Posted on 01/31/2015 4:43:05 AM PST by Libloather
Football fans will be discouraged from drinking “non-union” beers like Guinness and Heineken while they’re at Super Bowl parties.
During Sunday’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, labor groups are hoping to raise awareness about beer companies that are unionized and pay their employees good wages.
Labor 411’s list of approved beers for the Super Bowl includes companies like Stella Artois, which boasts strong union membership.
But Guinness, Heineken, Corona, Flying Dog, and many other beermakers did not make the list, said Robert Fulton, the editorial director of Labor 411.
"If you’re out making your choice between whether you want Stella or Heineken, for example, we would encourage Stella,” Fulton said.
The Super Bowl beer list includes more than 200 brews from around the country, such as Budweiser, Miller Light, Coors, Blue Moon, Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR), and Shock Top. Fulton said he is focusing on promoting these beers on game day.
And rest assured Patriots fans, the Boston-owned beer Sam Adams is on the list of approved "union beers."
But the group hopes union supporters think twice before sipping on a cold Guinness.
Yes, Yuengling! Family-owned and operated.
Love the Lord Chesterfield.
What a scumbag brewery that place is. Last time i had one of those i spit it out on the ground and had to apologize to the dirt. Those people made their millions off of union labor and then turned around and stabbed unions in the heart. It really is some low quality monkey piss that they put out now and has gone downhill the past few years.
Agreed, most posters here are simply, “Posers” and just like to talk real loud but they send their kids to public schools, buy union food, wear union clothes and so on. Without unions the majority would wither away and die but they will never admit it. I can sympathize with them though since they were raised in families that were non union and brainwashed from a young age to hate something they still no very little about.
Well, that leaves one beer.
BWA HA HA HA HA!!
I don’t need nor want anyone’s “approval” for what I decide to drink...
The abject arrogance of these aholes is astounding...
Stella is my weekend treat! Like Sam Adams too but Stella is my favorite.
Brew ma own beer...screw the unions, voting with my dollars where an when possible.
Murphy's Irish Stout is an awesome sub for G. Tastes better IMHO.
I thought Coors was non union ?
I doubt anyone would suffer significantly by avoiding
union made products.
Funny that, all my favorite brews don’t have that unpleasant union after taste!
Sheesh. All I did was stand up for Sam Adams and Yuengling. I didn’t coming for the upbraiding.
I was a Teamster for three years.
I didn’t hate unions before. I do now.
I raise one to you!
::clink::
Sorry, was meant to be a generic rant.
Was in no way intended to be personal to anyone.
The only part I meant as direct was to clarify that Boston is in fact a union shop at their Cincinnati bottling plant.
Please accept my apologies if what I said came through as a personal attack.
All the best...
BnG
| Beer Name | Union |
| 1845 Pils | IBT |
| Alexander Keiths | IAM |
| Anheuser-Busch | IBT/IAM |
| Axehead | IBT |
| Bass Ale | IAM |
| Beck's | IAM |
| Black Eye Ale | IBT |
| Black Hawk Stout | IBT |
| Blue Heron Pale Ale | IBT |
| Blue Moon | IUOE/IBT |
| Boxer Ice, Lager and Light | IBT |
| Bud Dry | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Extra | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Ice | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Ice Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Light | IAM/UFCW/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Light Golden Wheat | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Light Lime | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Light Lime Ritas | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Light Platinum | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Bud Silver | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Budweiser | IBT/IAM |
| Budweiser 66 | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Budweiser Brew Masters Private Reserve | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Budweiser Non-Alcoholic | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Budweiser Select | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Budweiser Select 55 | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Budweiser/Bud Light Chelada | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Burger | IUE-CWA |
| Burger Light | IUE-CWA |
| Busch | IAM/IBT |
| Butte Creek IPA (organic) | IBT |
| Butte Creek Pale Ale (organic) | IBT |
| Butte Creek Pilsner (organic) | IBT |
| Butte Creek Porter (organic) | IBT |
| Camo Black Ice | IUE-CWA |
| Camo Ice | IUE-CWA |
| Carmel Wheat Beer | IBT |
| Clear Creek Ice | IBT |
| Coors | IBT |
| Coors Light | IUOE/IBT |
| Czechvar | IAM |
| Double Dread Imperial Red Ale | IAM |
| Dundee | IBT |
| Dundee English-Style Ale | IBT |
| Dundee Festival Ale | IBT |
| Dundee India Pale Ale | IBT |
| Dundee Irish Red Lager | IBT |
| Dundee Kolsh-Style Ale | IBT |
| Dundee Nut Brown Ale | IBT |
| Dundee Oktoberfest | IBT |
| Dundee Pale Ale | IBT |
| Dundee Pale Bock Lager | IBT |
| Dundee Pilsner | IBT |
| Dundee Porter | IBT |
| Dundee Stout | IBT |
| Dundee Summer Wheat Beer | IBT |
| Duquesne | IUE-CWA |
| Duquesne Light | IUE-CWA |
| Earthquake | IUE-CWA |
| Eye of the Hawk Select Ale | IBT |
| Flor de Jamaica | IAM |
| Genesee | IBT |
| Genesee 12 Horse Ale | IBT |
| Genesee Cream Ale | IBT |
| Genesee Ice | IBT |
| Genesee N.A. (non-alcoholic) | IBT |
| Genny Light | IBT |
| Goose Island | IBT |
| Grain Belt Premium (Schell's) | USW |
| Green Valley Brewing Company | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Hamm's | UAW/IAM |
| Hamm's Draft | UAW |
| Hamm's Light | UAW |
| Henry Weinhards Belgian Style Wheat | IUOE/IBT |
| Henry Weinhards Blonde | IUOE/IBT |
| Henry Weinhard's Blue Boar Pale Ale | IUOE/IBT |
| Henry Weinhards Classic Dark | IUOE/IBT |
| Henry Weinhards Hefeweizen | IUOE/IBT |
| Henry Weinhards IPA | IUOE/IBT |
| Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve | IUOE/IBT |
| Hoegaarden | IAM |
| Honey Amber Rose | IBT |
| Huber Rock | IBT |
| Huber Premium | IBT |
| Hudy Delight | IUE-CWA |
| Hudy 14K | IUE-CWA |
| Humboldt Haze Imperial What IPA | IAM |
| Hurricane | IUOE/IBT |
| Icehouse | UAW/IAM |
| Iron City | IUE-CWA |
| Iron City Light | IUE-CWA |
| Jamaica Red Ale | IAM |
| Jamaica Sunset IPA | IAM |
| John Barleycorn Barleywine | IAM |
| Johnny Appleseed | IUOE/IBT |
| Keystone Light | IAM/IUOE |
| Killians | IUOE/IBT |
| King Cobra | IUOE/IBT |
| Kingfisher Premium Lager | IBT |
| Kirin | IAM |
| Labatt's Blue | IUOE |
| Labatt's Blue Light | IUOE |
| Landshark Lager | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Latrobe | IUE-CWA |
| Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale | IBT |
| Leffe Blond | IAM |
| Leinenkugel's | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Amber Light | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Berry Weiss | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Big Butt Doppelbock | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Creamy Dark Lager | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Honey Weiss | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Light | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Oktoberfest | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Original | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Red Lager | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Leinies Summer Shandy | UAW/IUOE/IBT |
| Lionshead | IUOE |
| Lionshead Light | IUOE |
| Mad River | IAM |
| Mendocino | IBT |
| Mendocino Black IPA | IBT |
| Mendocino Honey Amber Rose | IBT |
| Mendocino Imperial IPA | IBT |
| Mendocino Imperial Barley Wine Ale | IBT |
| Mendocino Imperial Stout | IBT |
| Mendocino Oatmeal Stout | IBT |
| Mendocino Pumpkin Ale | IBT |
| Mendocino Saratoga IPA | IBT |
| Mendocino Saratoga Lager | IBT |
| Mendocino White Ale | IBT |
| MGD 64 | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Bavarian Wheat | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Golden Draft | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Golden Draft Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Honey Lager | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Pale Ale | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Porter | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Pumpkin Spice Ale | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Ultra | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Ultra Amber | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Ultra Tuscan Orange Grapefruit | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Michelob Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Mickey’s | IUOE/IBT |
| Mickey's Ice | IUOE/IBT |
| Mickey's Malt | IUOE/IBT |
| Miller | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Miller Genuine Draft | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Miller Genuine Draft Light | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Miller High Life | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Miller High Life Light | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Miller Lite | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Miller Lite Ice | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Milwaukee Lager | IUE-CWA |
| Milwaukee Light | IUE-CWA |
| Milwaukee Special Reserve | IUE-CWA |
| Milwaukee's Best | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Milwaukee's Best Ice | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Milwaukee's Best Light | UAW/IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Minhas Oktoberfest | IBT |
| Molson | IUOE/IBT |
| Molson Canadian | IUOE/IBT |
| Molson Dry | IUOE/IBT |
| Molson M | IUOE/IBT |
| Moosehead | IBT |
| Mountain Crest Classic Lager | IBT |
| Natural | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Natural Ice | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Natural Light | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| O'Doul's (non alcoholic) | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| Old German | IUE-CWA |
| Olde English 800 | IUOE/IBT |
| Pabst | UAW |
| Pennsylvania Style Lager | IUE-CWA |
| Pennsylvania Style Ice | IUE-CWA |
| Pennsylvania Style Light | IUE-CWA |
| Peregrine Pilsner | IBT |
| Perfect 10 | IBT |
| Raptor Red Lager | IBT |
| Red Dog | UAW/IUOE |
| Red Stripe | IUE-CWA |
| Red Tail Ale | IBT |
| Rolling Rock | IAM |
| Saranac | IBT |
| Schell's | USW |
| Schlitz | UAW |
| Serious Madness Black Ale | IAM |
| Sharp's (non alcoholic) | UAW/IAM |
| Shock Top | IAM/IUOE/IBT |
| SouthPaw Light | IUOE |
| Sparks Malt | IUOE/IBT |
| Staropramen | IAM |
| Steel Reserve | IUOE/IBT |
| Steelhead Double IPA | IAM |
| Steelhead Extra Pale Ale | IAM |
| Steelhead Extra Stout | IAM |
| Steelhead Fine Ale | IAM |
| Steelhead Porter | IAM |
| Stegmaier | IUOE |
| Stegmaier Amber Ale | IUOE |
| Stegmaier Gold | IUOE |
| Stegmaier IPA | IUOE |
| Stegmaier Oktoberfest | IUOE |
| Stegmaier Pale Ale | IUOE |
| Stegmaier Porter | IUOE |
| Stegmaier Summer Stocks Pils | IUOE |
| Stegmaier White Ale | IUOE |
| Stegmaier Winter Warmer | IUOE |
| Stella Artois | IAM |
| Stoneys Gold Crown | IUE-CWA |
| Stoneys Lager and Light | IUE-CWA |
| Swiss Amber | IBT |
| Talon Extra Select Double IPA | IBT |
| Third Shift (MillerCoors) | IBT |
| Thunderbolt | IBT |
| Tilt | IUOE/IBT |
| White Hawk Select IPA | IBT |
“In fact, it is considered in Europe to be a fairly low-end beer like Bud...”
Years ago, someone told me that same thing about Corona. They said that Corona was considered the Blatz or Old Milwaukee of Mexico.
But a very astute marketing plan here in the US made it cool to drink it here and drop up sales.
I don’t know if this story is true. It’s just what someone told me. They guy, IIRC, had some kind of connection to wine/beer/liquor retailing or marketing.
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