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Written: Dec 02 '00 (Updated Dec 05 '00)
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Pros: Bud Girls, and great commercials
Cons: The beer itself
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| andaryl's Full Review: Budweiser |
So Don King is THE King of boxing....sez who? Sez everybody, less you're Lennox Lewis. OK I guess I could add many, no millions of names to that list. Yet it seems that in spite of all Don's critiques, noone is about to unseat him. Many have tried, gathered a few followers, and fell by the way-side.
Now being the king of something, obviously does not mean that you are the best, come on let's be honest, how many of you would say that Queen Elizabeth is the best served ruler of England. She's a statue, it's the government that run England.
How about Budweiser?
Who declared Budwieser the King of beers??
The brewing industry? if this were so they might as well all forget about their next Taddy Porter.
Beer experts? Hey check out epinion reviews about 60%, not great huh?
The public?...I'm sure that this would be a resounding yes that not even Gore could argue against.
Anybody who's writing an epinion out there would surely tell you that Bud, (no not even Guiness), is the biggest selling beer in the world. The best? well that's why I wrote this epinion.
You may ask yourself why an epinion reviewer determined on pushing real ale, would even bother to write a review on Bud. On a night when I see bruguru and Joe post reviews on such rare beers as Sudwerk and Full Sail respectively, why bother? My vote wouldn't count for anything, unless I lived in Palm Beach. Well I'm sure that they are both with me on this one, that I and every other beer drinker in America drink more Budweiser than any other beer. If you disagree I'm sure you're lying, or living in a cave on Tatooine (where Bud is also available on draft). Just think of any bar you go to, any party...you're drinking Bud I know it.
Why Bud?
The primary reason has to be availability. Most bars offer Coors, and Miller, but have you ever been in a bar without Bud?
The other is mass marketing. Commercials tell us that it is trendy to drink Bud. Bud is essentially the same as any other redneck beer, but if the commercials tell us to drink Bud, who are we to argue, after all we're all after one thing. If the commercials tell the girls that a true Bud drinker is intelligent, suave, original (????), sophisticated and the best thing to take home tonight, what are we supposed to drink? Yes honey I'm a Bud drinker.
Me, the Bud, and why
I'm a beer expert....aparantly...I wrote some reviews here and people like them. But I drink Bud. Oops...Yes my name is Andrew and I have a problem, I drink Bud. Yes I'm a drone bent on the capatilist instincts that Fight Club taught us to rebel against.
Well Bud holds it's place for me. I work in a restaurant of limited choices, and at the end of a stressful evening I like nothing better than to numb my mind with 4 or 5 of these. Also it's whatever evryone else drinks, so the cocktailer won't screw up my order. I'll be honest, it's not the best beer out there, but it sure gives me my fix.
So what is it?
Essentially Bud is a beer of little odour and little flavour. This is one of the few circumstances that you should drink your beer from the bottle, as any soap in the glass will be immediately noticeable Sure, due to pasteurizaton the barrel should taste better, but if it's taste you want, try something else.
But what about the flavors?
Is there any reason why Bud's are served ice cold....it's because nobody cares about the flavor, just refreshment, and a pass of alcohol into the bloodstream. That's the only reason I drink it. The flavor is almost non-existant, but if you must a little fruity. It's kind of like drinking a cheap bottle of Korbel, it does the job.
Where does Bud belong?
(1) It should serve well for anyone with a stressfull life, alcoholics included, although if you tried to venture out, you might discover that some beers really were invented for their taste alone.
(2) In a nightclub....girls don't really understand this real ale thing, just what they see Ben Affleck drinking. So if you want to meet a girl a guy in white T-shirt and Bud bottle looks much better than a guy in cardigan with pint of Guinness.
(3) With a Paella or a curry, what could work better?
Disclaimer: this review was written tongue in cheek, I drink it and hate it. Give me a micro any time
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