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Just had my first Bud Light, Platinum [6% ABV; "new" Bud product]
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:39 pm
I say "new" because, honestly, it tastes like ole Bud Ice [from what I recall], and the bottle looks like a Zima. But, hey it is 6% ABV. Allegedly, they were targeting the craft beer market, but I think they really might be targeting the urban (not the cowboy) and club crowd.
This post was edited on 2/1/12 at 7:47 pm
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Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:40 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
what was everybodys problem with bud select? we drank that in high school and i didnt think it was too bad
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:40 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
They should just stop. They'll never tap that market.
eta: The craft market that is.
eta: The craft market that is.
This post was edited on 2/1/12 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:41 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
quote:
tastes like ole Bud Ice
quote:Doesn't jive
they were targeting the craft beer market
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:41 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
quote:LOLZ
they were targeting the craft beer market
quote:bingo
but I think they really might be targeting the urban (not the cowboy) and club crowd
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:41 pm to el Gaucho
quote:
bud select
I enjoyed it
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:41 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
A distribution guy told me yesterday that it "doesn't taste like beer" ? Does it, why the hell would they make another Zima ?
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:41 pm to el Gaucho
quote:
what was everybodys problem with bud select? we drank that in high school and i didnt think it was too bad
People had a problem with it? I didn't personally. It was just heavier than light but not as heavy as Bud, imo. I think it just didn't have a target market.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:42 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
quote:
Allegedly, they were targeting the craft beer market
Yea that won't be successful. They need to target this to the club scene like you already mentioned.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:42 pm to 91TIGER
quote:
A distribution guy told me yesterday that it "doesn't taste like beer" ? Does it, why the hell would they make another Zima ?
It taste like a beer; it is just in a Zima looking bottle.
It taste nothing like Zima or other flavored malt beverages.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:43 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
Seemed like the target was the "club" market mentioned in this thread, even if unintentionally.
Now Bud Dry...I'm not quite sure where they were going with that. I guess the Natty crowd.
Now Bud Dry...I'm not quite sure where they were going with that. I guess the Natty crowd.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:44 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
my piss is darker than that
GTFO
GTFO
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:44 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
quote:
It taste like a beer
It taste nothing like Zima
It looks like that 55, how was it compared to the King ?
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:45 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
i usually can't stand domestic lagers, but i actually somewhat enjoyed bud light platinum when i tried it last week. not bad.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:51 pm to 91TIGER
quote:
It looks like that 55, how was it compared to the King ?
Nothing like the 55. If you mean the low cal stuff. The low cal stuff has a low ABV, which means you have to drink twice as many. BLP has a higher ABV than regular bud light and Bud, and its calories are in the middle of the two.
Honest impression, not sure. Like I said in the OP, reminds me of ole Bud Ice, but not as skunky tasting. It does NOT taste like Budweiser. It taste somewhere between the light and heavy. Blind tasted a friend just now, and he thought it was PBR, without any idea what it could be.
It has a flavor to it that I can't quite pinpoint yet.
This post was edited on 2/1/12 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:52 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
It tastes like the golden wheat to me.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:53 pm to TypoKnig
quote:
Yea that won't be successful. They need to target this to the club scene like you already mentioned.
C'mon. It's obvious that that is Exactly their strategy.
Look at the signs.
Name-"platinum" (who do we know that is extremely fond of platinum?)
Clear, sapphire bottle- designed to be seen, sets itself apart from other beers. (flashy, "bling-bling"
Marketed as a luxury product (high dollar =high value=exclusivity. Think crystal, Hennessy, hypnotiq etc.)
now, if some rapper mentions it in a rap, then...
C'mon
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:53 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
I'll give it a shot, but it's hard to beat BUD for domestic 'drinking' beers.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:53 pm to Dooshay
quote:
It tastes like the golden wheat to me.
My friend guessed PBR, but said it had a wheat taste to it. So, I can see that. It definitely has a distinct flavor in it that I can not pinpoint.
Posted on 2/1/12 at 7:54 pm to SW2SCLA
Select isn't that bad
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