Posts Tagged: Beer and Media
Beer Quote Of The Week
Posted by on Friday, April 28, 2006 in - 1 comment
I went to undergrad with Trevor so I am glad to report this, our quote of the week: • “"Every week we see improvements in Trevor's recovery — sometimes big, sometimes little ..." Debbie blogged. She wrote that a nurse remarked to Greene: "Wow, you can sure suck back the water!" • "Having said …
Have I Mentioned The Bar Towel?
Posted by on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 in - leave a comment
Good news for those scribes behind The Bar Towel, a group trying to wring what good ale there is from a blink-and-you-will-miss-it hamlet at the western end of Lake Ontario, tied as they are to a few good bars and the whims of the LCBO. Well, none of that seems to matter to the Toronto Star which …
"Here's To Beer!" Starts Sunday
Posted by on Saturday, February 4, 2006 in - 6 comments
Sounds like our consultancy pal Scott took every word we said down and added it to the "Here's to Beer" ad campaign set to start during the Super Bowl: • “The new ad and Web site were developed by Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) and are supported by the Beer Institute. Anheuser-Busch is donating 30 …
A Brave Man Wrote Me
Posted by on Thursday, January 26, 2006 in - 20 comments
Home sick from work today, I was interested to find this note in the email this afternoon. Last November, I wrote about the efforts to create a unified advertising campaign in the US about the goodness of beer. Well, today's correspondent appears to be involved in that effort. He write as follows …
The <i>Toronto Star</i> Has A Beer Columnist
Posted by on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 in - 4 comments
No. Not me. It's John Filson. But it is nice to see that someone in the Canadian media has realized that a beer columnist is a good idea for a daily paper. He has only had the gig for three months it seems but his style is good. Consider the following from a column from last November 23rd: • “So …
Beer Industry Ads
Posted by on Saturday, November 12, 2005 in - leave a comment
I have noticed a few news items like this one on the idea of a ad campaign in the US for beer as a general product: • “Anheuser-Busch Cos. is lobbying its competitors to support a marketing campaign that highlights the benefits and social value of what they all produce: beer. Drawing inspiration …
Bad Branding
Posted by on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 in - 3 comments
I think I have to agree with the politically correct crowd on this one: • “Alcohol Healthwatch director Rebecca Williams said it was an ugly, sick and shocking way of encouraging young people into a drinking environment. The look-alike beer was sold in brown glass bottles and had a frothy head …
Finally - Useful Information Technology
Posted by on Sunday, October 23, 2005 in - 1 comment
From the ever vigilant Ale Fan comes this news of an actual practical application of information technology: • “My thanks to yesterday's Independent for a little article pointing out this wonderful service. I suspect the more enlightened of you know about it already; Wherever you are in the …
Beer Ad Panic!
Posted by on Thursday, October 20, 2005 in - 2 comments
It must be what happens when people get ice cream headaches that never go away. They start writing studies and reports about the certain, widespread and accepted evils of beer, like this one: • “...the study found that 35 percent of the kids agreed that a Budweiser beer ad featuring a rock star …
