Vote! Dumb beer marketing gimmicks

[DC Tom]

I don't know...but "hillbilly vortex of inebration" is !@#$ing brilliant. My new goal for the next month is to work "hillbilly vortex of..." into as many conversations as I can.

[MattyT]

Breckenridge Brewery did a series of commercials mocking these campaigns. Worth a watch for a chuckle or two.

 

http://youtu.be/oeJPJDpq3-Y

Edited May 26, 2011 by MattyT

[BillsFanNC]

Great poll. The recent "triple hop" campaign had me laughing from the first time I heard it since as Pooj mentioned nearly all beers are hopped at least three times during the boil. The "tasting" of cold is also humorous. But I think the universal implied concept of the sex appeal that you apparently gain when drinking these stojan beers is the most ridiculous of all.

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

http://www.millercoors.com/our-beers/great-beer.aspx

Coors Light's unique frost-brewing process locks in a taste as cold as the Rockies.

 

huh?!?!

Edited May 26, 2011 by JÂy RÛßeÒ

[Just Jack]

Breckenridge Brewery did a series of commercials mocking these campaigns. Worth a watch for a chuckle or two.

 

http://youtu.be/oeJPJDpq3-Y

Heineken is getting into it also, there's a longer version of this commercial, could only find the short version...

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/HeinekenUSA#p/u/1/yIMTTDJv3SU

[Beerball]

I voted for Vortex Technology but only because boobs wasn't an option.

[ExiledInIllinois]

What about the recent gimmick Miller HighLife is pulling to get one to drink their crappy beer. "Caps for Vets." I think they got the other gimmicks beat by a mile... By mixing in "Patriot Correctness." Nobody dare call them out on it!

[Beerball]

What about the recent gimmick Miller HighLife is pulling to get one to drink their crappy beer. "Caps for Vets." I think they got the other gimmicks beat by a mile... By mixing in "Patriot Correctness." Nobody dare call them out on it!

Well, almost nobody.

[Delete This Account]

i like the one where the two women get into a fight and then splash into the outdoor fountain. i don't know what the beer is they're advertising, but there's something mesmerizing about the commercial. i think there was a sequel in which the two women then get into a pillow fight.

 

as for all these silly gimmicks, give me a break.

as for which one's the most insipid, it's a tie between:

 

-- the cold and extremely cold label bottles. ... uh, i don't need a label to tell me if a beer's cold.

-- the light beer versus miller light commercials. "would you like a light beer or one that tastes great?" ... and the doofus picks "whatever," when in fact the answer is C: "here's no such thing as great-tasting light beer. i'll then have a Labatt Blue, thank you."

 

sheesh, morons.

 

good poll though.

 

jw

[ExiledInIllinois]

i like the one where the two women get into a fight and then splash into the outdoor fountain. i don't know what the beer is they're advertising, but there's something mesmerizing about the commercial. i think there was a sequel in which the two women then get into a pillow fight.

 

as for all these silly gimmicks, give me a break.

 

 

Go to 1:23 to 1:49.

 

"...Moonlight on a duck blind, catfish on a trotline..."

 

Well, almost nobody.

:blush: