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===Spykes underaged alcohol marketing===
In 2007, the company introduced a flavored 12% [[abv]] malt liquor under the name ''Spykes''. It was sold in colorful, 2-[[ounce]] bottles. Available flavors included [[mango]], [[Lime (fruit)|lime]], [[melon]] and [[chocolate]].<ref name="Hot melon">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16815536 |title=Hot melon in your Budweiser? – Business – US business – Food Inc. – NBC News |work=NBC News |date=January 25, 2007 |access-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018044302/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16815536/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It was withdrawn in the same year after criticism from [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] industry watchdog groups that it was being marketed to underage customers, and the [[Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau]] found that the labeling of Spykes was illegal.<ref name="Booze buzz">[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17862137 "A booze buzz for teenyboppers?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923220948/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17862137 |date=September 23, 2020}}, March 30, 2007, NBC News</ref><ref name="Spykes labels illegal">{{cite web |url=http://www.cspinet.org/new/200704161.html |title=Anheuser-Busch's "Spykes" Labels Illegal, Group Says |work=Center for Science in the Public Interest |date=April 16, 2007 |access-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211637/http://www.cspinet.org/new/200704161.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/18/national/main2824509.shtml |title=Anheuser-Busch Pulls "Spykes" – CBS News |publisher=www.cbsnews.com |access-date=December 22, 2009 |date=May 18, 2007 |archive-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205013537/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/18/national/main2824509.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>