Blast alcoholic drink worries Iowa AG

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is raising concerns over the way a company is marketing the high-alcohol beverage Blast by Colt 45.

Miller joined more than a dozen attorneys general in expressing concerns in a letter to the CEO of Pabst Brewing Co.

Blast, which is sold in 23-ounce cans, is 12 percent alcohol by volume. Miller says that is the equivalent to nearly five servings of alcohol. He says people may not realize how much they've consumed and be legally drunk without knowing it.

He says Pabst sells Blast in brightly colored cans and kid-friendly fruit flavors, setting the stage for young people to drink large amounts of alcohol.

The attorneys general are asking Pabst to reduce the number of servings of alcohol in the drink.