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Those Miller Lite "Man Up" commercials

post #1 of 102
5/26/10 at 2:56pm
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Seriously, what the fuck?

Feministing: I hate it, but I want to have sex with it. Confusing.
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post #2 of 102
5/26/10 at 3:01pm
As much as Miller Lite tastes like rusted dick, their marketing is awesome, love those commercials, as well as most of their commercials the past 5 years or so.
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post #3 of 102
5/26/10 at 3:07pm
Can't be any stranger than those "Dick from Miller Lite" ads from the late 90s. Those were strange.
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post #4 of 102
5/26/10 at 4:54pm
This seems to be a recent trend in pop culture in general, but anyone notice that Bud Light and Miller Lite's shared mascot is the "twentysomething brown-haired smug white guy with five o'clock shadow"? Bland, uninteresting people sells bland, uninteresting beer I guess.
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post #5 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by Scott View Post
"twentysomething brown-haired smug white guy with five o'clock shadow"
Low blow, man.

And yeah, fuck these commercials, but the one Feministing commenter got it right when they said that we'll probably never see a feminist beer commercial.
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post #6 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:02pm
I can't get myself into the headspace of someone who "likes" how beer tastes. The only beer I drink is beer that has as little flavor as possible, otherwise it makes me feel ill trying to swallow it. If you want to drink something for it's flavor, just drink a Cherry Garcia/Creme Soda combo, it's great and refreshing.
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post #7 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:06pm
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Low blow, man.
Hey, I'm a brown-haired, occasionally smug, twentysomething white guy who currently has a scruffy five o'clock shadow, but that's because I'm just lazy. I'M REAL MAN
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post #8 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
I can't get myself into the headspace of someone who "likes" how beer tastes. The only beer I drink is beer that has as little flavor as possible, otherwise it makes me feel ill trying to swallow it. If you want to drink something for it's flavor, just drink a Cherry Garcia/Creme Soda combo, it's great and refreshing.
Then why the hell do you drink beer?
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post #9 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by Scott View Post
This seems to be a recent trend in pop culture in general, but anyone notice that Bud Light and Miller Lite's shared mascot is the "twentysomething brown-haired smug white guy with five o'clock shadow"? Bland, uninteresting people sells bland, uninteresting beer I guess.
It's the same concept really, but I can't help but absolutely adore the Old Spice commercials with the shirtless black dude who's clearly more superior than you because he doesn't smell like a girl. And he's on a horse.

Because I'm an optimist, I like thinking that's a subtle parody of those Miller Lite commercials and their ilk.
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post #10 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:20pm
"The Man your man could smell like." Don't foget Terry Crews and his "Aaaaaaabbbb-dominals".
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post #11 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:20pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
It's the same concept really, but I can't help but absolutely adore the Old Spice commercials with the shirtless black dude who's clearly more superior than you because he doesn't smell like a girl. And he's on a horse.

Because I'm an optimist, I like thinking that's a subtle parody of those Miller Lite commercials and their ilk.
The Miller Lite/Bud Lite commercials are so fucking stupid. I'm the last gal to get on any kind of feminist kick, but they are insulting to both sexes - they're not nearly subtle or clever enough to have the funny compensate for the chauvinism. Meh.

The Old Spice ads, on the other hand, nail it perfectly. Terry Crews kicking over a building made me very happy.
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post #12 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
I can't get myself into the headspace of someone who "likes" how beer tastes. The only beer I drink is beer that has as little flavor as possible, otherwise it makes me feel ill trying to swallow it. If you want to drink something for it's flavor, just drink a Cherry Garcia/Creme Soda combo, it's great and refreshing.
You said that like there's one taste for beer. If you don't like the taste of the beers you've tried keep going. No one likes a quitter.

My wife loves this horrible smoked beer. I'd tell you what it is, but it's German and I have no idea how to spell it. It really does taste like smoked Gouda. Yuck!

For my part I've really been liking the tarter types of Lambics lately. If you like Cherry so much, there are some food ones with Cherry in them. They taste a lot like a tart Cherry pie.

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with the thread's theme, but PK's post got me all evangelical, so I figured I'd bring the real good news.
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post #13 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
It's the same concept really, but I can't help but absolutely adore the Old Spice commercials with the shirtless black dude who's clearly more superior than you because he doesn't smell like a girl. And he's on a horse.

Because I'm an optimist, I like thinking that's a subtle parody of those Miller Lite commercials and their ilk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3aXc9yEFC4

It really isn't. There's nothing misogynist or even hinting at femininity in these, just bizarre (and sometimes hilarious) over statements of how powerful the odor blocker is.

Terry Crews wouldn't play us like that.

EDIT: I just realized that you're probably talking about a different shirtless black dude, since I've never seen Terry Crews riding a horse.
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post #14 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:24pm
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Then why the hell do you drink beer?
98% of the time, I just don't. 2% of the time I drink it, and do so to get drunk/be sociable
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post #15 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:26pm
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You said that like there's one taste for beer. If you don't like the taste of the beers you've tried keep going. No one likes a quitter.
I've tried several brands, all taste like decomposing vegetables of one sort or another

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YMy wife loves this horrible smoked beer. I'd tell you what it is, but it's German and I have no idea how to spell it. It really does taste like smoked Gouda. Yuck!
Smoked Gouda is perhaps my third or second favorite cheese, but even I would not want to drink it in carbonated liquid form
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post #16 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:27pm
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And yeah, fuck these commercials, but the one Feministing commenter got it right when they said that we'll probably never see a feminist beer commercial.
I don't watch a whole lot of TV but caught one of these on... shit, some crap on G4 or something a couple of days ago. They've got that obnoxious mix of chauvinism and whitebread American obnoxiousness that always manages to ruin my mood.

Seriously, screw these commercials. If I'm going to drink beer that tastes like watered-down piss I'm sticking with the Coors. You never know when you're going to run into a lycanthrope, especially when camping, which is usually when I drink crappy beer.

And, by the way, if I ever saw a feminist beer commercial on TV, I 'd be certain I'd stumbled upon an old Saturday Night Live sketch that I'd somehow managed to miss back in the day.
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post #17 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:29pm
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Can't be any stranger than those "Dick from Miller Lite" ads from the late 90s. Those were strange.
I actually liked those ads. For a while they even started referring to the ads on the bottles themselves, right down to the "as seen on TV" badge. Oh, college... good times!
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post #18 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:33pm
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It's the same concept really, but I can't help but absolutely adore the Old Spice commercials with the shirtless black dude who's clearly more superior than you because he doesn't smell like a girl. And he's on a horse.

Because I'm an optimist, I like thinking that's a subtle parody of those Miller Lite commercials and their ilk.
It's plainly obvious that Old Spice, thanks to Tim and Eric (who I think did the "man on the horse" ad, but definitely the Terry Crews ads), are in on the joke, whereas Bud and Miller Lite are not.

What I find unintentionally hilarious about those ads is that everyone's going crazy for crappy light beer. Again, something like, say, It's Always Sunny brings their alcoholism to the forefront and makes it part of the joke whereas these ads do not bring alcoholism to the forefront (and they obviously shouldn't), despite the people in these ads are clearly alcoholics. As cartoonish as it is, only an alcoholic would build a house out of crappy light beer.
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post #19 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:42pm
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As cartoonish as it is, only an alcoholic would build a house out of crappy light beer.
You clearly don't work in the art world.

Also, what's up with Firefox not recognizing "cartoonish" as a word?
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post #20 of 102
5/26/10 at 5:50pm
If it was artistic, they'd be empty. They're full so they could drink as much shitty beer as they want while peeping on the guy's light-skinned black girlfriend in the shower.
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post #21 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:06pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3aXc9yEFC4

It really isn't. There's nothing misogynist or even hinting at femininity in these, just bizarre (and sometimes hilarious) over statements of how powerful the odor blocker is.

Terry Crews wouldn't play us like that.

EDIT: I just realized that you're probably talking about a different shirtless black dude, since I've never seen Terry Crews riding a horse.
I was referring to this guy.

I also had no idea Tim and Eric directed the Terry Crews ads. That explains so much, except for why they're hilarious.
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post #22 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:10pm
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Also, what's up with Firefox not recognizing "cartoonish" as a word?
Up until recently Safari insisted that when I typed OBAMA I secretly meant "Alabama"
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post #23 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:38pm
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Originally Posted by Scott View Post
What I find unintentionally hilarious about those ads is that everyone's going crazy for crappy light beer. Again, something like, say, It's Always Sunny brings their alcoholism to the forefront and makes it part of the joke whereas these ads do not bring alcoholism to the forefront (and they obviously shouldn't), despite the people in these ads are clearly alcoholics. As cartoonish as it is, only an alcoholic would build a house out of crappy light beer.
David Cross has a bit on his new album (it's kinda 'meh' overall, but has its moments) where he talks about Coors Light and how it seems to the only company constantly revising ways to get beer out of the can (wide-mouths, 'vents'), as if people have been having trouble all this time.

Did I mention that Coors Light tastes like piss? Cause it totally does.
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post #24 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:39pm
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David Cross has a bit on his new album (it's kinda 'meh' overall, but has its moments) where he talks about Coors Light and how it seems to the only company constantly revising ways to get beer out of the can (wide-mouths, 'vents'), as if people have been having trouble all this time.

Did I mention that Coors Light tastes like piss? Cause it totally does.
The company is also owned by a Republican who used the money of drug addicts to fund his bid for the senate


PS I like the color changing cans though, that's neat
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post #25 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:44pm
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Originally Posted by Scott View Post
This seems to be a recent trend in pop culture in general, but anyone notice that Bud Light and Miller Lite's shared mascot is the "twentysomething brown-haired smug white guy with five o'clock shadow"? Bland, uninteresting people sells bland, uninteresting beer I guess.
They know the market. The only people with a reliable source of income who buy this shit are the fuckers who use their daddy's money to hang out at Amoeba all day and buy shitty t-shirts and mismatching socks for "ironic value." Everyone with a job and self-respect buys actual beer.

God, fucking hipsters make me wish that WWII hadn't stigmatized eugenics so much. Some fucks should just not be allowed to breed.
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post #26 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:46pm
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Did I mention that Coors Light tastes like piss? Cause it totally does.
How do you know?

Did you do a double blind comparison?





BTW: I hate Coors/Miller/etc
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post #27 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:50pm
I "like"* the following beer(s):



That last one is cool because it has a bottle that is shaped like it was carved from a block of ice.
*meaning I can drink them without my gag reflex rebelling
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post #28 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:51pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
I "like"* the following beer(s):

That last one is cool because it has a bottle that is shaped like it was carved from a block of ice.
*meaning I can drink them without my gag reflex rebelling
You could have shortened that to: "I don't like anything that is recognizably beer."
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post #29 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:52pm
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You could have shortened that to: "I don't like anything that is recognizably beer."
My dad drank Rolling Rock before WW2. I drink it out of solidarity for the greatest generation
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post #30 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:55pm
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My dad drank Rolling Rock before WW2. I drink it out of solidarity for the greatest generation
You're aware that the US is just now getting back to the point of producing beer of pre-Prohibition quality in statistically significant amounts, right? Celebrating the domestic beer of the "greatest generation" is celebrating resigning one's self to mediocrity.
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post #31 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:56pm
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You're aware that the US is just now getting back to the point of producing beer of pre-Prohibition quality in statistically significant amounts, right? Celebrating the domestic beer of the "greatest generation" is celebrating resigning one's self to mediocrity.
Like I said, I prefer how it tastes. I am not sure why the beer you like has to be the enemy of the beer I like

EDIT: Re: BUD ICE

It has more alcohol than regular beer but also you can't really taste it. That's a huge plus IMHO
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post #32 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:57pm
I'm just glad no one has defended Milwaukee's Best or Natty Light in here...yet.
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post #33 of 102
5/26/10 at 10:57pm
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Like I said, I prefer how it tastes. I am not sure why the beer you like has to be the enemy of the beer I like
I'm simply saying it's not beer. It's soda for pussies.
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post #34 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:02pm
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I'm simply saying it's not beer. It's soda for pussies.
You seem to really enjoy making people who disagree with you on a given subject feel as as terrible as possible. Thanks, Cuch. (and all this after I sent you that link. Pfff..)
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post #35 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:06pm
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You're aware that the US is just now getting back to the point of producing beer of pre-Prohibition quality in statistically significant amounts, right? Celebrating the domestic beer of the "greatest generation" is celebrating resigning one's self to mediocrity.
Not really the beer of the greatest generation since the original Latrobe plant was shut down and production was moved to Jersey with the acquisition by Anheuser–Busch.
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post #36 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:15pm
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Not really the beer of the greatest generation since the original Latrobe plant was shut down and production was moved to Jersey with the acquisition by Anheuser–Busch.
Kind of seems like a plus, IMHO. The bottles refer to the "glass lines tanks" at Latrobe. My half brother is an inventor and had to invent something that could detect stray glass chips inside of glass bottles, in order to protect people from ingesting silicon razor blades along with their favorite beverage. It was incredibly difficult and I don't see how you could do the same thing if the glass chips are in the liquid. His invention was for bottles that had not been filled yet
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post #37 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:21pm
Really? Do you have a link to the injuries caused by drinking original Rolling Rocks that had glass in them?
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post #38 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:23pm
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Really? Do you have a link to the injuries caused by drinking original Rolling Rocks that had glass in them?
My point was if we were still using the glass lined tanks from the 1940s, we could very well end up with a consumer safety crisis
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post #39 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:25pm
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You seem to really enjoy making people who disagree with you on a given subject feel as as terrible as possible. Thanks, Cuch. (and all this after I sent you that link. Pfff..)
I was making fun of the selection, not of you personally.

I did get a laugh out of the "Asperger's and Your Relationship" link, though.
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post #40 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:26pm
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I was making fun of the selection, not of you personally.

I did get a laugh out of the "Asperger's and Your Relationship" link, though.
Ah.. Ok.. well seeing as I said I enjoyed it, FYI you were sort of making fun of me. Or at least it was hard not to read it that way. Thanks for the clarification though

And glad you liked it but I seriously thought it might help given what you were asking in the EXES thread. Anyway, no harm no foul I guess
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post #41 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:29pm
Yes, because I'm sure that when Rolling Rock had expanded production in the nineties, they went looking for tanks that were from the 1940's to use.
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post #42 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:33pm
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Ah.. Ok.. well seeing as I said I enjoyed it, FYI you were sort of making fun of me. Or at least it was hard not to read it that way. Thanks for the clarification though

And glad you liked it but I seriously thought it might help given what you were asking in the EXES thread. Anyway, no harm no foul I guess
Well, it was more a laugh than anything. Hopefully, I'm done with her.

But, seriously, if you prefer lighter beers--for the love of fucking God--try one from an actually good producer. There are plenty of good micro-brews and smaller scale operations that make lighter varieties that qualify as beer in MA AND you can support a business that actually gives back to the community that way as well.
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post #43 of 102
5/26/10 at 11:35pm
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Well, it was more a laugh than anything. Hopefully, I'm done with her.

But, seriously, if you prefer lighter beers--for the love of fucking God--try one from an actually good producer. There are plenty of good micro-brews and smaller scale operations that make lighter varieties that qualify as beer in MA AND you can support a business that actually gives back to the community that way as well.
I don't actually purchase beer (I did last spring when I couldn't find pot, but thankfully that's not been a problem in like over a year now). Those are just the beer's I'll grab if I'm at a party and they're available. Plus, I prefer beer with as little taste as possible. If there were an (inexpensive) micro brew that tasted even more like water than those I'd go for it.
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post #44 of 102
5/27/10 at 12:18am
Almost every other post in the past two hours has been a Princess Kate post, none of which had to do with the original topic. This discussion has become the light beer of threads.

Anyway, I love the various ways beer companies try to repackage their beer. Coors has the blue mountains which not only indicates that the beer is cold, but also that it reached a temperature where you can't taste what little flavor it has. Miller Lite is touted as having a triple hops brew, which isn't uncommon. Instead of pissing away R&D budgets to repackage their piss water, why can't these big beer companies use it to make their own interesting, rich label but still keep their light beers for the vapid people that love them?
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post #45 of 102
5/27/10 at 12:22am
Better profit through mass production than making microbrew type stuff?
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post #46 of 102
5/27/10 at 12:44am
Dude it ain't just beer commercials. Damn near every single bit of advertising is sexist, whether in its objectification or its oppression (and yeah, oppression may be a BIT too strong a word but I'm having trouble thinking of the word I want so I'll go with it). There's no reason why Viagra commercials can be as overt as they are while tampon and bikini razor commercials have to hide the very thing they're selling behind ridiculous imagery and symbolism.
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post #47 of 102
5/27/10 at 12:49am
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Originally Posted by Scott View Post
Instead of pissing away R&D budgets to repackage their piss water, why can't these big beer companies use it to make their own interesting, rich label but still keep their light beers for the vapid people that love them?
Some of them do have "different" brews.
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post #48 of 102
5/27/10 at 12:54am
Some different brews large beer companies make.

Miller Brewing Company:
Miller 1855 Celebration Lager
Miller Midnight
Frederick Miller Classic Chocolate Lager

Molson Coors:
Killian's Irish Red
Blue Moon
Winterfest
Wildwood Westlake lager


etc
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post #49 of 102
5/27/10 at 12:56am
Also, it's my understanding that there are many many different varieties of SAM ADAMS, some seasonal, some limited time offers
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post #50 of 102
5/27/10 at 12:57am
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Also, it's my understanding that there are many many different varieties of SAM ADAMS, some seasonal, some limited time offers
Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada are examples of microbrews that got national distribution, not large manufacturers. They each make up less than 1% of the market.
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