Budweiser Wheat. What Was I Thinking?
When I heard that Budweiser was bought by foreigners, I was crushed. I’m not a big drinker anymore, but when I do, Budweiser delivers something that I like and I know exactly what to expect. I know exactly what type of buzz will happen at what point and I know what it will taste like. I was afraid that foreigners would do to Budweiser what they have done to other fine American companies. They did.
The standard Budweiser hasn’t changed. That’s not the problem yet. The problem is that they don’t want you to buy that and there are marketing tricks to make you think they have something better.
I never fell for Bud Lime, that was an obvious trick. They did get me with Budweiser Wheat. I was told by a gas station attendant wearing an alcohol monitor that this was good beer too!. Dammit, when someone drinks to the point that they have to put an ankle bracelet that sends off alarms when someone drinks alcohol and a Ghestopo to come snag him when he drinks, you know this guy is a professional that you can trust and he even steered me wrong.
Budweiser Wheat is horrible. It might have wheat in it, but all that you can taste is the coriander and citris peels that they brew it with. I don’t even know what a coriander is and they’ve snuck this into my Budweiser.
I’m no expert beer taster. I don’t even think they would consider me for the beer focus group. I do know that you don’t toss anything extra into the perfection that is Budweiser. Whoever is responsible for this needs to be written up with a poor job review or something that will alert him to what he’s done.
