Vote! Dumb beer marketing gimmicks

[Cugalabanza]

Personally, I think the fast pouring is the best.

Edited May 25, 2011 by gringo starr

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

And then there's the one where you can scratch a message into the label with a key or coin.

[KD in CA]

 

Awesome poll. It's nice to see the quality of the advertising match the quality of the beer.

[Cugalabanza]

And then there's the one where you can scratch a message into the label with a key or coin.

Damn, I forgot that one!

 

[Buftex]

I can't believe all the money these domestic beer companies spend on this kind of crap, not to mention the mostly awful ad campaigns that go with them...just make some damn beer that tastes good, and you will have me...until then, beer snobbery for me!

[Cugalabanza]

And then there's the one where you can scratch a message into the label with a key or coin.

Added.

[GoodBye]

How about finding ways to KEEP the beer cold. I can't stand warm beer. I have to drink it w/i 5 mins or else it's too warm.

[The Poojer]

the triple hopping campaign they had....triple hopping beer is pretty standard practice for the vast majority of beers...boiling hops, flavoring hops and aroma hops.....

 

perhaps you need to loosen your grip.....

 

How about finding ways to KEEP the beer cold. I can't stand warm beer. I have to drink it w/i 5 mins or else it's too warm.

[paintmyhouse]

I think the Miller Lit campaign is dumb where the one guy just drinks a beer named "Light Beer" and it is not a Miller Lite. Makes no sense.

[GoodBye]

 

 

perhaps you need to loosen your grip.....

I have been a little uptight lately.

[DrDawkinstein]

HAHAHA Great concept and poll Gringo.

 

I voted for the "Pours Into Mouth Faster" concept because it's the dumbest.

 

The other gimmicks at least work as advertised (even though they are unnecessary). The Cold Label does tell you if the beer is cold. The Low Carb beer is indeed lower in carbs. You can scratch something into the label as they show you.

 

But a swirly neck, or extra little vent, isnt increasing your intake any. No one has ever said "I wish I could drink more beer, but its SO HARD to pour it from this can!!!"

[Jim in Anchorage]

HAHAHA Great concept and poll Gringo.

 

I voted for the "Pours Into Mouth Faster" concept because it's the dumbest.

 

The other gimmicks at least work as advertised (even though they are unnecessary). The Cold Label does tell you if the beer is cold. The Low Carb beer is indeed lower in carbs. You can scratch something into the label as they show you.

 

But a swirly neck, or extra little vent, isnt increasing your intake any. No one has ever said "I wish I could drink more beer, but its SO HARD to pour it from this can!!!"

Indeed this is a weak generation. Is the invention of "torpedoing a can" [punching a hole in the bottom to guzzle it faster] a lost art?

[DrDawkinstein]

Indeed this is a weak generation. Is the invention of "torpedoing a can" [punching a hole in the bottom to guzzle it faster] a lost art?

 

HAHA nailed it! I almost closed that post with "If you need it faster, man-up and shotgun the thing".

[Just Jack]

How about finding ways to KEEP the beer cold. I can't stand warm beer. I have to drink it w/i 5 mins or else it's too warm.

That's why I miss OV Splits.

[BuffaloBill]

That's why I miss OV Splits.

 

 

There is a concept ...bad beer in smaller bottles

[Rob's House]

I like the visual verification of coldness, because sometimes I forget if my beer is cold, so all I have to do is look at the label to find out. I love technology.

[Chilly]

How about finding ways to KEEP the beer cold. I can't stand warm beer. I have to drink it w/i 5 mins or else it's too warm.

 

That's because you're not drinking good beer.

 

When Beer is cold, it suppresses the taste of it. That's a good thing for the little amount of flavor that's in beers like american lagers, but it can be a huge detriment to some styles of beer.

[dayman]

The fast pouring is godly. It's not a gimmick but an improvement on the design of beer. Everything else is just stupid.

[Cugalabanza]

HAHA nailed it! I almost closed that post with "If you need it faster, man-up and shotgun the thing".

 

I've always had this fantasy about making my own low rent version James Bond movie, where I step up to the bar and place my signature drink order of a Pabst Blue Ribbon, "shotgunned, not stirred." Maybe that's the title of the movie too--I don't know yet. I'll have to talk to my people and get back to you.

[ExiledInIllinois]

That's because you're not drinking good beer.

 

When Beer is cold, it suppresses the taste of it. That's a good thing for the little amount of flavor that's in beers like american lagers, but it can be a huge detriment to some styles of beer.

 

My grandfather would warm his beer in the oven!