flogging another dead horse

I was going to start a regular feature where I reviewed stupid shows and said mean things about them. I was planning to start with E!'a new "hit" show The Gastineau Girls but after a little bit of online research revealed I would rather have the drive shaft of a Chevy Impala jammed straight up my ass, I went looking for a new topic.

So here it is, my long anticipated review of the new beer on the block, Budweiser's B to thee E (beer with caffeine). It should be noted that I am probably the ten meellionth blogger to do this.

We had a few friends over Saturday for dinner. My brother had brought the Bud Extra as my wife had expressed some interest in it. Before we sat down, the five of us stood in our kitchen doorway sampling said offering. Some of the comments included:

"That's a beer I can drink."

"Not Bad."

"Tastes like energy drink, not beer"

"Whose hand is in my pants?"

After dinner and some cheap Merlot (take that you Sideways snobs!) I finished off what was left of that first B to da E and then had another one.

As far as taste was concerned, I found it not completely horrible. Besides Red Bull, which I rarely consume, I have only tasted one energy drink. It was called "Whoop-Ass" (get it? open a can of...) and bud extra tasted much like that.

As for the combination of beer and caffeine, it totally killed my wine buzz which gives me absolutely no desire to ever drink that beer again. But I did have another tonight for the hell of it... I mean, in the interest of science.

Tonight I could taste the beer much better than the first time. But it tasted like Budweiser mixed with that grainy Flintstones vitamin taste you get with any energy drink. anther problem is that it comes in 10 ounce cans. What the hell?!

On the positive sides of things, Budweiser does provide a website (budextra.com) for their new product that will keep you in front of your computer for hours... as long as you are stoned.

Poking around on the net I found all the jokes and comments you might expect with the anticipation of a caffeinated beer. I believe I counted nearly 11 million (that might be just a tad high) separate instances of people sarcastically praising the combination of a depressant and an upper.

One guy celebrated the fact that he now had an excuse to drink beer in the morning. as if you need an excuse, buddy.

Elsewhere I read that it packs 6.6% alcohol by volume. I'm guessing what I had didn't since what I drank was purchased in Springville, Utah. I could buy more, but I won't since I can get six 12 ounce Captain Bastards for a buck and change more than the cost of four tiny Bud Extras.

But it was on a beer drinkers forum (aren't most bb's such?) that Bud Extra received it's ultimate positive review from a poster who said "it didn't make me vomit.

That pretty much sums it up for me.

notes

Next week Mr. Blunderson will review the Bud Extra website.