I wish A-B would just stick to slock (chics in suits and such)commercials instead of trying to make us believe that their product is any good. I find their latest line "This is Bud. This is beer." highly insulting.
I actually really liked the new ad (it's called "Anthem") because it is positive, upbeat, and full of images about people and beer, not lizards and frogs. Damned tune is infectiously toe-tapping, too. They're back to focusing on the beer, and that's a good thing. Miller started it, and if it turns into an industry trend, and starts people thinking about the beer and how it tastes... well, let's just say that "I can't taste my beer!" seems like a very perilous idea for Miller Lite to be pushing, an idea that could have unforeseen circumstances.
"This is Bud. This is beer." is just the way things are. What the hell do you want them to fit into their jingle, "This is Budweiser, our interpretation of a style of beer that is incredibly popular around the world, but that is made fun of by a tiny percentage of geeks, this is who we are." Hey, I don't like it either, but...it's their ad.
How about "Bud, we market to the Morons" or "Bud, we aimed at the ground and hit it."
LOL!.... good one. ;)
nb
Or "Bud, a good starter beer."
'Course, there is always the real Bud, that being Budvar, which has been renamed to Czechvar. It is very good, even after the trip across the pound.
More like an ok starter beer. Miller is more a good starter beer. I've had Bud twice in my life, got a headache both rimes. I've had Miller a few more times than that without the same problem.
Bud's yeast is well-known for producing a high level of acetaldehyde. It throws off a bit of a green apple flavor, and is a common fermentation byproduct that usually becomes reabsorbed during later stages of fermentation. In most cases, it can be a sign of incomplete fermentation. But Bud's yeast either doesn't reabsorb it, or throws it in quantities too high to reabsorb.
The relevance of that? Acetaldehyde is something that's produced as a result of alcohol consumption, and is part of what creates that general miserable feeling known as the hangover. It's not at all uncommon for people to report headaches as a result of drinking Bud, or worse hangovers from Bud.
That said, at least the green apple provides a smidge of flavor that Miller doesn't have.
-Steve
Technically not. It's still Budvar/Budweiser in most of the world. Thanks to a trademark agreement that's pushing 100 years old now, the Budjoveice brewery agreed not to market their beer in A-B's home turf as Budweiser (and A-B doesn't call their beer Budweiser in much of Europe). So, it's Czechvar in the States. (Much as Belgium's Bush becomes Scaldis over here.) Not really a renaming, as a different name for one particular market.
-Steve
When I did a side by side of Bud and Miller I found a bit of grain and "beeriness" in Miller that was lacking in Bud. I'd give the nod to Miller.
So I went to the Colorado state fare and Bud had bought out the entire thing. Shameful for Colorado which boasts 100+ breweries/brewpubs and they didn't even bring any of their "specialty" lines, but Bud and Bud Lite (which are identical visually). Anyway so I decided what the hell, and had my first Bud in nearly 10 years. Served in a 32oz plastic cup. Man, that was a huge plastic cup. I tried and tried to find the "green apple" flavor, or any flavor for that matter! What it tasted like was slightly sweetened seltzer water - only at the very end after it had attained temps just above the sub-zero it was served did I notice trace hints of a malt flavor. No hops or bitterness whatsoever. The only offensive thing about it was the realization and reaffirmation of what nearly everyone thinks of as beer. No wonder craft brewers and adventurous chefs have an uphill battle.
_Randal
It's too expensive and too light. Czechvar is comparable to Stella Artois or Beck's. There's very little flavor, but it goes for $3.20 for every half-litre bottle. I still don't see how they can justify charging that much for it. My favorite is still Topvar. It tastes better and costs less than Czechvar at $2.30 a half-litre can. I'm even sipping on one right now...
-'dreas
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For a "starter beer", I prefer Michelob.
Bud (and Miller and Coors) are served too cold to numb the taste buds on the tongue. Proper lager serving temps are 42-45 degrees. A "beer" from any of these brewers served at proper temp tastes like you licked your shoe.
And has anyone tried Bud Select? Very horrid. I haven't found a Bud drinker that likes it.
In any case, it is very good. I guess I will need to travel to the Czech repulic some day and have it on fresh draft.
Yeah, you really should, because it kicks total ass. The new Budvar Dark is also the balls, I drank the hell out of it when I was in the Republic.
And I got a Bud Select last month in a Howl At The Moon bar in Louisville...hardly a stronghold of beer geekerie...and EVERYONE at the bar laughed at me, and made fun of me, even the bartender. And they were right. Mich Ultra is better.
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