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Anheuser-Busch is ruining the world

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skiminnesota
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discuss.

Bud light is trash.

Budweiser is trash.

They (AB) buy brands rip the soul out of making beer and start brewing their inferior product in St Louis.

if "real americans" (presumably the trailer trash that drink AB products) knew that their "real american" beer was owned by a Brazilian company would they revolt?

Beer should be brewed with passion, and originality, beer should NOT BE AN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT.

Yes, the super bowl and the incessant advertising by AB has rustled my jimmies.
Feb 3 2013 9:44PM
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SkiBum.
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Thanks for the info. Go drink a PRB hipster.
Feb 3 2013 9:45PM
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Feb 3 2013 9:45PM
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skiminnesota
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havent had one in a while, thanks though.

if i drink a Pabst product i prefer it to be Olympia. haha
Feb 3 2013 9:48PM
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skiminnesota
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yer i know. point still stands. their CEO is a ruthless heartless Brazilian that cares nothing for beer and only wants to make money. quality be dammed.
Feb 3 2013 9:51PM
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accualyisdolan
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Somebody drinks Sam adams
Feb 3 2013 9:54PM
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Cufe.
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I am pretty sure that is 99% of big companies.
Gone are the days of producing a good product, now you produce a good company, that means decent products that break. Better yet, cheap products you can sell for a lot then break.
There is no profit from a product that lasts a life time and doesn't break. (Or in this case a product you can sell cheaply, make even cheaper, and still million of units are sold per day)
Feb 3 2013 9:57PM
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skiminnesota
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beer to me is an art. i dont want a beer thats the same in Minnesota as it is in Utah. I want a beer thats original.

at the risk of sounding very hipster. its all about local beers that have soul. I enjoy cheap beer almost as much as i enjoy more expensive beer, but both can be original and local.


to the one guy, ive only had one sam adams in my life, it was good, but i dont anticipating purchasing any in the near future.
Feb 3 2013 10:08PM
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JuliusJ
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boom. completely agree. my advice: move to bend, OR, town of 80,000ish and we have 12 breweries that make delicious beer
Feb 3 2013 10:11PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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yeah, it's all about the micro-brews these days. the only time i drink "regular" beer is when I'm out on the boat and then it's coors light all day. they taste like water which isn't a bad thing when it's 100+ degrees.

but yeah, for the most part all mass produced beer sucks.
Feb 3 2013 10:14PM
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DANETRON
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Ill drink whatever
Feb 3 2013 10:19PM
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charmander
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I prefer Keystone Light, Rainier if I'm feelin fancy. I do most of my drinking at work, so it's gotta be swill
Feb 3 2013 10:32PM
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JuliusJ
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if we're gonna talk piss beers, rainer is cheaper and grosser than keystone
Feb 3 2013 11:21PM
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JuliusJ
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cheaper isn't a bad thing. but if you're feeling fancy, i feel like i would splurge not skimp
Feb 3 2013 11:22PM
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Ben.
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Govt is stopping AB-InBev from buying out Modelo anyways.



#ibuycraftbeeranyways


I cant think of the last major beer company purchase Ive made, aside from Goose Island, which I think may be owned by InBev but BCS is just too delicious to pass up.
Feb 3 2013 11:27PM
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ROBOT
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fuck anheuser-busch. wait who owns rolling rock, thats the last beer purchase i made. i know its not quality, but there is always the Philadelphia Brewing Company to go to for some actual good ass beer where I am at
Feb 3 2013 11:36PM
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Schoening
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just cause you buy craft beer doesn't mean you maybe aren't supporting AB.

AB distributes for quite a few craft beer. (each distributor is different) example in seattle we distribute for ninkassi, 10 barrel, american, elysian, red hook, etc

And yes goose island is owned by AB but awesome beer.
Feb 3 2013 11:55PM
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Ben.
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True, but I would assume that there is a pretty big difference in profits between breweries owned by AB/InBev and those that are simply distributed by them. i may be totally wrong there though.
Feb 4 2013 12:18AM
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Willgum
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But theres still countless local breweries, IPAs, craft beers etc. And by having a streamlined, efficient businees like AB ( as well as bulk producing) we're able to enjoy cheap beer that wont make you go blind. Are you saying that you wish there was cheap, locally brewed stuff?
Feb 4 2013 12:26AM
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El_Barto.
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I lived on top of a pub in Bend. So many drunk nights in that town ruined my skiing the next day
Feb 4 2013 12:26AM
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Schoening
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I'm not sure the profit differences but just think it's important for people to know that a lot of these "small" breweries are often working/partners with the big beer companies like AB and Miller.
Feb 4 2013 12:29AM
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lineskier10
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good but too expensive
Feb 4 2013 12:30AM
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deleted5
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I remember when i was young and innocence, and thought that big businesses care about people.

Veridian Dynamics - Love from McGuffin on Vimeo.

Feb 4 2013 12:35AM
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zagfan5
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couldnt agree more. everywhere the camera went during the game i saw a logo of theirs and half the commercials were theirs. the beer they make is shit and cheap. sounds more chinese than american...


Feb 4 2013 1:20AM
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t_rob
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I drink more expensive beer than you; therefore you are the scum of the earth and I'm better than you.
Feb 4 2013 1:34AM
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doGelyst
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the only american beer worth a damn is yuengling.

and im talking big brews, not the smaller micro/regional ones.
tho technically yuengling is regional, wish we had it in CO :O

I still just drink OE cause im ghetto n a thug n all.

7.5% west of the miss, 5.9% east.
Feb 4 2013 1:40AM
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Stickity
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it's beer. boo fuckin hoo.
Feb 4 2013 1:44AM
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hot.pocket
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What's your take on the ski industry then? Lets look at skis, ski building is an art, correct? Some skis are built on the mass scale, such as k2, line, etc...big name companies, while others are built on a smaller scale, such as Moment, ON3P, etc...smaller name companies, while others are built in some guys barn in the middle of nowhere and have no name whatsoever, just skis that work.

Regarding your want to have beer not be the same in Minnesota vs. Utah, would you want skis to be different in every state, city, county? For example, if you lived in Nevada, you could only buy Moment, or if you lived in Oregon, you could only buy ON3P, unless you went incredibly out of your way to have a special delivery? If beer was like that it would put a dent in the industry.

We need mass produced beer for the man on a buget, or the common college kid, and we need local beers to keep the art of making beer alive.

0.02c

Feb 4 2013 2:08AM
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Billiards.
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Large monopoly squanders competitive market. AB produces fake or wannabe craft beers and makes it harder for smaller businesses to enter the market because AB controls the prices. More mass production of cheap beer = fewer local brewers keeping the art alive.

Also the ski to beer analogy makes no fucking sense.
Feb 4 2013 2:43AM
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theabortionator
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I remember my first beer.

And I really don't care but I don't hold bud on any kind of pedestal like some people. I'll take it with my keystones miller and whatever else is cheap at the store or 1$ on lot.

I have no problem with people drinking bud, but it's retarded that people think it's some special beverage that's worth double the price of keystone and other shitty watered down berrrrs.


oh well
Feb 4 2013 2:52AM
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Tinga
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fucking shocktop
Feb 4 2013 2:53AM
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DANETRON
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Drank a whole bunch of that last night along with a few pbrs, a cornona and magic hat and a whoke bunch of vodka. Interesting night
Feb 4 2013 3:00AM
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Stickity
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hi mom
Feb 4 2013 3:01AM
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theabortionator
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worth it
Feb 4 2013 3:15AM
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timmi
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I'll get hate for this, but I'll say it anyway. I don't drink Bud light or Budweiser or really any of those big names, however Bud light Platinum is an awesome beer. It's higher content, lower calorie and really damn smooth. It just came out in Canada last week too.
Feb 4 2013 9:53AM
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lands11
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This man knows what the fuck is up. Top rated beer on beeradvocate.com and it is fucking DELICIOUS. I drink AB beer because it's ridiculously cheap, but I also drink a shit ton of local brews as well, they just get a little expensive at times, especially since I'm still in college.
Feb 4 2013 10:49AM
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skierman
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Complains about the quality of beer


Drinks Budweiser




Anyone else find a thread about the quality of Budweiser to be about as useful as a thread saying that fire can burn you?
Feb 4 2013 10:58AM
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hellomynameisjef
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if you dont enjoy drinking out of these cans you are a communist
Feb 4 2013 11:01AM
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Stickity
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and anyone who does enjoy drinking it is in favor of monarchies
Feb 4 2013 11:04AM
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DERS.
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owned by the same company that owns dos equis. and coors is owned by molson. and miller is owned by an english company. this life is a lie!!!

or u could just drink micro-brews. way better.
Feb 4 2013 11:33AM
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GnarNinja
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Bud heavy is alright and its cheap. I'm not looking for a beer that tastes good, I want to get drunk for as little money as possible.
Feb 4 2013 11:37AM
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technique.
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anheuser-busch just got bought out by some arabs that probably don't even have a country


Feb 4 2013 11:46AM
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Bubba-Snax
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Probably not because people old enough to actually care, remember it happening a few years ago and it was kind of a big deal. So I'm just going to assume most people are aware of this. Not to mention it's still made in America, by Americans, with American money going into American pockets... dont really see why your panties are in a twist about who owns the company.
Feb 4 2013 11:59AM
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hellomynameisjef
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no, mostly just freedom and titties
Feb 4 2013 12:41PM
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Daph
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Their beer is shit, but they have cute ponies

I'm a New Belgium girl myself
Feb 4 2013 12:43PM
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Tinga
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as in I dislike their deceptive marketing where they pretend to be a craft beer when they are owned by AB inbev
Feb 4 2013 12:50PM
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gotti
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False. De beers diamond company does the exact opposite. Make sure their diamonds last forever so u don't get rid of yours
Feb 4 2013 1:11PM
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deleted5
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That has less to do with the company and the fact that there diamonds, and they do last forever unless you chip it.
Feb 4 2013 1:19PM
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Stickity
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the label clearly advocates monarchies
Feb 4 2013 1:26PM
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skiminnesota
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guess again bro.

about to graduate college and will be joining one of the most hated investment banks in the world as an analyst.

i have no pollyanish ideas about business.
Feb 4 2013 1:28PM
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