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Posted on 03/29/2012 9:43:21 AM PDT by B Knotts
(NEWSER) – Anheuser-Busch InBev is desperate to turn its sales around. Sure, it's still the biggest beer company in the US, but shipments have fallen for three straight years, thanks to the growing popularity of small, independent craft brewers. But this year Budweiser's got a plan, president of North American operations Luiz Edmond tells the Wall Street Journal: It's going to produce more beers, while leaning on distributors not to carry the competition. Anheuser will introduce 19 new products this year, its biggest rollout since the InBev merger.
Some will aim to compete in the craft market, like additions to its Shock Top line, or boast higher alcohol content, like the 6% Bud Light Platinum, which Edmond calls a "game changer." Still others, like Bud Light Lime-a-Rita, will be malt beverages bearing little resemblance to beer. At the same time, Bud has urged 500 wholesalers to distribute fewer rival beers, warning that it will act against those who don't. An unapologetic Edmond says wholesalers must pick sides, and show "loyalty" to InBev.
They are losing market share because I stopped drinking beer fourteen years ago when we moved to Utah.
VODKA works faster. Besides Utah beer is 3.2%; carbonated yellow water.
It's 6% abv, from what I read. That's potent for a light lager, but not all that strong compared to a lot of other beers. New Belgium sells a reasonably-priced (as opposed to something like Chimay, which is still one of the best) trippel which is 7.8%. Tasty, and has an interesting coriander flavoring that grows on you.
See my post #37.
So, it’s all your fault? How much beer were you drinking?!? :-)
homebrew is the only way to fly. my next attempt is going to be a trippel belgian ale.
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Yessir!
This is one awesome brewery in Tampa. Cigar City Brewing
And the local pubs and ABC liquor store also sell their brews.
Their Humidor Series IPA is 7.5 ABV and I would rather have one of them than an entire 6-pack of cruddy beer.
And living in central Florida, it is beer drinking weather, for me anyway, all year round.
The Mrs. and I were at Sam’s Club when they were having a tasting of Bud Platinum. One guy in the group said its taste reminded him of another beer, but he couldn’t put his finger on it. I tasted it and said “Old English 800.” Everyone started laughing and agreeing and telling tales of OE8, Colt 45, etc. The Bud guy started to protest, talking about superior ingredients and brewing methods but then just gave up.
Heineken is OK, but if you're in Ireland why settle for OK?
Bud has always been a “High School” beer.
Green goo.
All they have to do is come up with lots and lots of varieties of beer, and depend on the retailers to be cheap and let the distributors stock the shelves for them.
That way most (if not all) of the shelf space goes to AB products.
This is what Nabisco does with its chips and cookies. This is what the soda companies do with a plethora of almost indistiguishable varieties of cola, etc.
If people want true variety then they need to demand that retailers continue to stock the products they want and not leave those decisions up to the distributors with the greatest load of crap to push.
Sorry guys, in this house it’ll be PBR and The Beast for the duration of the Obama Economy.
Lol -- spoken like a true beer philosopher.
True. You can make a very hoppy light beer.
I’m a malt fan, myself, though. More malt, less hops. Not always, but generally.
Nothing that is brewed in Ireland is remotely close to refreshing. Its all like stale pancake syrup with mold in it.
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Nothing that is brewed in Ireland is remotely close to refreshing. Its all like stale pancake syrup with mold in it.
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Their Black and Tan is awesome.
If that’s all Budweiser made, they would be successful.
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