So how butthurt were the craft brew people about that Bud commercial?

I so pissed brah. I beat my dog all night. Can't believe they would take a shot like that at a company they just bought.

I support craft brewing and more importantly small business, but A+ on Bud's marketing team. It brought the mega-lulz.

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So how butthurt were the craft brew people about that Bud commercial?

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I missed the commercial but watched on youtube last night.

It appears that bud was the ones "butthurt" (i hate that term) about craft beer. It seems like they went out of their way to disparage craft beer and their drinkers without provocation. It's not like craft beer makes commercials against bud. They get their rep from craft drinker by taste alone.

So no, i wasn't upset over the commercial. Just seemed childish by Bud.

I will say, the commercial, in itself, is extremely hypocritical. First they flash the words "beachwood" aged, which means nothing and they've been trying to push that term since inception. Second, they are clearly worried about their market share being gobbled up by the craft industry, otherwise they wouldn't be buying up all these craft breweries. And 3rd, they just bought a company last month, that brews a pumpkin peach ale.

So bud came out looking like a horse's arse, if you ask me.

I like a good craft beer but some "mavens" can be uppity pussies. Drink the fricking beer and stop bitching about the nose.

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It's not like craft beer makes commercials against bud

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They can't afford to. They definitely talk shite about macro brewing from the corporate to casual level.

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I didn't see anything wrong with the commercial. It basically points out that craft beers have a thousand different flavors and Bud is just like any other american lager. Didn't see how it helps Bud unless you believe in Beachwood Aging.

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They definitely talk shite about macro brewing from the corporate to casual level.

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Corporate level of a craft brewery? Craft brewing isn't some conglomerate. They are small businesses.

And yes, craft beer drinkers don't care for bud because a) it tastes like water and b) the tactics Anheuser Busch/ In Bev (not an American company) uses and have used in the past were explicitly anti-competition. In the past bud would gobble up any small brewery it could, use their recipes, examine the bottom line, and reduce quality of those recipes to save a buck, and in the end, liquidate said company. AB/INBEV is also the leading proponent of the 3 tier system. WHere a small business can not self distribute their own product, and MUST, by law, go through a 3rd party to sell their beer to retailers, who place the products on the shelves, based on how much money is given to them. Ergo, craft beer placement on shelves are bottom shelf, while bud/miller/coors fill up 3/4 of the rest of the beer aisle. If you don't believe, go into a grocery store and see how much shelf space is taken up by a bud light. You have the same exact beer packaged 12 different ways. And don't get me started on the stupid gimmicks like "vortex bottle" "punch top", etc...

Now obviously, in the past 4/5 years, shelf placement has changed due to the high demand of craft beer throughout the country. But many of the BMC drinkers here are really hoping us craft enthusiasts are getting upset. We really don't care. YOu can't name one craft drinker here that will make fun of another poster for what they drink, because we really don't care. You want to drink bud, go for it. It's not my problem. But our opinions on bud are what they are for the reasons stated above, and most importantly, because of taste. I don't like the beer because it has no taste. I love craft beer, and i love homebrewing. I don't call my friends names because they drink bud, because i used to drink it too, before i discovered there is a whole other world of beer out there.

The same bud drinkers that dislike craft drinkers because we take the time to experience our beers, dislike us for the very reason you claim to dislike craft drinkers. Because you claim they "insult you" for what you drink. Drink what you want, and let others drink what they want. Just let it be known, if you are ever drinking beers at my house, and you are drinking bud, i will always offer you a homebrew or a craft brew just to let you experience something different.

I actually didn't find it that funny...if they wanted to go after craft beer nerds, they could have done a much better job.

It would be hilarious if some of the big craft beers guys joined together and made a commercial about Bud drinkers and just stereotyped them into dumb rednecks beating their wives.

Now THAT would be funny.