Do you ever drink BMC?

[munche]

It was said best above, just because I enjoy a $40 steak doesn't mean I don't enjoy a $.99 cheeseburger sometimes. I'll drink cheap beer fairly regularly because it's refreshing and it's still beer.

I find the whole crusader attitude tiring. "Oh, this beer is beneath me". It's like talking to a preachy Vegan. We get it, you've got particular eating/drinking habits. It doesn't make you cool. :fro:

 

[ArtVandelay]

It is very difficult to shot gun home brew

 

[two_hearted]

I drink BMC when courtesy dictates it. When my boss or a host hands me an open can or bottle I take it, thank them and stop at one. Other than that, if BMC is the only thing available I drink regular water.
My mother taught me to be polite and thank people even when they are handing me a pile of shyte.

Exactly. You won't catch me buying it though. I don't want to support companies that make it more difficult for craft beer to get to my local store's shelf.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I can't do light beers. I just can't do it, they taste sooo bad.

I love American lagers though. I love High Life tall boys.

 

[sportscrazed2]

If it's free I will drink it. I refuse to spend my own money on it though. Last time I had bmc was last Thanksgiving. This year I plan on fixing that by bringing some of my homebrew.

 

[MrInternet]

Just like Walmart, they make it clearly obvious that they choose to make their products for as cheap as possible with complete disregard to quality.

No company stays in business with a "complete disregard for quality". In fact, they are just making the product that the American palate asks for. If people didn't drink it, they wouldn't make it. If most beer drinkers thought it was "crappy", they wouldn't drink it. Ergo, if it was "crappy", they wouldn't be in business.

I'm also not convinced they are making it as *cheaply* as possible... again, adjuncts aren't an automatic "crappifier".

Just say you don't agree with their ethics and that you like fuller-flavored beer... no need to get sanctimonious. Of course, it seems you're a bit partial to this tactic judging by a certain lolzy atheist site in your sig.

 

[tunoffun]

Just say you don't agree with their ethics and that you like fuller-flavored beer... no need to get sanctimonious. Of course, it seems you're a bit partial to this tactic judging by a certain lolzy atheist site in your sig.

Ziiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggggg

I'll drink (a Bud) to that

 

[jgardner6]

If I'm out of beer I will have one of my father-in-laws Lone Stars, and thats about as far as I get.

 

[Bulls Beers]

I drank Bud light for 15 years. Only Bud light. I was turned on to Guinness and then and many different styles of German beers.. Then I started Homebrewing. Bud light is undrinkable to me now.

 

[EarthBound]

I drank Bud light for 15 years. Only Bud light. I was turned on to Guinness and then and many different styles of German beers.. Then I started Homebrewing. Bud light is undrinkable to me now.

I share the same experience. I used to drink total crap because it was cheap. I knew it was crap, but I bought it anyway (like most of the people who drink it) because it was cheap.

Why is it so cheap? Because they cut every corner they can... especially with their ingredients. They buy/grow the cheapest (therefore, crappiest) ingredients and use as little as they can. It's all genetically modified rice and corn. They use the smallest amount of hops and grain possible; therefore, it is of the lowest quality. There it is... the proof of their complete disregard for quality. They might as well ship the ingredients from China while they're at it! That is when they will merge with Walmart. Those bastids...

 

[Homebrewtastic]

Let me say this first... I'm a beer nerd. I love beer, good beer. I really don't like fizzy yellow water at all. However my father in law is an old cowboy (literally) and doesn't really get craft beer. So when the family and I go to visit and he offers me a Budweiser I can't say no, and typically end up drinking a few.

 

[Sea]

It is very difficult to shot gun home brew

Very true! I prefer Pabst.

 

[maxamuus]

Honestly i cant say i do. Low as i go is Fosters on cruises. Damn drinks are so expensive but Fosters are two pisses for the price of one.

 

[lurker18]

I have to because of where I am. Micros and specialty beer are non existant outside of a few restaurants, even the bars tend to only go BMC. So if I am outside my house and 95% of anywhere else, Coors Lite gets the job done.

 

[mmb]

If I'm offered a BMC, sure.

High Life is the only American Lager I go out and buy. That's the staple macro for summer time fun and camping.

 

[android]

I love American lagers though. I love High Life tall boys.

high life tall boys FTW!

 

[EddieWess]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI_mZrLRl0I

I love how the guy with the golf clubs has a tooth missing!

 

[jfr1111]

Absolutely. When I'm offered a beer, I always say yes, thank you. My father-in-law pretty much only drinks Bud Light and he never keeps it in the fridge since he says cold beer gives him bellyaches. So lukewarm Bud Light is a staple of visits at my in-laws.

The only other liquor he drinks is gin with water, at about a 1/10 ratio. That I usually turn down though or I bring my own tonic water.

I also sit in with bands (less and less, sadly) and you always get offered BMC at these types of venues and you can't exactly bring your own (wether craft or homebrew) at a bar. Same thing with fishing: can I pitcure hiking 4 miles with the outboard motor on my shoulder and drinking a stout in a pint glass afterwards ? Hell no, give me the cheap malt flavoured water straight from the can.

 

[munche]

Why is it so cheap? Because they cut every corner they can... especially with their ingredients. They buy/grow the cheapest (therefore, crappiest) ingredients and use as little as they can. It's all genetically modified rice and corn. They use the smallest amount of hops and grain possible; therefore, it is of the lowest quality. There it is... the proof of their complete disregard for quality. They might as well ship the ingredients from China while they're at it! That is when they will merge with Walmart. Those bastids...

It's cheap because of economies of scale and the inherent efficiencies in the supply/creation process when they're brewing so much beer at a time.
How is growing their own barley a bad thing? Is it cheap and crappy when Rogue does it? How about SN? The amount of hops and grain in the beer is not an indicator of quality, it's an indicator of flavor. Or is a barleywine automatically a "higher quality" beer than a pale ale because it uses MORE barley and hops?

The fact is the levels that the big 3 go to for their quality control border on OCD obsessiveness. They're making a very specific product for a market that has a very low tolerance for error or change. It's completely ignorant of the brewing process to declare the beer "low quality" because you don't like the flavor.

Do you think you, as a homebrewer, could brew a beer that could fool a Bud Light drinker, and do it cheaply? If it's so cheap and crappy, anyone could do it right? Hell, the stuff you get at the homebrew store must be 10x the quality! Good 2 row, not like the crappy 2 row the other brewers use!

 

[munche]

If I'm offered a BMC, sure.

High Life is the only American Lager I go out and buy. That's the staple macro for summer time fun and camping.

Loving the love for High Life in this thread. Not a bad beer at all. Somehow people I know put it in the same category as the super cheap/crappy brands, but IMO it stacks up well against any American Lagers.

 

[JonK331]

I like to drink Coors sometimes. Not Miller, and never EVER Bud. Anheuser Busch / In Bev are just to evil and do too much to hurt real beer. In fact I REFUSE to drink any of these beers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBev_brands

 

[EarthBound]

In fact I REFUSE to drink any of these beers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBev_brands

Wow, I had no idea about this. Thank you for posting it.

 

[tnvol]

I don't buy it for home consumption or anything, but when the situation dictates I'll put back a few. It's not like it's poison or something.

Same here. My best friend doesn't drink anything but Bud Light. When he hands me one or is buying, I'll drink it. The good thing is, nobody in the house will touch the beer I buy. lol

 

[Mermaid]

I do consume their products on occasion, but it's pretty much limited to Blue Moon or InBev brands Leffe, or Stella if it's on tap.

 

[gtpro]

Wheres the N in BMC? Natty light. . .I'm in college, nuff said.

 

[JebCkr]

Wheres the N in BMC? Natty light. . .I'm in college, nuff said.

NKB, Natty, Keystone, and the Beast. They are a tier below BMC, same wattery yellow fizz, but I think they use unfiltered thrid world country water or something.

 

[JonK331]

Wow, I had no idea about this. Thank you for posting it.

If you're into that sort of thing check out the documentary Beer Wars, pretty cool, has a lot of stuff about Dogfish Head also.

 

[ColonelForbin]

Last night I broke down and consumed BMC beer. This really hot girl wanted me to play flip cup with her and some friends. I lived the High Life.

 

[Zacharias]

Does zima count? Kidding. Sometimes I will crack a PBR. Thats my favorite cheap BMC beer. And steer clear of Monster energy drink and anything inBev related (Anheiser Busch), they tried to sue Rock Art Brewery over a beer called the Vermonster a while back.

 

[mikeysab]

When I'm out on the golf course, it's strictly BMC, or BMC type. If I buy the beer, i'll get bud light, if my buddy buys, he'll buy keystone, or natty ice. I'm already paying for a round of golf, I'm not buying craft beer on top of that. Also, depending on the type of bar, I'll have a PBR if they have it, and some of the more slummy bars in Manhattan have PBR. Typically, if the bar maid will show her cans, they have PBR, so I'll go for it. Other than those two situations, never. And I don't know about you guys, but if someone in a bar buys a round, they buy whatever you're drinking. I've never heard anybody say "Get that man a coors light". It's always "Next rounds on me".