re: Budweiser Project - Please give your opinions!

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All the people on this board saying Bud is crap need to check national sales figures for AB

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They still own the beer market nationwide. All those people can't all be wrong.

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I wonder how many CD's Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys have sold combined? I think the Spice Girls sold around 750 million or so by themselves. All those CD buyers can't be wrong. How many units did The Pet Rock sell? Chia Pets?

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All the people on this board saying Bud is crap need to check national sales figures for AB. They still own the beer market nationwide. All those people can't all be wrong.

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BS. See the previous post about Britney Spears and Backstreet boys to see what the popular music sellars are. Totally means nothing.
Your local Red Lobster/Joes Crap Shack/Bennigans will probably have lines out the door every weekend, but it means nothing as to if it is good.

Marketing, marketing, marketing, is all the mass produced brews are about.

With that being said, I do drink bud products over Miller/Coors if I have to choose. I believe the merger will hurt bud somewhat in the view of their customers because of it not being an American company.

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it just didn't feel right. so i started drinking coors for a while.

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I am pretty sure Coors is owned (or at least partially owned) by Molson, a Canadian brewing company. So unless your post was sarcastic your switch didn't get your point across very well.

Beer, as much as anything else these days, is a global product. Because most Americans drink cheap swill such as Budweiser and never expand their beer palates, they're unaware of this revelation. Now, being owned by InBev will in no way effect how your Budweiser tastes. That is probably the biggest concern amongst those that drink it. What it will do is give Budweiser an even bigger distribution. That means that if you find yourself somewhere outside of the United States, you'll have no problem finding a Bud. On the flip side, it also means you'll probably be able to buy a Becks or a Stella in Cut Off, Louisiana. The big brewers, i.e, AB, Miller/Coors/Molson, etc. don't care about the beer. They care about marketing ploys and distribution. AB, who glossed Budweiser as The King of Beers is in reality, the King of Marketing. People will buy and use damn near enything if you spend enough money telling them to do so. Look at Coors Light. They market the fricking can the beer comes in as opposed to the beer. The thing that scares me about the merger is not what it will mean for AB, but what it will mean for beer drinkers. There are thousands of great breweries in this world whose biggest problem is distribution. Some of these breweries are coveted by the big boys and some are not. Of those that are not wanted, they'll simply be driven out of business because they can't get their product to consumers because local distributors sign contracts with AB,InBev,Miller,Coors,Molson, etc. Many will sign these contracts with the stipulation that they not distribute certain other beers. Viola! Micro-brewer is out of business. However, this concept is not foreign to AB as they employed similar tactics in the past. But, with InBev now in control, they possess even more clout and can easily squash competitors. I could go on and on about this, but I doubt you're that interested.