Tag Archives: beer

Budweiser And Miller Plan Merger

The parent companies of Budweiser and Miller, the world’s two largest breweries, have agreed to merge and create an entity that would control one-third of the global beer market. After turning down five offers, British-based brewer SABMiller accepted in principle an improved takeover bid worth $106 billion from Anheuser Busch InBev, which along with Budweiser makes Corona, Stella Artois and …

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Here’s Budweiser’s Super Bowl Ad

Over 10M views since yesterday.

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PBR Sold To Russian Company

Iconic Milwaukee-based blue collar and hipster favorite Pabst Blue Ribbon has been sold for $700M to a company based in Russia. The buyer is Oasis Beverages, a Russian brewer and beverages distributor. Backing Oasis is TSG Consumer Partners, an American private equity firm focused on consumer goods, which will take a minority stake. “Pabst Blue Ribbon is the quintessential American …

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NPH For Heineken Light

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Stonewall Inn To Drop Guinness Beer Over Sponsorship Of St. Patrick’s Day Parade
UPDATE: Guinness Pulls Out Of Parade

Via GLAAD: The historic Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the modern LGBT equality movement, will drop Guinness beer from its shelves beginning Monday, March 17 following the beer company’s decision to stand by its sponsorship of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The Parade, which is the oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the country, prohibits …

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Beer Prank

Clip recap: “Me and the boys played a bit of a joke on our mate Russ. Kegs of beer have been plumbed into every tap in the house, with loads of cameras to catch the action. Took us all day to set up but it was worth it when the icy cool beer came pouring out.” Top comment on YouTube: …

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Lionel Richie For Tap King

Slightly gay-tinged, yes? (Tipped by JMG reader Birdie)

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Red Hook Beer For WA Marriage

(Via Good As You)

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Billboard Of The Day

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Today In Mildly Interesting Trivia

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New Can

This is the first design change I can recall since I had my first Bud a million years ago.

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Budweiser For Beards

Via press release from Budweiser: Budweiser is asking adult men across America to help save one million gallons of water by not shaving in the days and weeks leading up to World Environment Day (June 5). As part of Budweiser’s ongoing commitment to water conservation, the Grow One. Save a Million. program allows consumers to get involved and save roughly …

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Viagra Beer

In honor of this week’s royal wedding: “Created by the Scotland-based BrewDog Brewery, ‘Royal Virility Performance’ ale is laced with herbal Viagra, chocolate, goat weed and ‘a healthy dose of sarcasm,’ the company’s website says. Drinking three bottles of the potent brew is supposed to be the equivalent of swallowing one Viagra pill.”

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The United States Of Good Beer

You folks always enjoy these silly maps, but I’m posting this one under protest as I detest it when beer snobs curl their lips at my Budweiser and stare disdainfully at the taps before accepting my offer to buy a round. “Wait, what do they have that’s good?” I feel the same way about coffee snobs who’ll drag me five …

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CALIFORNIA: Beer Sellers Oppose Marijuana Legalization Bill

A coalition of beer distributors is opposing California’s Proposition 19, the attempt to legalize and tax the sale of marijuana. On Sept. 7, the California Beer & Beverage Distributors gave $10,000 to a committee opposing Proposition 19, the measure that would change state law to legalize pot and allow it to be taxed and regulated. The California Police Chiefs Association …

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Beer Numbers

(Via – Andrew Sullivan)

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Miller Lite Ads: You Are A Cross-Dressing Sissy If You Don’t Drink Our Brand

Queers United points us to the below ads from Miller Lite which mock men as skirt-wearing, purse-carrying sissies if they don’t “man up” and drink their brand. Transphobia? Homophobia? Funny? Queers United suggests contacting the company to express your displeasure.

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Aftertaste

Watch until the end. (Tipped by JMG reader JM)

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Mmm, Clammy

It was launched almost two years ago, but it wasn’t until this weekend when I saw their six-story Jumbotron in Times Square that I learned about the existence of Budweiser Clamato. Their press materials claim that beer+clamato is a longtime Mexican tradition, hence the rollout began in Arizona, Texas, and California. The photo I used here was titled “ewgross” on …

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UK: Cocaine Now Cheaper Than Beer

I don’t know if this is related to the economy or not. Based on reports from police forces, the Home Office said that cocaine is now being sold for as little as £20 a gram in some parts of the country. The most common price for the drug is £40 per gram. Home Office figures for 1998 show the average …

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