Bud Extra (B-to-the-E)

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Candy-like aroma of strawberry licorice is completely unappealing. Clear, very pale yellow with thin cover of fine-bubbled white head that even laces a little. Sweet, fake fruit, chemical flavour has nothing to offer. Tastes very similar to a cheap sugared fruit drink as alcohol is never apparent. You’d never know this was a beer without reading the label. Watery texture with fair carbonation. This one had to pleasure the drain. Bottle sampled with ClarkVV and muzzlehatch.

Swill tasting with Muzzlehatch and Tiggmtl. Oh boy do I remember this one! I feel bad that I will have to concede a point in appearance because it did have a rosyish, light pink sort of color. Other than that, this may have just taken over my number one least favorite beer spot, knocking off my three way tie between Genny Cream, Natty Ice and Beast Ice. I thoroughly dislike making blanket statements, as if I know something better than others do, but I have to say, anyone who says this "isn’t that bad" is full of shit. This is fu**ing horrendous. If you can even get to the flavor through the intensely sharp and biting carbonation, you will find a disgusting mix of cheap, plasticy, artificial raspberry syrup, high fructose corn syrup and stale, offensive, sour evil things. Ahhhhh, just thinking about it makes me quiver. Giving it a one for flavor and palate does not even begin to do it justice.

That is not an attractive yellow. Soda pop head fades quickly. Sugary cake icing aroma. Flavour reminds me of Florisgaarden product. All sugar. Finish is somewhat herbal.

I’m almost embarassed to be rating this, but what the heck. Pours a translucent, but slightly cloudy pale yellow with a foamy head. Nose is all about pure energy drink. Mouthfeel is like a citrus soda with the obligatory ton of carbonation. There is some tangy bitterness, but I doubt it’s due to any hops. The soon to follwo after-belch isn’t very appealing. If you’re after some "energy drink" that’s plus 6 % abv then this is your ticket, otherwise stay far away, very far away.

Let me start off by saying its hard to rate this against other beers because it does not really taste like a beer but I guess that’s the point. Pours with a large head and smells like sweet raspberry cola. Pale golden color that is reminiscent of Budwiser and the taste is close to a really sweet berry wine cooler mixed with red bull. Malt aftertaste. All I can say about this beer is that its different. Not really sure about how I feel. Maybe its all the caffeine.

Aroma of a wine cooler. had good flavor and was easy on the palate. Did leave a little dry atertaste. Good beer to have once would’nt drink it all the time.

I cant believe this can be advertised as a beer. I gave it a generous aroma score because it reminded me of Rasberry New York Seltzer when I was a kid. The taste was a cheap chardonay with rasberry tones and a tart finish. I didnt even get the cheap(or expesive in this case) energy buzz!

Smells like sugary fruity peach pixie stixx. In a way, it smells like your proverbial apricot wheat. Hints of lime are present in the nose as well. Transparent straw blonde color with a decent sized white fizzy head that is quickly dissipating. Start is sweet and sugary with some sour astringent notes. Still has quite an apricot flavor to it as well. Corny malty/Budweiser aftertaste. This beer is no worse than many of the cmmercially available brewpub fruit beers. This has a fair amount of flavor if you like peaches and a small beer-like aftertaste. I’ll take this over Bud any day. This is a tad fizzy. Unique.