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[nobody]

Article and link about Bud Canada ad where they created a flash mob for a beer league game.

This must have been quite special for the guys playing the game.

The only thing that could have made it better would have been if this was done by Labatt Blue instead.

http://sports.yahoo....-143545923.html

[dEnnis the Menace]

 nobody, on 02 February 2012 - 01:11 PM, said:

Article and link about Bud Canada ad where they created a flash mob for a beer league game.

This must have been quite special for the guys playing the game.

The only thing that could have made it better would have been if this was done by Labatt Blue instead.

http://sports.yahoo....-143545923.html

That was actually pretty sweet.

[inkman]

I'm not sure if it is still the same but do Canadians still prefer Bud to Labatt & Molson. I found it to be a weird phenomenon about 20 years ago.

[cpabob]

Outstanding video!

[apuszczalowski]

Man I hate Flash Mobs

[shrader]

That confetti is giving me nightmares.

[d4rksabre]

 inkman, on 02 February 2012 - 01:28 PM, said:

I'm not sure if it is still the same but do Canadians still prefer Bud to Labatt & Molson. I found it to be a weird phenomenon about 20 years ago.

I know when I go to Montreal every summer to visit friends all they drink is Bud Light. Real weird.

[weave]

 inkman, on 02 February 2012 - 01:28 PM, said:

I'm not sure if it is still the same but do Canadians still prefer Bud to Labatt & Molson. I found it to be a weird phenomenon about 20 years ago.

 d4rksabre, on 02 February 2012 - 01:59 PM, said:

I know when I go to Montreal every summer to visit friends all they drink is Bud Light. Real weird.

Not weird. Bud is the most popular beer in the world. They drink more of it in the UK than their own brands too.

[d4rksabre]

Just watched the video. Man, that is awesome.

[MattPie]

 weave, on 02 February 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

Not weird. Bud is the most popular beer in the world. They drink more of it in the UK than their own brands too.

I'm not sure of that one. The only people I saw drinking Bud when I was over there were two guys in 'Surrey Knights' motorcycle jackets (and they got into a van when they left the pub, not onto bikes). Everyone else seemed to drink Stella, Guinness, or whatever ales the pub had on pump.

[d4rksabre]

 weave, on 02 February 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

Not weird. Bud is the most popular beer in the world. They drink more of it in the UK than their own brands too.

It's weird because Bud isn't any better than any other canned beer.

[MattPie]

 d4rksabre, on 02 February 2012 - 02:26 PM, said:

It's weird because Bud isn't any better than any other canned beer.

Perhaps it's popular due to all the money they spend on advertising. (Anyone see what I just did there?)

[d4rksabre]

 MattPie, on 02 February 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

Perhaps it's popular due to all the money they spend on advertising. (Anyone see what I just did there?)

You sneaky bastard.

[weave]

 MattPie, on 02 February 2012 - 02:23 PM, said:

I'm not sure of that one. The only people I saw drinking Bud when I was over there were two guys in 'Surrey Knights' motorcycle jackets (and they got into a van when they left the pub, not onto bikes). Everyone else seemed to drink Stella, Guinness, or whatever ales the pub had on pump.

http://blogs.wsj.com...rink-budweiser/

Quote

In Ireland, for example, Budweiser claimed market share of about 13% by volume in 2006, according to market-research firm Euromonitor International.

That is higher than Bud's US market share of 12%.

http://www.beeranyon...c.php?f=14&t=14

[korab rules]

 weave, on 02 February 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

Not weird. Bud is the most popular beer in the world. They drink more of it in the UK than their own brands too.

This doesn't suprise me. English beer is meh.

[X. Benedict]

Who would love this....

[SwampD]

in before the merge.

http://forums.sabres...league-beer-ad/

[game_over007]

Amen brother!
I was fortunate enough to play in front of some small crowds when I was younger. Probably a max of 5000. Its a surreal experience. I could only imagine what the real pros feel like. I'm certainly a little jealous!

[d4rksabre]

Oh X, you didn't...

[X. Benedict]

d4rksabre, on 02 February 2012 - 10:13 PM, said:

Oh X, you didn't...

I was going for filet minion, and I served up Salisbury steak.

Mea Maxima Culpa.

Apologies to Nobody.

Edited by X. Benedict, 02 February 2012 - 10:18 PM.

[d4rksabre]

X. Benedict, on 02 February 2012 - 10:17 PM, said:

I was going for filet minion, and I served up Salisbury steak.

Mea Maxima Culpa.

Apologies to Nobody.

I see what you did there.

[SDS]

Bud is PISS water. There is no argument. Plus, the preservatives they put in that piss water gives you headaches.

[PromoTheRobot]

The scorekeeper for our beer league games started playing his iPod between faceoffs. Kinda cool. We play at a double rink where a local high school game might be going on the other rink. Some games pack the house and we can hear the cheers, the music, and the goal horn.

PTR

[shrader]

PromoTheRobot, on 03 February 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

The scorekeeper for our beer league games started playing his iPod between faceoffs. Kinda cool. We play at a double rink where a local high school game might be going on the other rink. Some games pack the house and we can hear the cheers, the music, and the goal horn.

PTR

That all depends on what's on the ipod.

[MattPie]

weave, on 02 February 2012 - 02:55 PM, said:

http://blogs.wsj.com...rink-budweiser/



That is higher than Bud's US market share of 12%.

http://www.beeranyon...c.php?f=14&t=14

Thanks for the link, I would have never guessed.

korab rules, on 02 February 2012 - 03:34 PM, said:

This doesn't suprise me. English beer is meh.

I agree with you based on most of what we get here. The stuff over there is better, as long as you like ales. I was talking with someone over there about how beer companies export the stuff they wouldn't sell at home. The only American beers I saw over there were Bud and Rolling Rock (of all things). Based on that, American beer is pretty awful.

[LTS]

SDS, on 02 February 2012 - 10:49 PM, said:

Bud is PISS water. There is no argument. Plus, the preservatives they put in that piss water gives you headaches.

Education time...

There are NO preservatives in Budweiser that aren't in every other beer, it's completely unnecessary, especially in cans and kegs. Beer has hops which is a natural preservative.

Budweiser contains rice which is used as an adjunct to lower the cost and lighten the body. Rice, when fermented, does create a slightly different alcohol and some people will have a negative reaction to that.

The headaches most commonly associated with beer, other than hangovers, are those caused by drinking draft beer. This is not caused by the beer at all but by the establishment not cleaning its beer lines. Overtime deposits, called "beer stone", will begin to build up in the lines. Beer stone is Calcium Oxalate and as it flakes off into the beer will enter what you are drinking.

Other common problems are mold in the faucets and shanks, bacteria from improperly maintained seals, etc. and improper storage of beer.

None of these are the fault of the beer, just the fault of the server or if you don't like rice a reaction to that fermentable.

Budweiser is not piss water. It's highly carbonated, low hopped, light bodied beer. It was designed to appeal to the masses, which it does. It's a beer designed to be consumed at very cold temperatures and does not stand up to warmer temperatures. it's true that they do shortcut the natural fermentation and aging process that a lager would go through and that does decrease it's quality relative to other adjunct lagers which I have had but if you are looking for large market share you don't let your beer age in tanks for 8-12 weeks.

And no.. I won't drink Budweiser, I despise the beer.

Oh... and I like the ad.

Edited by LTS, 03 February 2012 - 01:22 PM.

[SDS]

LTS, on 03 February 2012 - 01:21 PM, said:

Budweiser is not piss water. It's highly carbonated, low hopped, light bodied beer. It was designed to appeal to the masses, which it does. It's a beer designed to be consumed at very cold temperatures and does not stand up to warmer temperatures. it's true that they do shortcut the natural fermentation and aging process that a lager would go through and that does decrease it's quality relative to other adjunct lagers which I have had but if you are looking for large market share you don't let your beer age in tanks for 8-12 weeks.

So you make the 1st claim, and then proceed to prove why it actually is. Got it.

[SwampD]

LTS, on 03 February 2012 - 01:21 PM, said:

Education time...

There are NO preservatives in Budweiser that aren't in every other beer, it's completely unnecessary, especially in cans and kegs. Beer has hops which is a natural preservative.

Budweiser contains rice which is used as an adjunct to lower the cost and lighten the body. Rice, when fermented, does create a slightly different alcohol and some people will have a negative reaction to that.

The headaches most commonly associated with beer, other than hangovers, are those caused by drinking draft beer. This is not caused by the beer at all but by the establishment not cleaning its beer lines. Overtime deposits, called "beer stone", will begin to build up in the lines. Beer stone is Calcium Oxalate and as it flakes off into the beer will enter what you are drinking.

Other common problems are mold in the faucets and shanks, bacteria from improperly maintained seals, etc. and improper storage of beer.

None of these are the fault of the beer, just the fault of the server or if you don't like rice a reaction to that fermentable.

Budweiser is not piss water. It's highly carbonated, low hopped, light bodied beer. It was designed to appeal to the masses, which it does. It's a beer designed to be consumed at very cold temperatures and does not stand up to warmer temperatures. it's true that they do shortcut the natural fermentation and aging process that a lager would go through and that does decrease it's quality relative to other adjunct lagers which I have had but if you are looking for large market share you don't let your beer age in tanks for 8-12 weeks.

And no.. I won't drink Budweiser, I despise the beer.

Oh... and I like the ad.

hehe,.. you said shank.

[shrader]

SDS, on 03 February 2012 - 01:28 PM, said:

So you make the 1st claim, and then proceed to prove why it actually is. Got it.

I think he actually thought you were being literal when you said it was piss water. That's the only way that post makes sense.

[korab rules]

SDS, on 03 February 2012 - 01:28 PM, said:

So you make the 1st claim, and then proceed to prove why it actually is. Got it.

shrader, on 03 February 2012 - 01:42 PM, said:

I think he actually thought you were being literal when you said it was piss water. That's the only way that post makes sense.

The only way to truly disproove SDS' claim is a taste test. I'll supply the piss.

Are you game LTS?

LTS and SDS were using the same avatar - is LTS his long lost brother or something?

[dEnnis the Menace]

I love Budweiser's ads. Their beer is more of a cheap summer BBQ beer for me, and that's about it. I don't mind it.

My best friend worked for Anheiser Busch in Baldwinsville for 6 months a few years back for a co-op. SHe used to bring home "safety beer" and even got a case for her birthday. We all LOVED Bud products for those 6 months...because nothing is ever as good as free beer when you're a poor college kid

[SwampD]

I can't drink Bud. If I do it feels like I swallowed a Jagged Metal O., same with Coors Light. Then bad things happen the next couple of days.

[korab rules]

SwampD, on 03 February 2012 - 02:44 PM, said:

I can't drink Bud. If I do it feels like I swallowed a Jagged Metal O., same with Coors Light. Then bad things happen the next couple of days.

Life is too short to drink cheap beer.

[weave]

LTS, on 03 February 2012 - 01:21 PM, said:

Education time...

There are NO preservatives in Budweiser that aren't in every other beer, it's completely unnecessary, especially in cans and kegs. Beer has hops which is a natural preservative.

Budweiser contains rice which is used as an adjunct to lower the cost and lighten the body. Rice, when fermented, does create a slightly different alcohol and some people will have a negative reaction to that.

The headaches most commonly associated with beer, other than hangovers, are those caused by drinking draft beer. This is not caused by the beer at all but by the establishment not cleaning its beer lines. Overtime deposits, called "beer stone", will begin to build up in the lines. Beer stone is Calcium Oxalate and as it flakes off into the beer will enter what you are drinking.

Other common problems are mold in the faucets and shanks, bacteria from improperly maintained seals, etc. and improper storage of beer.

None of these are the fault of the beer, just the fault of the server or if you don't like rice a reaction to that fermentable.

Budweiser is not piss water. It's highly carbonated, low hopped, light bodied beer. It was designed to appeal to the masses, which it does. It's a beer designed to be consumed at very cold temperatures and does not stand up to warmer temperatures. it's true that they do shortcut the natural fermentation and aging process that a lager would go through and that does decrease it's quality relative to other adjunct lagers which I have had but if you are looking for large market share you don't let your beer age in tanks for 8-12 weeks.

And no.. I won't drink Budweiser, I despise the beer.

Oh... and I like the ad.

A couple misconception here.

1. The alcohol produced from rice is EXACTLY the same as the alcohol produced from barley, wheat, potatoes, corn, etc. Rice is nothing more than a source of starch. That starch is converted into simple sugars like maltose through the use of amylase enzymes. The same exact thing happens whith barley. The simple sugars are metabolized by yeast and the yeast excrete ehanol. The yeast doesn't care where the sugars came from as they have the exact same molecular structure. Starch is starch, sugar is sugar, and fermented sugar becomes ethanol. So rice being used does not result in anyone reacting differently to it unless they have a rice alergy (some of the material doesn't get converted to sugars and do pass into the finished beer).

2. Draft beer = hangovers is an urban legend that has been well debunked. Two things cause hangovers. The human body metabolizing ethanol and dehydration.



My work is done here.

[dEnnis the Menace]

weave, on 03 February 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

A couple misconception here.

1. The alcohol produced from rice is EXACTLY the same as the alcohol produced from barley, wheat, potatoes, corn, etc. Rice is nothing more than a source of starch. That starch is converted into simple sugars like maltose through the use of amylase enzymes. The same exact thing happens whith barley. The simple sugars are metabolized by yeast and the yeast excrete ehanol. The yeast doesn't care where the sugars came from as they have the exact same molecular structure. Starch is starch, sugar is sugar, and fermented sugar becomes ethanol. So rice being used does not result in anyone reacting differently to it unless they have a rice alergy (some of the material doesn't get converted to sugars and do pass into the finished beer).

2. Draft beer = hangovers is an urban legend that has been well debunked. Two things cause hangovers. The human body metabolizing ethanol and dehydration.



My work is done here.

BOOM! Roasted...

[Claude_Verret]

weave, on 03 February 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

A couple misconception here. 1. The alcohol produced from rice is EXACTLY the same as the alcohol produced from barley, wheat, potatoes, corn, etc. Rice is nothing more than a source of starch. That starch is converted into simple sugars like maltose through the use of amylase enzymes. The same exact thing happens whith barley. The simple sugars are metabolized by yeast and the yeast excrete ehanol. The yeast doesn't care where the sugars came from as they have the exact same molecular structure. Starch is starch, sugar is sugar, and fermented sugar becomes ethanol. So rice being used does not result in anyone reacting differently to it unless they have a rice alergy (some of the material doesn't get converted to sugars and do pass into the finished beer).

You can get fusel alcohols from uncontrolled high fermentation temps or underpitching your yeast starter. From personal experience I can attest that drinking these flawed beers will cause one hell of a hangover. Admittedly you are far more likely to encounter this problem in beers made on a homebrew or small microbrew scale than you ever would from one of the big boys. Actually if Anheuser -Busch is to be respected for anything, it is for it's quality control in terms of batch to batch reproducibility.

[SDS]

Claude_Verret, on 03 February 2012 - 03:50 PM, said:

You can get fusel alcohols from uncontrolled high fermentation temps or underpitching your yeast starter. From personal experience I can attest that drinking these flawed beers will cause one hell of a hangover. Admittedly you are far more likely to encounter this problem in beers made on a homebrew or small microbrew scale than you ever would from one of the big boys. Actually if Anheuser -Busch is to be respected for anything, it is for it's quality control in terms of batch to batch reproducibility.

That's like saying Ralph Wilson should be respected...

[korab rules]

weave, on 03 February 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

A couple misconception here.

1. The alcohol produced from rice is EXACTLY the same as the alcohol produced from barley, wheat, potatoes, corn, etc. Rice is nothing more than a source of starch. That starch is converted into simple sugars like maltose through the use of amylase enzymes. The same exact thing happens whith barley. The simple sugars are metabolized by yeast and the yeast excrete ehanol. The yeast doesn't care where the sugars came from as they have the exact same molecular structure. Starch is starch, sugar is sugar, and fermented sugar becomes ethanol. So rice being used does not result in anyone reacting differently to it unless they have a rice alergy (some of the material doesn't get converted to sugars and do pass into the finished beer).

2. Draft beer = hangovers is an urban legend that has been well debunked. Two things cause hangovers. The human body metabolizing ethanol and dehydration.



My work is done here.

I did four years of EXTENSIVE research at a fine research institution on this very topic. When I say extensive research I mean EXTENSIVE. I'm talking 4 and 5, sometimes even six days a week. I spent evening after evening researching this topic, almost always losing track of time and researchinging into the wee hours of the morning. Sometimes I researched alone, sometimes I researched with friends. Very often, I was able to find pretty co-eds who were more than happy to help me with my research. There were some nights that I was so desperate for someone to help me with my research that the co-eds weren't that pretty. I think I even let a townie help me with my research one time. But I digress...

After years and years of research, I concluded draft beer did indeed give me worse hangovers than bottled beer. You say its been debunked? My research says otherwise. And I doubt this person's sample size is as large as mine.

[weave]

Claude_Verret, on 03 February 2012 - 03:50 PM, said:

You can get fusel alcohols from uncontrolled high fermentation temps or underpitching your yeast starter. From personal experience I can attest that drinking these flawed beers will cause one hell of a hangover. Admittedly you are far more likely to encounter this problem in beers made on a homebrew or small microbrew scale than you ever would from one of the big boys. Actually if Anheuser -Busch is to be respected for anything, it is for it's quality control in terms of batch to batch reproducibility.

Yeah, I know all that. I was keeping it in the context of Budweiser, a lager fermented at relatively low temps and 5%ABV. Not enough fusel content to note in that scenario.

korab rules, on 03 February 2012 - 04:41 PM, said:

I did four years of EXTENSIVE research at a fine research institution on this very topic. When I say extensive research I mean EXTENSIVE. I'm talking 4 and 5, sometimes even six days a week. I spent evening after evening researching this topic, almost always losing track of time and researchinging into the wee hours of the morning. Sometimes I researched alone, sometimes I researched with friends. Very often, I was able to find pretty co-eds who were more than happy to help me with my research. There were some nights that I was so desperate for someone to help me with my research that the co-eds weren't that pretty. I think I even let a townie help me with my research one time. But I digress...

After years and years of research, I concluded draft beer did indeed give me worse hangovers than bottled beer. You say its been debunked? My research says otherwise. And I doubt this person's sample size is as large as mine.

You did it wrong.

[korab rules]

weave, on 03 February 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

You did it wrong.

So you're saying I should start over?