Belgian Bud

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:09 pm

Seems that Whitey’s beer of choice is now a foreign brew:

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Sirfindafold · Post by **Sirfindafold** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:13 pm

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:05 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:Seems that Whitey’s beer of choice is now a foreign brew:

Bummer..

I may have to quit drinking.

Yeah right. As Dyer Straights once opined: Last time I was sober, man I felt bad. Worst hangover that I ever had.

They'll still brew it the same way in St. Louis, Missouri and truck it right up I-70 to my favorite liquor store. Nothing's going to change about the beverage itself.

But I'll bet there's a bunch of mid-level managers and assorted cronies who represent nothing more than non-value added overhead (and they know who they are) all across the Anheuser-Busch empire gripping right about now.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:06 pm

note to spreadsheet:

Whiteys real name is Philip McClary.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:40 pm

Not to the shareholders.

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:37 am

Is Pabst next? If so, there goes everything.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:41 am

U.S. beer drinkers could toast Anheuser takeover

By Martinne Geller Mon Jul 14, 5:46 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Beer drinkers could reap some unexpected short-term benefits as Anheuser-Busch's "King of Beers" becomes a vassal in a much larger empire run by Belgium's InBev.
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Once InBev's $52 billion takeover of Anheuser gets approved, it will be able to use Anheuser's far-reaching U.S. distribution network to sell its own beers, introducing brews such as Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, Leffe and Staropramen to drinkers across the United States.

"That could be one of the secret upsides" to this deal, said Harry Schuhmacher, editor and publisher of Beer Business Daily. "You can get a Stella anywhere in New York, but you can't get one anywhere in San Antonio."

Anheuser's Budweiser and Bud Light are the world's top-selling beers, but are not growing much in the United States as many consumers have switched from domestic beers to wine, spirits, imported beers or small-batch "craft" beers.
Anheuser and InBev had a deal whereby Anheuser distributed some of InBev's higher-priced beers, but did not make much money off the deal, Schuhmacher said. Now that all the beers would be under the one roof, there is more financial incentive to get those imports into bars and stores, he said.

"This takeover gives the average consumer more choices," said Benjamin Akande, dean of Webster University's School of Business and Technology, based in a suburb of St. Louis. "It also possibly introduces some efficiencies in terms of pricing. Overall, I think the average beer drinker will get more choices at more affordable prices."

Those choices come at the expense of some wounded pride.

"It saddens me that a large, truly American company has become just a fraction of a larger, homogenized global corporation," said Michael Coakley, a Bud Light drinker from Hoboken, New Jersey. "However I doubt that quality or pricing ... will change much at all."

While people mourn the lost independence of an American icon, the combined company - which will be the world's largest brewer - may help them drown their sorrows.

"The first effect (on consumers) will come from InBev's proclivity to sell on price. They are street fighters," said Tom Pirko, president of Bevmark, a beverage industry consulting firm. "To offset the lingering negativity of the AB deal, they are going to give away some suds."

Yet not everyone is bothered by the transaction.

"They're not changing the formula. Nothing's going to change," said Richard Freed, a regular drinker at Jimmy's Corner, a bar in midtown-Manhattan. "The average guy doesn't even know it was taken over."

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Beer is still for chicks and lightweights.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:48 am

Diogenes wrote:Beer is still for chicks and lightweights.

I still use it as a chaser.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:57 am

Beer as chaser is acceptable.

Althout Long Island iced teas are better.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:16 pm

I have to tell you - Bud folks crying about "larger, homogenized global corporations"...that shit will never get old or not be funny.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:45 pm

Diogenes wrote:Beer is for chicks

Followed up with:

Diogenes wrote:Long Island iced tea

Awesome... totally awesome.

The faggot is strong in this one.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:33 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Diogenes wrote:Beer is for chicks and lightweights.
Followed up with:

Diogenes wrote:Long Island iced tea

12 0z of 10 proof piss watter vs 4 1/2 80 proof shots of actual alcohol.

Everytime it seems you couldn't be any more of a moron...

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:35 pm

Fuzzy Navels and Sex on the Beaches have a bunch of alcohol in them too, champ.

There's another name for men who order Long Islands...

they're called "fucking faggots."

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:40 pm

mvscal wrote:Long Island Ice Tea is a bitch drink designed with the sole purpose in mind of getting the stupid bitch drunk as shit as fast as fucking possible. Period. EOS.

And for this, I'd recommend a place called Mars Meadows right next to the horse track, alongside I-5 in North Portland.

The bartenders there are extremely helpful when it comes to knocking the bitch on her ass in two drinks or less.

The Space Room in Hawthorne ain't a bad bet for this, either.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:44 pm

Diaphanous enjoying a “manly” cocktail....

....shortly before receiving a manly cock in his tail.

Sirfindafold · Post by **Sirfindafold** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:46 pm

Maybe you pussies can form a group and discuss the different strategies and tools (long island ice teas) you can use that might enable you to get laid some time this century.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:52 pm

Appearently lightweights think beer is 'manly'.

I use the word think losely in this case, of course.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:53 pm

Why is it ALWAYS the no-game motherfuckers who can't string three coherent words together, a situation that surely worsens around living, breathing females...

they're always the ones dropping the "you can't get laid" card?

Priceless.

C'mon, idiot. Look at your posts. Now, look at mine. One of us is oh-so-smoooove, the other (sup you) struggle to come up with the next acronym that supposed to serve as some sort of "take."

Yeah, IBYARHWTL (I'll bet you're a real hit with the ladies).

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:55 pm

Diogenes wrote:I use the word think losely

Which is more severe?

Your addiction to semen, or your addiction to self-plungering?

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:58 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Diogenes wrote:I use the word think losely

Which is more severe?

My addiction to semen, or my addiction to self-plungering?

Beats me.

But your addiction to idiocy knows no bounds.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:01 pm

Diogenes wrote: But your addiction to idiocy knows no bounds.

And you thought the best way to try and show me the error of my ways was with...

IKYABWAI?

PLEASE keep posting, dude. You make FatPaul look like a Smackoff winner.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:03 pm

You must remember, Diaphanous is currently chasing his own brass ring. And the competition is fierce.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:06 pm

As much as it sucks for the 314 that AB is being fucked with, it ain't like we didn't benefit from AB fucking with other companies. I doubt AB kept all the Latrobe employees on staff when they took over rolling rock.

Dinsdale wrote:
Diogenes wrote:Beer is for chicks
Followed up with:

Diogenes wrote:Long Island iced tea

Awesome... totally awesome.

The faggot is strong in this one.

exactly what I was thinking.

Diogenes is a girl drink drunk.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:13 pm

AB moved "Highway 33" production entirely to Newark, New Jersey on 2006...the beneficiaries of that move weren't in the 314 or the 412.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:23 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Diogenes wrote: But your addiction to idiocy knows no bounds.

And you thought the best way to try and show me the error of my ways was with...

Stringing you allong before quoting you?

That usually works.

Fuzzy Navels and Sex on the Beaches have a bunch of alcohol in them too

Maybe to a fag like you...

Fuzzy Navel recipe
1 part peach schnapps
1 part orange juice
1 part lemonade

Mix equal parts of each ingredient in a highball glass, top with ice, and serve.

7% (14 proof)

Sex on the beach recipe
1 1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz peach schnapps
2 oz cranberry juice
2 oz orange juice

Add vodka and peach schnapps to a highball glass over ice. Fill with equal measures of cranberry juice and orange juice, and stir.

11% (22 proof)

1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part rum
1 part gin
1 part triple sec
1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix
1 splash Coca-Cola®

Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass. Pour into a shaker and give one brisk shake. Pour back into the glass and make sure there is a touch of fizz at the top. Garnish with lemon.

Alcohol: 28% (57 proof)

14 proof is mucho alcohol?

Better stick to O'Doul's, bitch.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:29 pm

You follow a drink recipe to the letter, and don't add extra booze when mixing one up for a cunt-nugget?

So, you thought this revelation of just how clueless you are was going to help you out of this pit-of-faggotry you've dug yourself...

how, exactly?

I'd love to stick around and educate you further, but I have to go to work this evening, and before doing so, I'll be stopping by... check this out... a real woman's house...

Where I will be served lunch and given a nasty hummer. I'll possibly score a direct hit and dot the eyes... and maybe even paint her boldface.

A few hours at work, and if I'm done early enough, I can go recieve preferrential treatment at some downtown bars... if this goes down, rest assured none of the special-mix Dinsdale Specials will be the limp-wristed chick drinks that you seem so proud to quaff.

Fucking homo.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:48 pm

Dinsdale wrote:I still don't know what the fuck I'm talking about.

Just pretend to be heterosexual, maybe nobody will notice.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:54 pm

Sudden Sam wrote: I've pretty much drank nothing other than regular ol' Budweiser for the last 30 years. I like it. I don't care to experiment with other beers.

Ok, so far.

I thought I'd give this new Bud Light Lime a shot. It's pretty decent.

Woah, you lost me there. I can't understand anybody wanting to add fruity taste of any kind to their beer. Occasionally while at a drinking establishment I'll order up a Corona and w/o fail the bartender always just assumes I want a fucking slice of lime added to it. I'm like dude, you'll have to sell that beer you just ruined to someone else, 'cause I'm not drinking it.

But you know what's interesting is that when Miller first came out with their horse piss Lite beer, it wasn't long before AB came out with Bud Light and proceeded to kick Miller's ass for the next 30 years. Fast forward to the 21st century and Miller comes out with Chelada with some success and before long AB comes out with Bud Light Lime, which I've no doubt will also kick Millers ass. Poor schmucks can't catch a break.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:55 pm

Serious question...

At what point do you think you're "FTFY/IKYABWAI" smack/suck style is going to be anything but a self-asskicking?

Didn't work the first 100 times.

Was comically ineffective the second hundred times.

When you got into the 4-digit attempts at it, I was actually starting to feel bad for you.

But after the three thousandth time, it's starting to come full-circle, and become humorous watching your struggles with your old nemeses, Logic and Intelligence.

Although I'm sure you'd be heralded as a folk hero in Kansas City... so at least you've got that going for you.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:57 pm

War Wagon wrote:I'll order up a Corona... ruined

I'm pretty sure it was "ruined" long before it made the border crossing.

Horrid.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:08 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Serious question...

At what point do you think you're "FTFY/IKYABWAI" smack/suck style is going to be anything but a self-asskicking?

I wouldn't know, since that has yet to happen.

You take a comment that LIIT's are preferable to beer as chasers (editing that out), combine that with the fact that beer is for chicks and lightweights (again editing out the relevent portion) and come to the conclusion that I prefer girly drinks.

Then you compare a drink that consists of a shot of 40 proof liquer with a drink containing 4 shots of 80 proof and 1 of 40 proof liquor.

And all I am saying is that you are a lightweight and a moron.

It would be more of a YouDon'tKnowWhatTheFuckIAmButYouAreADemonstrableImbecle.

And a pussy.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:12 pm

Dio, as deep a hole you keep digging for yourself, you should be in China by now.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:13 pm

Fret not, felice. MgoBlueLightSpecial & the Deciders have a secret plan to SAVE BUDWEISER from the Evil Euros

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:14 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:Dio, as deep a hole you keep digging for yourself, you should be in China by now.

The only hole I'm in is the one in your head.

But then, I'm used to that with you losers.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:20 pm

Dio comes in slamming the manhood of beer drinkers then cops to drinking vaginal drinks like Long Islands. Fucking classic.

Welcome back, Dio. The constant self-plungerings you administer always keeps this place fresh.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:22 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:Dio vaginal drinks like Long Islands. Fucking classic.

Don't blaspheme! MgoBlueLightSpecial loves Long Islands

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:38 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:Dio comes in slamming the manhood of beer drinkers then cops to drinking vaginal drinks like Long Islands.

Clueless as ever. Pointing out that you're a lightweight isn't a slam on your (alleged) manhood. But if you think a 57 proof drink is 'vaginal' you just might be doing that for yourself.

BTW, I generally don't bother with chasers anyway. But if I did, I wouldn't drown out the taste of whatever shot I'm having with beer.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:39 pm

Cuda wrote:Fret not, felice.

I only care about the economics of AB in St. Louis. The beer ain't anything to defend.

Long Island Iced Teas are worth defending if you own a lot of jean short commodities.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:44 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote: I only care about the economics of AB in St. Louis. The beer ain't anything to defend.

So Bace, when you frequent one of the many bars around downtown who serve only AB products, what do you drink?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:50 pm

OK... I'll let you know how that hummer works out for me.

Actually... no, I won't. You'll just have to not take my word for it.

But hopefully, I will have some epic stories to tell of riding the train through the ghetto to get there. I find riding public transit is not only a great way to avoid high fuel costs and parking nightmares, but can be pretty damned entertaining, so long as the bullets aren't flying.

Maybe I'll wear a PING golf hat all turned sideways and shit, and be like "yo, upper-level white trash rerezentin', yo!"

And dang, I should get a camera. The crackhead my buddy decided to invite along on our after work mini-bender was quite the character. A drunken, crack addicted, nuclear physics savant... no, really. It's not every day you meet one of those, in my experience. Old Town is awesome like that. Our friend who was tending bar at the establishment we brought him in to wasn't nearly as amused as I was... fuck him if he can't take a joke.

I'll try to top that one today... we'll see.