Drew Carey was featuring "buzz beer" on his TV show years ago. He should sue.

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Yep, I saw that beer a while back. I haven't seen something so blatantly marketed to the rave community since my last party flyer.

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I'm aware of it. It got a half-page ad in the campus newspaper, for more than the price of a student ad but less than the price of most commercial ads. That's partially because Anheiser-Bucsh is a huge donor to WU, but I also suspect it says something about the prominence of alcohol here.

But for my overall take: See userpic.

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Could it taste worse that that other "That made Milwaukee famous"?

Like to try it I suppose yo see if it gives wings too....3, all left handed ones with one upside down...

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Personally the idea of "buzz beer" makes me yack. Then again, this is coming from someone who prefers homebrews/microbrews and has discovered the joys of Belgian kriekbier (basically lambic ale infused with cherries) :9

I *really* have a hard time seeing how guarana would work in beer, even as an infusion; the sourness of the guarana *isn't* like it is in lemon (so it's not like how it'd work with lemon & lager, or lime-inated beers)...stranger things have been put in brews, though. *shrugs*

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Once upon a time, I had a friend named Koan. Koan liked to invent things.

One day, Koan went to a party where no one was serving any good drinks. He decided to retaliate, by inventing something. It was a simple invention, a mixture of the two most horrible substances to be found at the party: equal parts Surge and Milwaukee's Best. He never tried it himself, but offered this creation to other unwitting partygoers.

Then Koan discovered an interesting thing. This drink did not actually cause regular intoxication. Instead of feeling drunk after several glasses in a row, test subjects claimed they just began to hurt, or that they, "felt violated." It was like an instant hangover, without the annoying drunk or passing out parts beforehand.

Thus was born the Violator. Share it with your friends!

Yes, he really was named after the nonsensical Zen riddles. But you can kind of see why now, huh?

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Bax,

Don't you remember "Sparks"? I brought the last can ever to be sold in this store over to Kady's, and I think you were around when we marveled at it.

IIRC, 6% alcohol (vodka?), highly caffeinated, taurine / guarine and all that good stuff, super fizzy, and it tasted like orange cough syrup.

Good stuff. I actually kinda liked it near the end.

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There is a classic frat party drink that involves combining equal parts Nat Lite and Mountain Dew - sort of like a shandy from hell. I've been told it makes the Natural Light palatable, but I don't believe it. This seems like a way to avoid that whole annoying mixing step.

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I prefer Skittlebrau.

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I'm told by a friend who works as a bartender at a nightclub that the rave kiddies like vodka and red bull. Sounds kinda similar.

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