Comments on: Bud’s Wild Blue With Blueberries!

By: S.Lee

S.Lee — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:01:32 +0000

7/2/09 – I just tried a sample of Wild Blue at the A-B factory tour in Fairfield. I wasn’t sure what to expect and was pleasantly surprised. I don’t have a big sweet tooth, and this beer was tasty without being annoying. I can imagine it being a good compliment to cheese or pork.. anything that goes well with fruit.

The A-B folks said that only one brewery produces Wild Blue so it’s hard to find, but I wouldn’t mind having some in the fridge just to change things up once in a while.
Also, I recommend the tour, the amount of beer produced blows your mind and the samplings are generous.

By: Bethany Culp

Bethany Culp — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:48:52 +0000

Last night, I couldn’t find my usual high-alcohol content beer, Golden Monkey, so I went for something new: Wild Blue. I was skeptical when I heard “blueberry beer,” because I’m really not into fruity drinks/beers, but at 8% alcohol I thought I’d give it a try. It took me about half an hour of complete taste-confusion to realize it was goddamn awesome. Yeah, it was sweet, and it’s nothing close to what I typically like in a beer (I’m a fan of porters and other beers that are so thick and bitter you could cut them with a knife).

Keeping an open mind, I ended up deciding Wild Blue is pretty damn acceptable stuff. The sweetness of the blueberry flavor was shocking at first, but it didn’t stick with me forever like the awfulness that is Mike’s Hard anything. I’d taste it, then the lager-y flavor kicked in and the sweet went away. I wasn’t haunted by blueberry all night. It also didn’t have that I’m-totally-gonna-kick-your-ass-and-we-both-know-it taste that a lot of high-alcohol content beers have, so it seems to have a tendency to sneak up on ya — but in a very good way. So yeah, Wild Blue. I totally get why it got terrible reviews, but I think it’s surprisingly decent. You just can’t drink it expecting it to be, well, beer.

If I ever have a friend over who claims to not like beer, Wild Blue might be a good gateway drink. And damn, you would NEVER know it’s 8% alcohol if it didn’t say so on the bottle, and then proceed to knock you flat on your ass. Never in a million years.

By: William Brand

William Brand — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:35:34 +0000

I’m afraid that as we speak, Wild Blue is dead in the water. Looks like A-B has killed it.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:18:48 +0000

I tasted this last year and I have to say as someome who does not really like beer. I loved it. Wish I could buy it in the UK.

By: Gege N.

Gege N. — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:59:59 +0000

Very good.
Was skeptical at first but pleasantly surprised. Suspected I was going to waste my money as I have before with other novelty beers, but shockingly I ate or rather swallowed my words after the first sip passed my lips. Blissfully brilliant blueberry beer. Who would have thought!
Delicious! I wanted to hurry back to the store and buy what was left before it was gone. I hope Wild Blue is a keeper. I would love to be able to purchase this beer year round. I’m not a regular beer drinker but would be tempted to stock up more regularly. This is such a treat and would be a refreshing reward at the end of the stressful work day. A tiny treasure/simple pleasure to look forward to and a yummy way to unwind.

Go Wild Blue!
I hope you stay the whole year through!

Sincere fan,
“G”

By: William Brand

William Brand — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:10:42 +0000

Hmmm.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:06:39 +0000

This Blueberry Lager is incredible!! For all of you out there who don’t necessarily care for the traditional taste of beer, this one is for you! (This might be a female favorite!) I absolutely love it!! I can’t say enough about it. I hope you’ll try it and it stays around for a long time. I went to a beer tasting in Chicago and they paired with a cheese that had berries in it. It made it even better! I wish I could share with you the name of the cheese, but I don’t remember it. Definately try out this blueberry lager from Anheuser-Busch! I wish more bars and stores in Chicago sold it.

By: William Brand

William Brand — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:17:04 +0000

I don’t know where you live, but I believe A-B has dropped it. It tanked out here in California. I initially liked it, but the production version was too sweet for me. Made the beer into a high powered (at 8 percent) alco-pop.

By: Adele

Adele — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:51:40 +0000

Wow best beer around. we went to a beer taste and it is great stuff. So we were told what local stores carry and WE can not find it any where what in the world. We have been selling word of mouth and turned alot of people on to this at the beer tasting fest. HELP

By: yvette

yvette — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:59:14 +0000

I don’t care for blueberries, but I tried some Wild Blue last night and I loved it!! great stuff just be careful because it don’t taste strong, but it’s 8% ABV. Yummmm…