Bud sold 500,000 barrels of Lime-A-Rita in the first 8 months

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  1. sandiego67

    sandiego67 Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2008 California

    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/04/24/budweiser-introduces-strawberry-beer/#ixzz2RR2lzlHm
     
    #1 sandiego67, Apr 25, 2013
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  2. Marty91

    Marty91 Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Wow.. maybe they'll come in margarita glass shaped cans.
     
    #2 Marty91, Apr 25, 2013
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  3. sixerofelixir

    sixerofelixir Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2009 Ohio

    8%? The forecast calls for lots of puking..
     
    #3 sixerofelixir, Apr 25, 2013
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  4. Danielbt

    Danielbt Initiate (0) May 4, 2012 Texas

    I would have been all over this as a teenager.
     
    #4 Danielbt, Apr 25, 2013
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  5. heatwaves

    heatwaves Initiate (0) Oct 17, 2009 California

    I hate to think what chemical concoction they're using to create the flavors.
     
    #5 heatwaves, Apr 25, 2013
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  6. Premo88

    Premo88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,682) Jun 6, 2010 Texas
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah

    Is it Mr. Bernstein or Charles Foster K. who says it best in Citizen Kane?

    "It's no big deal to make a lot of money if all you want to do is make a lot of money."
     
    #6 Premo88, Apr 25, 2013
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  7. Danielbt

    Danielbt Initiate (0) May 4, 2012 Texas

    Limes and strawberries? It's not always cheaper to use artificial ingredients over natural.
     
    #7 Danielbt, Apr 25, 2013
  8. SerialTicker

    SerialTicker Pooh-Bah (2,851) Jun 18, 2012 Missouri
    Pooh-Bah

    My friend had one of these lying around awhile back and I had one ...

    I enjoy a good margarita, but these "Can-a-ritas" taste absolutely awful.
     
    #8 SerialTicker, Apr 25, 2013
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  9. olfolxholme

    olfolxholme Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2011 California

    I was horrified how many people were drinking green metal bottles of heineken at the giants game the other night... until i realized it was BUD LIGHT LIME-ARITA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Lime-Arita sounds like a stomach problem to me.
     
    #9 olfolxholme, Apr 25, 2013
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  10. thecommish101831

    thecommish101831 Crusader (420) Jun 29, 2010 New Jersey

    Straw ber rita has been out for almost 2 months here.

    Odd timing for this article
     
    #10 thecommish101831, Apr 25, 2013
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  11. heatwaves

    heatwaves Initiate (0) Oct 17, 2009 California

    Yes, it is always cheaper. If it wasn't, every food company would use real fruit. "100% lime flavor" does not equal "100% lime juice".
     
    #11 heatwaves, Apr 25, 2013
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  12. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
    Pooh-Bah

    According to the article:

    "But the straw-beery drink got pretty high marks from RateBeer, an independent review board for craft beer enthusiasts.

    But when I reviewed the ratings on RateBeer it got a 6....ahaha I love the schwed marketing.
     
    #12 GetMeAnIPA, Apr 25, 2013
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  13. Luv2Brew422

    Luv2Brew422 Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2012 California

    I would agree, except for the fact that there is 0% Tequila!
     
    #13 Luv2Brew422, Apr 25, 2013
  14. CelticAleMan

    CelticAleMan Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California

    And some seriously bad hangovers. :wink:
     
    #14 CelticAleMan, Apr 25, 2013
  15. beercanman

    beercanman Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2012 Ohio

    Reading this gave me a migraine.
     
    #15 beercanman, Apr 25, 2013
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  16. squirrely2005

    squirrely2005 Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2011 Texas

    I had the strawberry one the other night. I don't remember what it tasted like because I was already drunk and kept getting told "it'll fuck you up." I think it was like an 8oz can which would be something like only one beer. I'm bad at math so that's probably wrong but still. People don't know what they're talking about.
     
    #16 squirrely2005, Apr 25, 2013
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  17. sandiego67

    sandiego67 Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2008 California

    I was more impressed that Lime-A-Rita outsold every craft beer in the US. It still appears that the big brewers can throw anything together and it still sells in big numbers.
     
    #17 sandiego67, Apr 25, 2013
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  18. SaCkErZ9

    SaCkErZ9 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,057) Feb 27, 2005 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Call me when they come out with "Sex on the beach-a-rita". I can just imagine the marketing on that one...
     
    #18 SaCkErZ9, Apr 25, 2013
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  19. FriarTuckInLuck

    FriarTuckInLuck Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2011 Arizona

    This shit is classic. I need to start saving these for posterity...
     
    #19 FriarTuckInLuck, Apr 25, 2013
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  20. TacoHugs

    TacoHugs Initiate (0) Jun 29, 2011 Illinois

    4Loko is still the king
     
    #20 TacoHugs, Apr 25, 2013
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