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So does anyone have any theories on how a microbrew elevates itself into a national name? There are SO MANY awesome micros around, but so few that "normal" people have even heard of.
 
If we are the minority then aren't we wrong

A statement like that makes me sad. (And a bit angry)
Good job we are only talking about beer.


I'm happy to leave McD and AB to the masses, it doesn't mean I have to like the product or what the companies do.

I boycot products and companies I do not like.
 
Sorry Orfy, Didn't mean to piss you off:mug: I was just throwing the arguement out there. Personaly I agree Just because it is the majority, doesn't make it right. But come on I like AB, it's not the greatest thing, but come on it's good.:)
 
the only good thing that I can see from AB or the BMC is there marketing. if we all had 1 oz of the marketing ideas that they had (back in the day) we would be rich beyond our wildest dreams. I have to give credit where credit is due. If you can sell BILLIONS of dollars of crap every year to the masses and continue to make them believe that its the best **** on earth You deserve my credit. Do I like the crap? Hell no But you have to admit they are some of the most powerfull CO. in the USA and THAT I admire and can learn from...
just thought it pipe in with my .02
JJ
 
OK so i didn't read all of this thread, most but not all, and i have cought hell for trashing BMC before but here goes, they are nameless/faceless/soulless, companies that do nothing but look out for their bottom line, no matter what that takes, i have been compiling a list (my Anit-AB list) for some time, just waiting for this occasion, so here is some light reading if you wish to see in what ways they screw over the little guy, and disguise themselves as micros.


http://beerdorks.com/articles.php?article_id=1
http://www.allaboutbeer.com/news/states/97widmer.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2004/06/28/daily33.html
http://dev.soave.com/news/bev_goose-island.php
http://beerdorks.com/articles.php?article_id=8
http://www.stonemillpaleale.com/ (bottom right front page AB)
http://www.wildhoplager.com/ (Bottom Right AB)
http://beerdorks.com/articles.php?article_id=12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch#Beverage_products
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/BMC
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3213.html (Bout halfway down the page)
http://www.beerscribe.com/notebook/2007/06/03/anheuser-busch-and-craft-beer/ (bud trying to take over maybe?)
http://www.beerscribe.com/notebook/2007/04/16/anheuser-buschs-very-busy-year/
http://www.beerscribe.com/notebook/2007/03/04/the-winds-of-change-at-old-dominion/
http://www.beeryard.com/news/default.cfm?action=view&id=643
http://www.allaboutbeer.com/columns/fred6.html (truth about light beer)

I highly recomend the very last link on the list (truth about light beer), Tells how american Light lagers are not really beer. Also i know i have read an article somewhere and cant seem to find it anymore, about how the former CEO of AB went to a comference in Oregon and told, outright, the distributors that if they did not stop stocking other beers that AB would basically shut them down. If anyone has read or has a link to an article similer to that please post it.

All Just My Opinion.


Cheers
 
Liquidsandwich said:
Sorry Orfy, Didn't mean to piss you off:mug: I was just throwing the arguement out there. Personaly I agree Just because it is the majority, doesn't make it right. But come on I like AB, it's not the greatest thing, but come on it's good.:)

I think you didn't mean it.

But it is dangerous to say the view of a minority is less valid than the view of the majority.

If anything the minority needs a louder voice than the majority.

I'm not pissed off.:mug:
 
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