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These new apple beers (2 Viewers)

TheIronSheik said:
Apple Jack said:
TheIronSheik said:
Are dudes really drinking this crap?

They seem to be marketing the hell out of these, and there seem to be a couple of different companies. Saw a commercial with my mom and she said, "I just don't see a straight guy ordering one of those." Is this really catching on? Or is this the new Zima?
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A lot of women are drinking it. It's a response to the cider craze.
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The reason I asked about dudes is because in all of the commercials, it's dudes asking for apple or strawberry beer. I figure women would drink crap like this, but figured they were advertising with men to make men think that it's cool to drink it. I don't care either way. I'm not a fan of flavored beers. Not for any other reason than I just don't like flavored beers. I was just asking because I was wondering if the advertising was working. It sounds like it is.
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It's probably similar to the flavored whiskey boom. With a touch of flavored syrup, you can find a way to sell your worst product to the very people that don't really like any of your products. Then even mark it up for insane profits.

 
cstu said:
Redd's tasted to me like they took a beer and added a bunch of apple syrup to it. I've tried several brands and Redd's is the only one that made me :X :
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I can't speak for the Redd's as I've yet to try any apple beer but your description is spot on how I would describe the blueberry monstrosity from Anheuser-Busch called Wild Blue Lager. Imagine BooBerry crushed into powder and then hydrated with cough syrup for that mediciney flavor we all love in our "beer". :X It's 8.7 percent abv so your kinda numb after you choke down the first one so it has that going for it.

 
Only apple beer I've had is from New Glarus. It's an ale and not a cider....and it was pretty damn good.

 
dutch said:
cstu said:
Redd's tasted to me like they took a beer and added a bunch of apple syrup to it. I've tried several brands and Redd's is the only one that made me :X :
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I can't speak for the Redd's as I've yet to try any apple beer but your description is spot on how I would describe the blueberry monstrosity from Anheuser-Busch called Wild Blue Lager. Imagine BooBerry crushed into powder and then hydrated with cough syrup for that mediciney flavor we all love in our "beer". :X It's 8.7 percent abv so your kinda numb after you choke down the first one so it has that going for it.
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I have had a decent blueberry beer from a local brewry which was good. I tried Redd's and it tasted nothing like beer.

 
jon_mx said:
dutch said:
cstu said:
Redd's tasted to me like they took a beer and added a bunch of apple syrup to it. I've tried several brands and Redd's is the only one that made me :X :
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I can't speak for the Redd's as I've yet to try any apple beer but your description is spot on how I would describe the blueberry monstrosity from Anheuser-Busch called Wild Blue Lager. Imagine BooBerry crushed into powder and then hydrated with cough syrup for that mediciney flavor we all love in our "beer". :X It's 8.7 percent abv so your kinda numb after you choke down the first one so it has that going for it.
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I have had a decent blueberry beer from a local brewry which was good. I tried Redd's and it tasted nothing like beer.
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Blueberry wheat beers are pretty darn stellar. But only poured IMO.

 
drummer said:
jon_mx said:
dutch said:
cstu said:
Redd's tasted to me like they took a beer and added a bunch of apple syrup to it. I've tried several brands and Redd's is the only one that made me :X :
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I can't speak for the Redd's as I've yet to try any apple beer but your description is spot on how I would describe the blueberry monstrosity from Anheuser-Busch called Wild Blue Lager. Imagine BooBerry crushed into powder and then hydrated with cough syrup for that mediciney flavor we all love in our "beer". :X It's 8.7 percent abv so your kinda numb after you choke down the first one so it has that going for it.
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I have had a decent blueberry beer from a local brewry which was good. I tried Redd's and it tasted nothing like beer.
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Blueberry wheat beers are pretty darn stellar. But only poured IMO.
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Blueberry stouts

 
urbanhack said:
drummer said:
jon_mx said:
dutch said:
cstu said:
Redd's tasted to me like they took a beer and added a bunch of apple syrup to it. I've tried several brands and Redd's is the only one that made me :X :
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I can't speak for the Redd's as I've yet to try any apple beer but your description is spot on how I would describe the blueberry monstrosity from Anheuser-Busch called Wild Blue Lager. Imagine BooBerry crushed into powder and then hydrated with cough syrup for that mediciney flavor we all love in our "beer". :X It's 8.7 percent abv so your kinda numb after you choke down the first one so it has that going for it.
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I have had a decent blueberry beer from a local brewry which was good. I tried Redd's and it tasted nothing like beer.
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Blueberry wheat beers are pretty darn stellar. But only poured IMO.
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Blueberry stouts
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Yeah, those.

 
jon_mx said:
dutch said:
cstu said:
Redd's tasted to me like they took a beer and added a bunch of apple syrup to it. I've tried several brands and Redd's is the only one that made me :X :
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I can't speak for the Redd's as I've yet to try any apple beer but your description is spot on how I would describe the blueberry monstrosity from Anheuser-Busch called Wild Blue Lager. Imagine BooBerry crushed into powder and then hydrated with cough syrup for that mediciney flavor we all love in our "beer". :X It's 8.7 percent abv so your kinda numb after you choke down the first one so it has that going for it.
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I have had a decent blueberry beer from a local brewry which was good. I tried Redd's and it tasted nothing like beer.
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It didn't taste like cider either.

 
Steve Tasker said:
I have tasted Redd's. IMO, it's overly sweet, and tastes to me like a light beer mixed with sugar and artificial apple flavoring.

These brands are blatantly targeting (1) women, (2) cider drinkers, and (3) non-craft beer drinkers who want to try something different. In my mind, these products are no different than others like Blue Moon, Bud Light Platinum, Miller Fortune, Shock Top, etc....brands owned and marketed by brewing giants, positioned in the market to appear like a higher-end craft beer or cider (as opposed to their traditional offerings) in order to take the chunk of the ever-growing craft beer market. Nothing wrong with these beers or the breweries, but at least know what you're drinking.

These beers are NOT ciders. Ciders - and other similar fermented sometimes-fruity beverages like perries and meads - can be great when done right. But the apple beers I believe you're referring to are certainly not ciders. I believe Angry Orchard and Johnny Appleseed, for example, are actually ciders. In America, to label something as a cider, I think it needs to be at least 50% apple juice. While I don't know for certain, I would imagine that is why Redd's Apple Ale can't call itself a cider.
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Was going to post pretty much the same thing, Tasker nailed it. I tried Redds when it first came out a couple years ago, thinking it was a new brand of cider. Terrible, terrible stuff. Cloyingly sweet and the artificial apple flavor jumped out at me immediately.

A well done real cider can be extremely refreshing, and is very rarely overly sweet. Some of the english ciders are very dry, and can taste almost similar to a white wine depending on what type of yeast was used.

 
cstu said:
drummer said:
cstu said:
drummer said:
Buckfast 1 said:
My brother does production planning for the Coors Brewery, and he just told me yesterday that the demand for their Redd's Apple Ale has far exceeded their initial projections. He says that they have really had to ramp up production to meet consumer demand.
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I'm gonna have to try one of those, although I don't like cider much. I hope it's better than any of that lime beer crap, like the horrid Miller Chill.
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Redd's is terrible, don't say I didn't warn you.
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What about Angry Orchard? Thanks for the warning though.
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It's the best one I've tried.
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Schilling Oak Aged Cider is not terrible
 
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