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If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It*

If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It*

Blood Light

Blood Brothers Brewery

4% Alcohol

Reading the fine print is not my forte. So when I saw the name on this brew I thought about Grissom and his CSI UV light** tracking blood spatter around a crime scene, and I thought of Bud Light***. So I had in my mind a light (although hopefully not as mild) lager ala Bud. Once again I have revisited lessons unlearned by not reading the fine print.

Continuing my rigorous fitness regime with a light beer at least once a month. Results are imminent. This Blood Brothers brew pours a light almost yellow, slightly hazy, with a bright white healthy head of head adorning my frosted tankard. A juicy fruit aroma surprised me as I had in mind a light lager sampling. First quaff reveals a session IPA like taste with a mild juicy body, a bit of fizz and a slightly bitter finish. Good fruit body, not wild or mild, but in-between. Certainly, no mild malt to be found. Not your Bud or mine but still good to know. A tasty pale yellow hazy fruit and fizz with a bit of bitters mild pale ale that was a very nice surprise. Quite enjoyable. BB Redemption.

In this case reading the fine print would have spoiled a great surprise. Great beer.

*Editor’s Comment: The title of AC/DC’s first live album “If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It” released in 1978, became a song on their 1979 album “Highway to Hell”.

**Editor’s Comment: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” ran for 16 seasons from the year 2000. It spawned a number of spin-offs, the most recent being CSI: Vegas in 2021. In the show Gil Grissom leads his team in ferreting out criminals based on the forensic evidence alone. They always enter a crime scene with all the lights out and their “blood lights” on.

***Editor’s Comment: Bud Light, America’s best selling beer, has found itself in a bit of a controversy in the last few days. Kidd Rock blasted Bud, literally, taking aim with his shotgun at a few cases. Travis Tritt has banned it from his tours. Ted Nungent, never at a loss for words or guns, called it a “Tsunami of cultural deprivation”, he may have meant depravity, or maybe he did mean deprivation? Apparently, this all stems from Bud sending some personalized samples of Bud Light to Dylan Mulvaney. I didn’t recognize the name either, but it turns out she is a transgender social media influencer and she taped a clip of herself drinking a bud light dressed like Holly Golightly, the Truman Capote created character from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. Holly going lightly with a Bud Light so to speak, although I don’t think Holly Golightly would ever drink a Bud but that isn’t the point. Regardless of the flawed but creative presentation, the controversy has led to speculation about Bud boycotts. Rumour has it that the marketing fiasco has already impacted Anheuser-Busch InBev’s market value to the tune of $5 Billion? Ouch.

Final Rating: 16 out of 20 Written in Blood

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Old enough to know, but not to know better?