If you drink PBR[views:18559][posts:129]_________________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 5:19pm - Conservationist ""] Welcome to being a pungi-ass drone; you just got owned by a viral marketing campaign. Pabst's success actually comes from years before the recession. Pabst managed to pull of a strangely effective word-of-mouth campaign that made the long-declining brand an "ironic downscale chic choice for bike messengers and other younger drinkers who viewed the beer as a statement of non-mainstream taste," reports Crain's. Let's call a spade a spade: Those "non-mainstream," "younger drinkers" are hipsters. Usually found smoking European cigarettes and/or cloves, hipsters are known for their despise of anything "mainstream" and their fondness for irony. They listen to bands that no one has ever heard of and start fashion trends that are cool because of their "uncoolness", e.g., trucker hats or vintage plaid shirts. This is where Pabst Blue Ribbon comes in. "It's an anti-establishment badge," said a major market wholesaler. "It seems to play to the retro, nonconformist crowd pretty well." http://www.nbclosangeles.com/around-town/f...n-Ever-Sorry-Hipsters-59575967.html Basically, they got a few people to start promoting it on the basis of being an un-majority beer. The rest of you, being sheep who have nothing in common but hating the majority, signed up for it. By doing so, you became the sheepest of the sheep, the consumer who buys a product to create an identity. That's like hoping to make yourself a social star by buying Dockers, an iPod and a Chevy Volt. There is no way to be a bigger tool. You have been pwnt. You should not vote or have political opinions. |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 5:20pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] HEINEKEN?! FUCK THAT SHIT! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!! |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 5:23pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] Let's face the facts here. Frank Booth made it cool to drink PBR before it became the hipster beer of choice. You know it and I know it. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 14,2009 5:29pm - aril ""] Lol. |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 5:30pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] i could give a fuck about any of that. i drink pbr cause its cheap and tastes half-way decent |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 5:37pm - dreadkill ""] FuckIsMySignature said:i could give a fuck about any of that. i drink pbr cause its cheap and tastes half-way decentme too |
| _______________________________ [Oct 14,2009 5:40pm - aril ""] Give me some Chimay and call it a fucking day |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 6:07pm - goatcatalyst ""] [img] Here's to your fuck, fuck. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 6:50pm - the_reverend ""] I usually don't like something until it has a viral marketing campaign. |
| _____________________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 7:01pm - infect sli sli sli ""] FuckIsMySignature said:i could give a fuck about any of that. i drink pbr cause its cheap and tastes half-way decent wholeheartedly seconded, if i want to drink "obscure underground" beer ill shell out for some fine microbrews. P.S. by your logic PBR drinkers = hipster sheep. so if someone takes your advice and stops drinking PBR, what does that make them? |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 7:02pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] it makes them someone on frank's shit list. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 7:06pm - ArilliusBM ""] I popped open a nice bottle of Schlafly bourbon barrel aged imperial stout last night. Good stuff khed http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schlafly-bour...n-barrel-aged-imperial-stout/66896/ |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 7:08pm - immortal13 ""] I'm bigger on expensive microbrews (call me a beer snob I guess), stuff with more taste and flavor to it, but when I'm broke I drink pbr. Cheaper than bud light and much better tasting. I don't drink it to fit in to anything. That's probably their way of saying we wanna go mainstream by making it seem like we wanna stay underground, that way all those "non-conformists" will drink their beer and it will get more popular. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 7:11pm - SteveSummoned ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 7:12pm - immortal13 ""] If Clint Eastwood did it, everyone should do it. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 14,2009 7:50pm - tylor ""] or that it's just one of the best/most available beers in its price range immortal13 said:I'm bigger on expensive microbrews (call me a beer snob I guess), stuff with more taste and flavor to it, but when I'm broke I drink pbr. Cheaper than bud light and much better tasting. I don't drink it to fit in to anything. That's probably their way of saying we wanna go mainstream by making it seem like we wanna stay underground, that way all those "non-conformists" will drink their beer and it will get more popular. always been 'all or nothing' with beer too |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 8:06pm - immortal13 ""] It's an expensive habit. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 14,2009 8:20pm - slymo ""] aril said:Give me some Chimay and call it a fucking day that stuff rules |
| ________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 8:52pm - ernie ""] there is no better beer for 7 bucks a 12pack, i couldnt care less who else drinks it. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 9:46pm - d000d ""] yea, i think this marketing bullshit is just that-- bullshit. sure some people buy PBR for the reasons stated above, but that's not why everyone drinks it. it's just like high life--- the cheapest fuckin beer at the bar will always be popular with the crowd. narragansetts all around. :duffbeer: |
| ________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 9:47pm - d000d ""] p.s. all of these responses only further your status as a sheep, and my own |
| ________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 9:48pm - d000d ""] :pukeface: |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 14,2009 10:01pm - swamplorddvm ""] I drink it. But it sure as fuck isn't my first beer of choice. La rossa, Skull splitter, Wee heavy Belahaven, and Trois pistoles are pretty much my tops... sofar. |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:19am - Conservationist ""] infect%20sli%20sli%20sli said:PBR drinkers = hipster sheep. so if someone takes your advice and stops drinking PBR, what does that make them? It makes them clue++. YS (BW) |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:23am - brian_dc ""] I'd rather spend $10-20 on a 4 or 6 pack of something quality. PBR is salty swill. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:24am - arilliusbm ""] swamplorddvm said:Trois pistoles Everything that company makes is great. Definitely one of the best Canadian breweries out there. DYA drools over La Fin Du Monde |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:32am - Yeti ""] dumb theory. i drink PBR because its cheap. plus, you have to love a beer whose claim to fame is winning the blue ribbon in 1893. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:34am - arktouros ""] PBR is the best mass-produced American beer, therefore I drink it. I can't believe anyone other than Conservationist would read into it anymore than that. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:35am - MikeOv ""] Microbrew your own beer or you're a commie hipster. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:37am - arilliusbm ""] PBR and metal shows go hand-in-hand. I can't sit there and throw out 6 bucks everytime for a Sams or some other "yuppie" beer at a show. I only buy the nice beers in my spare time, usually to enjoy at night |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:38am - Yeti ""] and they always have the 16oz cans. i could go for a PBR right now. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:38am - arktouros ""] dude since you're an official Liquor Processor, why the hell shouldn't you |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:39am - Yeti ""] reading the names of beer all day is torture. perhaps its contributing to my growing alcohol problem. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:41am - arktouros ""] the alcohol is dangerous, you really need a vaporizer. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:52am - Murph ""] Conservationist said:Welcome to being a pungi-ass drone; you just got owned by a viral marketing campaign. Pabst's success actually comes from years before the recession. Pabst managed to pull of a strangely effective word-of-mouth campaign that made the long-declining brand an "ironic downscale chic choice for bike messengers and other younger drinkers who viewed the beer as a statement of non-mainstream taste," reports Crain's. Let's call a spade a spade: Those "non-mainstream," "younger drinkers" are hipsters. Usually found smoking European cigarettes and/or cloves, hipsters are known for their despise of anything "mainstream" and their fondness for irony. They listen to bands that no one has ever heard of and start fashion trends that are cool because of their "uncoolness", e.g., trucker hats or vintage plaid shirts. This is where Pabst Blue Ribbon comes in. "It's an anti-establishment badge," said a major market wholesaler. "It seems to play to the retro, nonconformist crowd pretty well." http://www.nbclosangeles.com/around-town/f...n-Ever-Sorry-Hipsters-59575967.html Basically, they got a few people to start promoting it on the basis of being an un-majority beer. The rest of you, being sheep who have nothing in common but hating the majority, signed up for it. By doing so, you became the sheepest of the sheep, the consumer who buys a product to create an identity. That's like hoping to make yourself a social star by buying Dockers, an iPod and a Chevy Volt. There is no way to be a bigger tool. You have been pwnt. You should not vote or have political opinions. usually your posts evoke some intellectual premise, but this time you just sound like a dickhead I'd have a media class with in college who I'd want to suffocate because they give a shit about things that don't matter. so lame. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:58am - slymo ""] immortal13 said:It's an expensive habit. no, cocaine and magic the gathering are expensive habits. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 11:00am - arilliusbm ""] I've got a fridge full of Michelob Ultra. Pretty refreshing and underlooked for cheap American light beer. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 11:04am - MikeOv ""] Don't they market Michelob beers towards suburban family men who are trying to mind their health and calorie intake, so their wives still find them attractive? |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 11:05am - arilliusbm ""] MikeOv said:Don't they market Michelob beers towards suburban family men who are trying to mind their health and calorie intake, so their wives still find them attractive? You nailed me. Nah, they were given to me. left over party beer |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 11:23am - blue ""] Conversationist must go to exactly zero shows to think that PBR is merely a hipster drink. He must be one of those liberal upper class jerks who can afford pricey beers. He should talk with Rich Horror in person about this subject. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 11:31am - MikeOv ""] He only drinks Budweiser because he's doing his part to keep the economy afloat, provide hardworking American's with jobs; supporting an American made product. (Please note: Anheuser-Busch was aquired by Belgium's InBev) |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 11:33am - arilliusbm ""] MikeOv said: (Please note: Anheuser-Busch was aquired by Belgium's InBev) Yea, and then they release the "American Ale" hah, stuff ain't that good |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 12:42pm - Yeti ""] it sucks ass. they totally did that as a dig to American beer tastes. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 12:43pm - immortal13 ""] Most Anheuser-Busch beers suck anyway. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 12:45pm - arktouros ""] I've always liked regular old German lagers but the best beers in the world right now are from American microbrews. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 12:46pm - Yeti ""] immortal13 said:Most Anheuser-Busch beers suck anyway. i can tolerate Busch, i can't really afford to be a beer snob anymore, but otherwise yeah they all suck. Budweiser is a fucking atrocity, and i don't even recognize Bud Light as beer. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 12:48pm - immortal13 ""] It's like carbonated water. Sure, I go out and by a 12 of pbr, but when I actually have some money to spend I'll by a nice porter or something that has taste to it. I don't like Busch, and I agree Budweiser is just terrible. Now let's talk about the feeling of drinking piss when Keystone Light is consumed. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 12:49pm - Yeti ""] i'll stay sober before drinking something like Keystone Light or Natural Ice. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 1:07pm - aril ""] Natty ice is great if you want to puke all over people |
| ______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 1:17pm - Yeti ""] and then feel AWFUL the next day and have next-to-uncontrollable beer splatters. |