Posted on 02/26/2015 6:53:09 PM PST by SamAdams76
Anheuser-Busch InBev is having a tough time getting millennials to crack open a can of Budweiser.
The world’s biggest brewer said Thursday that falling unemployment and “premium” brands are boosting overall beer sales in the US, its biggest market.
But the company is struggling to market Bud — the 139-year-old American brand with blue-collar roots — to younger drinkers, who prefer craft brews and bourbon.
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I lived in Germany for years I know what real beer is. Budweiser is not beer.
Budweiser won second place at a world beer tasting event.
Horse piss was first.
I had a layover in Dallas last year and after years of hearing about it I finally had a chance to taste this legendary Shiner Bock. Meh. The best thing I've had lately is Spiteful Brewing's Goddamn Pigeon Porter, dark and hoppy. Unfortunately you can only get it in Chicago and I live in California.
“Never before have we had so many choices in beer.”?
Not true.
Look around the turn of the 1800 to 1900 and there were 1000’s of small breweries and NO Bud worrying about its market share.
You realize of course that rolling rock is an AB brand...
And Busch, another AB brand...
Mabel, get off the table! The two bucks is for the beer!
You have to be old to remember that...
When I was growing up Bud was the choice of teens; anyone who could buy their own beer legally wasn’t fond of it.
Canadian as well; Molson has some great beers (and a large variety). I’ve never gotten a hangover from Molson Ice, though the XXX was potent (7.3% - strong for a beer).
In my town (heavily Ecuadorian/Peruvian now) Corona is the beer of choice for most Hispanics (which doesn’t include Mexicans - yet). They’d come in after their under-the-table moving jobs and drink the stuff by the gallon. Problem was they couldn’t be proofed (no ID, at least in English - and as Incas they look young - no facial hair), and after a few hours they’d have to be tossed because they’d start harassing any female unfortunate enough to pass by.
Corona isn’t bad, though I forego the lime.
“according to a premier beer website(I can email you the name of it), it ranks 21 out 100 of the top beers in the world
Rated 95 points (world class) on the Beeradvocates website. One of the few good things coming out of Delaware. It is pretty good, but expensive, so much so they sell it in a 4 pack.
Oops, DogHeadfish 90 min, IPA should have been mentioned in my post above.
Yuengling is family owned and operated and also non-union.
Problem is it is only available in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, and West Virginia.
As to it’s taste, it certainly isn’t going to please everyone, but most people love it and it’s the same price as Budweiser. I can get a case of cans in FL for $18.
I think they actually brew more beer in FL now than PA (which is hard to believe).
They came close to expanding a few years ago by buying another brewery in TN, but it fell through. Dick Yuengling is very deliberate when it comes expansion. TN would have been able to get them into TX.
Oh, and Yuengling is the largest American owned brewery in the country. If you’re unaware of it, you must be out west. It wasn’t even in OH (brewed in PA) until a few years ago. They threw week long parties and celebrations when it finally arrived.
Yuengling ping! Very drinkable!
Yuengling is my favorite most of the year...but my admittedly non sophisticated tastes have been enjoying Sam Adams Cold Snap, during hockey games, this winter.
Iron City was the “beer in the fridge” growing up, and Rolling Rock was the “fancy” stuff.
Wudbeiser is German for the French term Pisse de Clydesdale.
In the old days, Rolling Rock was only available in four or five states.excellent beer! Then they got bought out.flat tasting. Sour.
Same thing happened to Coors.
Yes, but they were primarily local, with little means for distribution. So you had to travel around the country to taste them, and travel itself was much more difficult in those days. So people basically settled for the few beers that were available in their local area. Having hundreds of choices at a single point of sale was unthinkable at the time.
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