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jmowreader

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33. I do not consider IPA to be good beer

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 02:34 PM

Feb 2015

I just don't like it. And since the vast majority of craft beer sold in my area is either IPA or some other industrial-strength ale, I can't be a craft beer customer.

I prefer a pilsener, a style you won't see in craft brewing for two reasons: the beer snobs won't accept it, and it requires investments in energy and equipment craft brewers can't make. (It has to be fermented and aged at low temperatures. Pilsen is in a region with many caves, but in the US pilsener needs mechanical refrigeration.)

Sam Adams and Henry Weinhardt are very good beers in my preferred style.

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Analyzing Budweiser's Hypocritical, Anti-Craft Beer Super Bowl Ad [View all] MohRokTah Feb 2015 OP

Budweiser is the McDonald's of beer. leveymg Feb 2015 #1

Yep. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #3

I'd rather eat a Big Mac than drink a Buttwiper� Bonx Feb 2015 #5

A steady diet of either industrial product will kill you, slowly. leveymg Feb 2015 #9

Yeah, I don't want even an occasional diet of either Bonx Feb 2015 #28

Good one.. 2naSalit Feb 2015 #56

Let's just say that both products are relatively unaffected by bodily filtration. leveymg Feb 2015 #65

That's totally more my style. n/t 2naSalit Feb 2015 #84

There are Some Beers that Don't Have any Hops AndyTiedye Feb 2015 #66

That's interesting to know 2naSalit Feb 2015 #85

Hipsters have already moved off PBR and onto Tecate taught_me_patience Feb 2015 #2

It's not for people who "taste" their beer but those who funnel it NightWatcher Feb 2015 #4

Big breweries are now making beers with crafty names.... Historic NY Feb 2015 #6

I knew about those. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #10

wow jollyreaper2112 Feb 2015 #7

The hipsters may move from PBR to Bud after this ad. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #13

that's how PBR got them in the first place jollyreaper2112 Feb 2015 #25

F*** that S***! PABST BLUE RIBBON! FrodosPet Feb 2015 #43

bud sucks Mosby Feb 2015 #8

The equipment and ingredients for home brewed beer have gotten so good and cheap... MohRokTah Feb 2015 #12

Fact. My first brew was an Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #36

My new son-in-law's brother makes excellent home brew. Adsos Letter Feb 2015 #105

I do not consider IPA to be good beer jmowreader Feb 2015 #33

Not sure where you're getting your info tkmorris Feb 2015 #40

I'm referring to "pilsener" in the European sense jmowreader Feb 2015 #59

Everyone has different tastes when it comes to beer Mosby Feb 2015 #47

I love a good IPA. But it's a particular SheilaT Feb 2015 #53

I think the problem with IPAs is that some use the hops to mask shitty beer. Goblinmonger Feb 2015 #60

You do realize the IPA is an abbreviation ? Trajan Feb 2015 #64

Yeah. I got that. Goblinmonger Feb 2015 #69

IPA was pretty good when I first tried it. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #67

See if you can get Lagunitas Czech Pils in your area. bluesbassman Feb 2015 #70

Lots of craft breweries make pilsners. Adrahil Feb 2015 #90

I haven't had any that can match the German, Czech, or Polish offerings. Throd Feb 2015 #92

We'll have to disagree.... Adrahil Feb 2015 #94

Do they have access to ENOUGH refrigeration to hold a whole batch of beer? jmowreader Feb 2015 #96

The Breweries? Of course they do! Adrahil Feb 2015 #98

I can't believe somebody wasted their time HappyMe Feb 2015 #11

how about posting in a thread about it ? Bonx Feb 2015 #24

lol! HappyMe Feb 2015 #26

First-world problems on full display. nt Ykcutnek Feb 2015 #37

Then don't ever take an advertising class! kentauros Feb 2015 #81

The funny thing is, HappyMe Feb 2015 #107

Having worked in the past as a graphic designer, kentauros Feb 2015 #110

Even though their beer sucks, they probably had good will because of the Lab puppy/Clydesdale ad hlthe2b Feb 2015 #14

The dog whistles in the ad affect different people differently. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #16

Hold the phone...someone doesn't like an American mass produced beer? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #15

Obligatory comparison to animal piss. Throd Feb 2015 #22

Meanwhile they pretend to love overhopped craft beer Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #29

I consider over-hopped beers to be akin to 24" spinner rims. Throd Feb 2015 #30

And there is the matter of that German beer being something like 500 years old. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #39

I want to buy this post a goddamn drink....I'm tired of overhopped, bitter bullshit that msanthrope Feb 2015 #31

Thank you. HappyMe Feb 2015 #38

I love overhopped craft beer Bonx Feb 2015 #50

Meanwhile , Anheuser-Busch owns a number of craft beer brands ... kwassa Feb 2015 #17

Want to know what's even more hilarious? MohRokTah Feb 2015 #19

Most of the craft brew choices I never see, as they are consumed locally to their manufacture. kwassa Feb 2015 #55

I love when I'm in a different state Goblinmonger Feb 2015 #61

I love it when I find one with the build your own sixxer in another state. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #79

Bud sh*t, I say. DreamGypsy Feb 2015 #18

Anheuser-Busch is owned by Belgian-Brazilian beer giant InBev. Buy American beer! Yuengling! n/t benz380 Feb 2015 #20

yuengling is not available west of the miss. river nt Mosby Feb 2015 #54

Really? Why not? benz380 Feb 2015 #71

From their website Mosby Feb 2015 #77

Although Yuengling Lager is my beer of choice... CANDO Feb 2015 #99

I wish I were manly enough to respond. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #21

Most craft brew consumers I know do not consider Red Hook to be Craft Beer any more. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #23

And it tastes like carbonated crap. One of the worst tasting beers ever. Rex Feb 2015 #27

It is a smart ad, they are going for the guys that drink beer by the case and the 12 pack. braddy Feb 2015 #32

It's designed as confirmation bias for existing customers. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #34

I am not a beer drinker... MADem Feb 2015 #35

Agreed KatyMan Feb 2015 #57

Bud is the Jerry Lewis of beers Enrique Feb 2015 #89

Sorry to disagree, but the craft beer movement was overdue for a flogging. Paladin Feb 2015 #41

I drink nothing but craft or home brewed beer. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #42

I've had plenty of microbrews as well, and I still gravitate to Marr Feb 2015 #45

Mexico produces some really first-rate suds, no doubt. (nt) Paladin Feb 2015 #46

There's a Mexican restaurant near us KatyMan Feb 2015 #58

I am not a fan of Corona but Negra Modelo is good. I think Pacifico is good too. Vattel Feb 2015 #78

Hey, drink what you like.... Adrahil Feb 2015 #91

They certainly know their audience. Marr Feb 2015 #44

First world problems Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #48

So are about 99.9% of all posts on DU MohRokTah Feb 2015 #49

Pretty good add. You do know what they are in the business to do, right? NCTraveler Feb 2015 #51

LOL! Budweiser, the piss of beer. raven mad Feb 2015 #52

Fuck Budweiser. hifiguy Feb 2015 #62

IF the Bud mooks came for craft beer... MohRokTah Feb 2015 #63

Currently in Wisconsin but have lived in MN (originally ND) Goblinmonger Feb 2015 #86

If it wasn't for Portland's amazing craft brewery culture Trajan Feb 2015 #68

Oh look at all the beer poseurs. mathematic Feb 2015 #72

You've apparently never had a lager in the pilsner style outside of what Macro breweries produce. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #73

I specifically mentioned pilsners as distinct from american lagers. mathematic Feb 2015 #74

My apologies. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #75

No prob. mathematic Feb 2015 #80

Old Milwaukee underpants Feb 2015 #76

A cold pitcher of Budweiser is the perfect paring with hot pizza. Throd Feb 2015 #83

I'll defer to the Bruces' opinion about American beer kentauros Feb 2015 #82

I do not drink any of this garbage(beer). Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #87

Your choice. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #88

If there are three beers I drink they are yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #93

If you can find it, try Yebisu. It is my favorite Japanese beer. Throd Feb 2015 #95

Hard to find. I have heard of this beer... yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #97

Maybe if it didn't taste like piss they wouldn't be losing market share tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #100

My husband fell in love with me when I introduced him to real ale PumpkinAle Feb 2015 #101

Bud is a lager, first of all. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #102

You are absolutely right, but most people in the US don't know the difference PumpkinAle Feb 2015 #103

My fav lager was a decoction mash I did. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #104

Okay you have me - PumpkinAle Feb 2015 #109

Personally give me Guinness or Shiner Bock DonCoquixote Feb 2015 #106

I have Shiner in my fridge all of the time Major Nikon Feb 2015 #108