03-01-2007, 11:07 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CP House of Ill Repute
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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank
Except for Keiths of course.
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That's only marginally better then Canadian. It still doesn't compare to Creemore.
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03-01-2007, 11:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
Labatt's is pretty bad too. Blue, 50, Wildcat ... all terrible
As far as Canadian beers go, I avoid Labatt and Molson like the plague. I'll drink pretty well anything else.
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Yeah, I forgot about Labatt's trash. Blue is tolerable, though not great, the other two are absolutely intolerable. Most smaller Canadian brands are good though, like Sleeman and Big Rock.
Its kind of sad when a country that proclaims its beer so vehemently, has two disgusting brands as its face to the world.
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03-01-2007, 11:09 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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So, for all of you who seem intent on bashing beers like Canadian et al, I have a question.
If the beer is indeed so bad why is it one of the top selling beers in the country; if not the number one beer?
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03-01-2007, 11:14 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, Ontario
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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
That's only marginally better then Canadian. It still doesn't compare to Creemore.
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Well thats all a matter of opinion. I prefer Keith's over everything I've tried.
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03-01-2007, 11:16 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, Ontario
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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Yeah, I forgot about Labatt's trash. Blue is tolerable, though not great, the other two are absolutely intolerable. Most smaller Canadian brands are good though, like Sleeman and Big Rock.
Its kind of sad when a country that proclaims its beer so vehemently, has two disgusting brands as its face to the world.
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Again, its all a matter of opinion. Canadian and Blue are #1 and #2 in sales for a reason. And its not because they're cheap, because they're not. Blue has won numerous international awards, so I'd say its a good representation for Canadian beer.
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03-01-2007, 11:21 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Originally Posted by Deelow
A music snob and a beer snob?
Let me guess, Stella drinker?
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I'm Irish. I will drink pretty much anything once I get on a roll. Even Molson.
But yes, I do like the Stella. Belgians really do know something about beer.
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03-01-2007, 11:21 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by ken0042
I guess it depends. It wasn't until the other day that it hit me that I hadn't seen the end of the comercial. Then yesterday at the bar we were talking about it.
Now here we are talking about it. Seems to be working.
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Yes you are right about that, I have had a few conversations about it as well. I think in the recognition aspect this commercial has worked, everyone is talking about it and anticipating the next part to it.
I just wish that it would get to that next part already. Of course there is a reason why they pay these marketers the big bucks.
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03-01-2007, 11:22 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank
Again, its all a matter of opinion. Canadian and Blue are #1 and #2 in sales for a reason. And its not because they're cheap, because they're not. Blue has won numerous international awards, so I'd say its a good representation for Canadian beer.
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Different tastes.
I've gone through a bunch of different preferences in my life - Blue, Canadian, Export, Creemore Cream Ale, Sleeman Honey Brown, Big Rock GrassHopper, right now Hoegaarden (which I believe is imported by Labatts).
There aren't many beer I dislike, just brands I prefer a bit more (and for a while, a lot more) and often try a 6 pack of some microbrewery beer just to try something different.
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03-01-2007, 11:26 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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16 days until St. Patrick's Day!
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03-01-2007, 11:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by fotze
I am a beer snob but I will drink any beer. Crappy beer is 1000x better than NO beer.
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My frosh week, we had drummed into us:
"What's your favourite beer?"
"FREE Beer!"
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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03-01-2007, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ken0042
So, for all of you who seem intent on bashing beers like Canadian et al, I have a question.
If the beer is indeed so bad why is it one of the top selling beers in the country; if not the number one beer?
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Yeah and Nickelback is one of the most popular bands in Canada. Quantity does not equal quality.
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03-01-2007, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Burninator
Yeah and Nickelback is one of the most popular bands in Canada. Quantity does not equal quality.
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LOL..beat me to it.
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03-01-2007, 11:56 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere
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Originally Posted by Burninator
Yeah and Nickelback is one of the most popular bands in Canada. Quantity does not equal quality.
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Disagree whole-heartedly.
Its a beer. If someone comes home and they want to drink a molson or labbatt, so be it! Heck should it even matter if they want to put some Nickelback on while they do that as well .
I'm going a bit over the top, but really....so what? A lot of people must like it if they drink it (I don't drink molson or labatt).
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03-01-2007, 12:43 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, Ontario
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Originally Posted by Burninator
Yeah and Nickelback is one of the most popular bands in Canada. Quantity does not equal quality.
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But that is your OPINION. I hate the Stones and Radiohead. Doesn't mean they are bad bands, they're just bad bands in my eyes.
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03-01-2007, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by RedHot25
Disagree whole-heartedly.
Its a beer. If someone comes home and they want to drink a molson or labbatt, so be it! Heck should it even matter if they want to put some Nickelback on while they do that as well .
I'm going a bit over the top, but really....so what? A lot of people must like it if they drink it (I don't drink molson or labatt). |
Well its the popular choice because of marketing as well. We see Molson Canadian adds everywhere. The smaller breweries can't market that way. Therefore, those people who just want to have a typical beer will just buy what they've heard of. I don't think most avid beer conosseurs (sp) would choose Canadian as their top choice. I'm not claiming to be one of them by the way. I can drink the occassional Canadian but its nowhere near being a top preference of mine.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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03-01-2007, 12:49 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Originally Posted by Burninator
Yeah and Nickelback is one of the most popular bands in Canada. Quantity does not equal quality.
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I guess I would say that allthough I'm not a Nickelback fan, if they are indeed selling more CD's than anybody else then they would definitely be considered more popular.
However I think you are talking about play time on the radio. And comparing gov't mandated content regulations with free market sales isn't a very good analogy IMHO.
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03-01-2007, 12:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Originally Posted by ken0042
So, for all of you who seem intent on bashing beers like Canadian et al, I have a question.
If the beer is indeed so bad why is it one of the top selling beers in the country; if not the number one beer?
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People don't know the difference.
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03-01-2007, 12:52 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by RedHot25
Disagree whole-heartedly.
Its a beer. If someone comes home and they want to drink a molson or labbatt, so be it! Heck should it even matter if they want to put some Nickelback on while they do that as well .
I'm going a bit over the top, but really....so what? A lot of people must like it if they drink it (I don't drink molson or labatt). |
People can drink what they want. I don't care. I think it's a good comparison between Nickelback and Molson. Both of them are not too strong like Guiness or Slayer. They are not too weak like Coors Light or Jack Johnson. They are both right in the middle. Right where they appeal to the most amount of people.
I don't have anything against Molson. I am a Kokannee man myself (when I am drinking copious amounts). Otherwise I usually drink Grasshopper, Traditional, or Richards Red.
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03-01-2007, 12:54 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank
But that is your OPINION. I hate the Stones and Radiohead. Doesn't mean they are bad bands, they're just bad bands in my eyes.
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I never said Nickelback was good. Just that they are popular. I don't think there is any denying that.
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03-01-2007, 12:56 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by ken0042
I guess I would say that allthough I'm not a Nickelback fan, if they are indeed selling more CD's than anybody else then they would definitely be considered more popular.
However I think you are talking about play time on the radio. And comparing gov't mandated content regulations with free market sales isn't a very good analogy IMHO.
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Well I don't have any numbers to back me up. But radio play time and record sales gotta be pretty close.
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