sanukjim Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Why don't they just rename it to 'Water'. It out sells whatever beer that you are drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Why don't they just rename it to 'Water'. because Coors lite has a patent pending on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) Why don't they just rename it to 'Water'. It out sells whatever beer that you are drinking. I'm sure it does as I don't drink for years now. Years ago when in the military then university I did drink Bud, Pabst BR, Schlitz, Coors. When I started traveling internationally I discovered real beer. Edited May 11, 2016 by OccamsRazor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry1011 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) Looking good And to play the patriotic card is very smart (Especially when the parent company is Belgian). Edited May 11, 2016 by gerry1011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Hilarious, not even owned by an American company. Yeah, kind of like all the great Brit cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Looking good And to play the patriotic card is very smart (Especially when the parent company is Belgian). ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect PRO1462971815.376019.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect PRO1462971825.277661.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect PRO1462971832.809929.jpg Agreed, chances are the drinkers are not aware of the foreign ownership anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Off-topic posts and replies removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timendres Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Soon to be changed to "Freedom Water" after the next "terrorist" attack.This story, the freedom fries stories and others makes me wonder if it is the american population who is retarded while their elite is smart enough to communicate at their level, or more worrying, if its maybe the american elite who is retarded... Worrying when you consider the fire power they hold. Well, we are past the worry point, we are actually in a permanent state of world war, and we keep on voting, i guess the overall world populatuon is retarded. Can't fight the bell curve... Nor the negative skew is seems to exhibit in the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losworld Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 What a pathetic attempt to increase sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Sort of like the Dallas Cowboys self aggrandizement that they are America's Team, hell I am an American and they were not, nor will they ever be, my team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Stupidest marketing idea I ever hear. This will be like the "new Coke" fiasco and they'll change it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sealbash Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Stupidest marketing idea I ever hear. This will be like the "new Coke" fiasco and they'll change it back. Yes, it is because of poor business decisions like this that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is the world's largest brewer with approximately 25% market share. They should do more research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Stupidest marketing idea I ever hear. This will be like the "new Coke" fiasco and they'll change it back.Yes, it is because of poor business decisions like this that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is the world's largest brewer with approximately 25% market share. They should do more research. Maybe they should read the wise advertising guru's on TVF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Budweiser is the Newcastle Brown Ale of America - horrible stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 They've just caused major damage to worldwide sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 They've just caused major damage to worldwide sales My second favorite post of the day, thank you for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humberstone Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) The original Budweiser was Czech. Some years ago there was a court case over the name. Maybe that has something to do with it. A backroom agreement? I'll take the original over the American brand any day. Have to say, American style beer is really good on a hot day, you are dying of thirst and you want to down something cold and bubbly that's not 50% sugar. German beer ... well, that's something you want to sit down and enjoy. I was going to post the same thing. If you've been to the US and just want something to refresh you after a hot day then beers like Bud and the rest are just fine. Edited May 12, 2016 by Humberstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Sort of like the Dallas Cowboys self aggrandizement that they are America's Team, hell I am an American and they were not, nor will they ever be, my team Actually the :America's Team" moniker came from NFL Films review of the Cowboy's 1978 season. It stuck on the game broadcasts and the team embraced it. "Bob Ryan, now Vice President and editor-in-chief of NFL Films, coined this for the Cowboys while preparing and editing the team’s 1978 season highlight film.[6] He was quoted as saying: I wanted to come up with a different twist on their team highlight film. I noticed then, and had noticed earlier, that wherever the Cowboys played, you saw people in the stands with Cowboys jerseys and hats and pennants. Plus, they were always the national game on television." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopar71 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 If only the USA had learned to copy beer as well as it copied so many other european inventions and claimed them. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Sort of like the Dallas Cowboys self aggrandizement that they are America's Team, hell I am an American and they were not, nor will they ever be, my team Actually the :America's Team" moniker came from NFL Films review of the Cowboy's 1978 season. It stuck on the game broadcasts and the team embraced it. "Bob Ryan, now Vice President and editor-in-chief of NFL Films, coined this for the Cowboys while preparing and editing the team’s 1978 season highlight film.[6] He was quoted as saying: I wanted to come up with a different twist on their team highlight film. I noticed then, and had noticed earlier, that wherever the Cowboys played, you saw people in the stands with Cowboys jerseys and hats and pennants. Plus, they were always the national game on television." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Team Not too off-topic but we also are aware of why Dallas Stadium has an open dome too, correct? So God can look down on his favorite team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmypassword Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Stupidest marketing idea I ever hear. This will be like the "new Coke" fiasco and they'll change it back. Yes, it is because of poor business decisions like this that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is the world's largest brewer with approximately 25% market share. They should do more research. "Bud Crowded Out by Craft Beer Craze Faded Beer Brand Unhitches Clydesdales in Favor of Fresher Pitches to Young People" http://www.wsj.com/articles/budweiser-ditches-the-clydesdales-for-jay-z-1416784086 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconJohn Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 One of the early posts on this thread claimed Bud was an OK beer compared to other popular mass-market brands in the US. I would agree with that. Why all the vilification and the comparisons to "water" and "piss"? Is it the beer, or is it Americans you don't like? I don't particularly like them myself, and I was born there; but I voted with my feet a long time ago and don't let them bother me. American-bashing on this forum seems to run a close second to Thai-bashing. Anyway, there is the mediocre beer, and there is the absurd patriotic re-branding. The Samuel Johnson line is still the best and the truest - "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." - not because there is no such thing as genuine patriotism, but because it tends to get buried under tons of bombast, drivel, and nonsense. The vast majority of the time people invoke patriotism in defense of principals that they can't logically defend in any other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammock Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Call it "America uber alles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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