.

This is simply a Malt Liquor merged with a concentrate blueberry juice based soft drink. Nothing more.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2006 01:34:37 | More by Todd

Jason

Massachusetts

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

16 oz brown bottle with a "born on date" freshness date on the label.

A- Looks like cheap burgundy pushed through a sparkler, very little head retention after the purple lace clears.

S- Smells of canned blueberry pie filling and a clean solvent alcohol.

T&M- Tastes like processed juice box juice, cheap lager ... or should I say malt liquor. Thin bodied with a thin and slick syrup like mouth feel. Slickly sweet IMO with some cheap beer qualities in the finish.

D- My palate could not take more than a few sips. There is only one word that really describes this beer.

HOOCH!

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2006 02:10:39 | More by Jason

norinco

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev +66.7%

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Texas

3/5  rDev +42.9%

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Ohio

3/5  rDev +42.9%

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Absolut

California

1.25/5  rDev -40.5%

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alex_hart

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev +54.8%

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xip

Indiana

2.25/5  rDev +7.1%

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JamesStreet

Louisiana

2.75/5  rDev +31%

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Beerislivingproof

Iowa

1/5  rDev -52.4%

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Slay40

Michigan

2.25/5  rDev +7.1%

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semaj

Florida

1/5  rDev -52.4%

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Kelp

New Hampshire

1.75/5  rDev -16.7%

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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

pcsnyder

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -4.8%

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tommyguz

Pennsylvania

1.5/5  rDev -28.6%

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Florida

1.5/5  rDev -28.6%

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Florida

3.5/5  rDev +66.7%

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ZEB89

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -4.8%

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Michigan

2.75/5  rDev +31%

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Maine

3/5  rDev +42.9%

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sunny289

California

3.25/5  rDev +54.8%

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GMUPatriot_inKansas

Kansas

2/5  rDev -4.8%

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buckyp

South Carolina

2.25/5  rDev +7.1%

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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