Well, they're right.

That's why Natural Light is the true "King of Beers", since you can nickle-and-dime your way to a non-butt-mud-inducing-buzz.

Sometimes.

yea, but Krauts love Hasselhoff...

101 proof Wild Turkey burbon for me. I don't drink beer unless there is nothing else.

Something tells me they're not drinking Bud. Nor would they ever.

Crosshair

WTF is wrong with you??

Id rather snort drano than wild turkey

I come from a German family, I have never seen Bud, Coors or MGD at any sort of party or event that we have. Horrible, horrible stuff. It's like having sex in a rowboat. They're both close to farking water.

And for the record, Jager isn't supposed to be something that you mix with Red Bull and slam. It's a digestive aid for after dinner. You might as well get plastered off of Scope.

I can't defend the Hasselhoff obsession though. Or the prevalence of scheisse-porn.

German beer is teh awesome.

/really

Zulu_as_Kono: drinking Bud

Mmmmm.... Spaten...

They are likely drinking ur-marzen. Spaten oktoberfest beer.

Bass has a terrible after taste. The worst 5% of my life. Budweiser isn't any better. Blonde beers tends to ... be terrible.

I need insider's tips on how to buy Abuelo Rum without having to go to Panama. Alcohol thread, come to my help!

/the poster has tiny balls
//or: is a girl.

An-Unnecessarily-Long-Name

Id rather snort drano than wild turkey

That is why you drink it and don't snort it. It tastes alot better going through your mouth than through your nose.

BingoBob

I brought 5 bottles of Abuelo back with me in November. I wish I knew how to get it here in California.

LOL that is funny

budweiser as sole beer vendor at a german sporting event

That's like selling bartyles and james at the french open

Or replacing jack daniels with grey goose vodka at a civil war re-enactment... or a NASCAR race.

or replacing malt liqor with pepsi at the great american pimp off

I'm sure the Czechs next door aren't thrilled either. Since Budweiser basically ripped off the name of a Czech beer. Then in the 90's tried to buy it. The government told Budweiser when they inquired about the purchase "How about no? Does no work for you?".

/Czech beer is more than Pilsner-Urquel
//tons of local breweries
///and alc content? Czechs consider the alc content of US beers suitable for children

"The company must sell its product, the most popular beer in America, under the awkward label of "Anheuser-Busch Bud," and it had to negotiate even for that. Germany's Bitburger beer is known as Bit, and the authorities ruled that Bit, a name close to Bud, had the name first."

This is the most awesome thing ever. There is a Czech brewery called "Budweiser Budvar". This brewery produces a beer called "Czechvar" in America because they can't use their original name of Budweiser because A-B won't let them.

Budvar is the older brewery. Their current beer has only been made since 1890's but the brewery has been around for hundreds of years. A-B had Budweiser copyrighted in this country first, and won't share the name.

Budvar is soooooo much better than A-B's product. The only problem is that they fall into the green bottle trap, because for some reason Americans think green bottles are "premium" beers. This leads to all Czechvar that we get here to be spoiled and skunky. If you can get a fresh Czechvar right off the boat, count yourself lucky. I have only had this experience once.

I love the irony of A-B telling Budvar to suck it in the US, then having the world cup folks in Germany telling A-B to suck it because it sounds like one of their beers.
Maybe instead of "A-B Bud" they should label the beer what it was called at my collage: "Bud Diesel".

Dang, scooped by one post. Stupid slow refresh.

iammess

And you're right about the Czechvar in the US. Here around Chicago you can get it fairly fresh here and htere. But then there's tons of Czechs here.

Also for Czech alchohol fun, there's Becherovka, made in Karlovy Vary or Karlsbad (either name is fine, trust me. I was born there). It's a distilled spirit made from herbs. No seriously, it's distilled herbs. And it's meant as a general restorative and digestive aid. Great stuff. Not something you drink to get hammered, but a shot or two is nice.

I am intrigued by their ideas on beer and wish to subscribe to their newsletter. Also, I wonder if they know anything about jews.

WhyteRaven74: Also for Czech alchohol fun, there's Becherovka, made in Karlovy Vary or Karlsbad (either name is fine, trust me. I was born there). It's a distilled spirit made from herbs. No seriously, it's distilled herbs. And it's meant as a general restorative and digestive aid.

OK WR74 - I'm gonna trust you on the Becherovka since I'm always looking for those stomach-settlers (tired of Jaeger and haven't been able to find Escorial Grun). Also fell in love with Budvar when I was over there in the late 80's and will pick up a case of the 17 oz brown bottles when I find them.

God, this is beautiful.

Flupid Bloroplope [TotalFark]

And for the record, Jager isn't supposed to be something that you mix with Red Bull and slam

gotta disagree. Don't really like Jager (not a liqourice fan) and don't really care for Red Bull either but they make one hell of a shot together. Weird how 2 tastes I don't care for seperately work together.

oh and I can't believe Budweiser tried to go there. They should've known the backlash could get really ugly.

Digitalstrange: gotta disagree. Don't really like Jager (not a liqourice fan) and don't really care for Red Bull either but they make one hell of a shot together. Weird how 2 tastes I don't care for seperately work together.

You should try a Surfer on Acid. Jaeger, Malibu Rum, Pineapple Juice.

ahhh NM just RTFA and Bud bought rights before knowing the event was going to be held in Germany

what proportions Flupid?

Digitalstrange: what proportions Flupid?

Jägermeister - 1/4 oz.
Malibu Coconut Rum - 1/3 oz.
Pineapple Juice - 1/2 oz.

A lot of people mix it together and then shoot it, but I found that if you layer the shot, you get a better taste. Juice first, rum second, Jager third. Try to layer them over a spoon if possible so they don't mix until you take the shot. This way, you get the nasty licorice taste first, sweeter coconut rum second, and then refreshing pineapple to wash down the remaining Jager.

cool, Ill give it a "shot"

Digitalstrange: cool, Ill give it a "shot"

Ooh, you get a 5 minute pun-alty for that one.

Whatever. Germans get off by crapping in each others' mouths. Who made them taste experts? Budweiser tastes just fine.

I love me some german chicks.
/bud sucks. dishwater indeed.

From tfa:
Soccer's quadrennial World Cup begins any day now.

Any day now? It starts in a month genius. Oh and it's the Fifa world cup that's "Federation National de Football Association" Not Fisa world cup... sheesh.

/knows you yanks don't care about soccer/ football, neither do I, I just like trolling.
//slashy slashy

eh, there's nothing wrong with bud if you're at a baseball game on a hot day and there's nothing else to drink. it won't make you want to die if you're sitting in the sun for three hours on a 90 degree day.

don't think I'd go seek it out, though. I can see why the germans are kinda ticked off.

I think "budweiser select" is pretty funny, too. if some giant beer corporation realizes that people now consume beer as they would wine (i.e., they look for quality and they want to try new things), gets all of their scientists/brewmasters together and comes out with quote-unquote "real lager," there's just something not right about it. Maybe it's the fact that people who want real beer know to avoid anything named "budweiser." Or maybe it's the fact that budweiser select is like the fieldturf to budweiser's astroturf (and real beer's natural grass). I dunno.

drink beer... bud, nattie light, anchor steam or hefweiseen..

Drink what you want, it's your choice.

Beer snobs piss me off.

MassD: Beer snobs piss me off

Yeah, but there's just as many (probably more) beer-nonsnobs that whine when I don't have freaking Coors Light at a bbq (unless I'm making bratwurst). I don't cry when I go to their house and have to drink pisswater.

/and I will have something like Genuine Draft at my bbqs that is tolerable enough for me to drink any leftovers.

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and I will have something like Genuine Draft at my bbqs that is tolerable enough for me to drink any leftovers.

my favorite miller beer is actually high life. I like bubbles.

/We don't take kindly to furriners dissin our beer.
// O'Douls for me at the photo op

haplo53: my favorite miller beer is actually high life. I like bubbles.

I can drink that one, too. Yuengling is a more typical choice of a lighter beer that I'd serve. Last party I went to at one of the whiner's homes had a selection of Bud Lite or Coors Light. I drank vodka.

unyon: I don't mean to slag on US beers

I thought "slagging" was Scottish?!?

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unyon: I don't mean to slag on US beers

I thought "slagging" was Scottish?!?

Slag off

I SAID SLAG OFF!

Even if it is Scottish in origin, Canada has a large Scottish population, and things Scottish are very prominent in the history of various parts of Canada.

Zulu_as_Kono: Something tells me they're not drinking Bud. Nor would they ever.

They're drinking Spaten, by the looks of it. A good pils, might be a bit dry in the taste for some.

And I'd hit it.