Obama Has No Taste or Sense

[iamjoy]

Budweiser? Budweiser? Not only is it a cheap beer, but he missed a great opportunity to be clever.

Sam Adams Boston Lager. You can't go wrong with that - I mean, it's a Boston police officer, so why not have a beer brewed in Boston. It's an American beer (Anheuser Bush is no longer an American company). It's a simple enough beer (not like an obscure microbrew) that no one could accuse Obama of being elitist. Oh, and the company is named after one of our Founding Fathers.

Obama really blew it.

The one with the most class when it comes to beer tomorrow night will be James Crowley

:beer:

[blue neen]

1. Geez. You cannot be series!

:shrug:

[Fearless]

18. Very cereal.

[DJ13]

2. A good host asks what his guests want to drink?

[NYMountaineer]

3. Agreed.

Sam Adams was the first brand I ever drank and will always be my favorite. Killian's is second. Blue Moon is third. Coors is fourth. After that, they're kinda....eh...

[maxsolomon]

57. COORS?

you forgot :sarcasm:

[saltpoint]

4. Agree totally. Obama is a clueless lout. His presidency is over.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Oh, fer fuck's sake...!

:eyes:

[Adelante]

6. Leave him alone, for crissake nt

[masuki bance]

49. ...

[Jennicut]

7. I can drink a Bud Light Lime...other then that it better be a Corona

Everyone has different tastes. Obama can drink whatever he likes.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. Beer snobs rank consistently among the most annoying people in America.

I'm just sayin'.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

12. +1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. They are even worse than wine snobs.

You expect snobbery of wine snobs, but beer is just beer. To me it all tastes what I would imagine yak pee to taste like.

[vaberella]

15. Wine snobs have validity. American beer snobs are annoying. European ones not so much.

They have reason considering the way they brew their beer.

[boppers]

75. Uhm, depends on the location.

Up here in Oregon we have both beer and wine folks who are artists about their process, and the result.

A listing:
http://beerme.com/region.php?96

[alcibiades_mystery]

27. What's funny is that anyone would consider Sam Adams "beer snobbery"

Sam Adams is shit, maybe a quarter step above Bud.

[DefenseLawyer]

29. Thank you for clearing that up. And that wasn't annoying. Really.

You're very cool.

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. I'm here all week

[Oregone]

36. Keep telling yourself that. Your beer still smells and tastes like piss

[DefenseLawyer]

38. You just knew the beer snobs wouldn't take that lying down.

Please tell us more about your disdain for cheap beer. It's fascinating. Do you have any thoughts on Marshall McLuhan?

[janx]

54. And...your dope

smells like a dead skunk! x(

So THERE! :rofl:

[PVnRT]

44. *APPLAUSE*

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Retrograde]

59. We are not

We just want people to realize that Bud is a pale imitation of a real beer.

Besides, I thought we were supposed to support local industries here on DU.

[tabatha]

9. Can he not just drink a beer?

What crap - no class, taste or sense.

The most important thing is what they talk about.

And I don't care if he has peanuts with it or not.

[Orsino]

43. Nope. Not for a political stunt.

Inviting Gates and Crowley to the White House is not "just drinking a beer." The OP does have a point, in that the publicized choice of beer must therefore also have some small significance.

Budweiser is Everyman's beer, though, so I suspect that it was chosen for a reason.

[unapatriciated]

68. bingo "everyman's beer" this buds for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGIot3zZtiU

[hlthe2b]

10. What he drinks when the media is watching....

and his personal preferences are likely two very very different matters.

[Orsino]

71. Yes. About as relevant as Bush's alleged iPod and book lists. n/t

[Grown2Hate]

11. This is just more Obama "chess" playing here. This is overcompensation

for the "Grey Poupon" fiasco. Either that, or he likes Bud. :rofl: But yes, give me Sam Adams. :beer:

[saltpoint]

14. Barack and Michelle generally keep some Pabst in the fridge for

nights when Frank Booth drops by.

[OnyxCollie]

21. Heineken?!? Heineken?!?

[saltpoint]

22. LOL! If you do see ol' Frank, tell him him hi from me.

One of the best beer references in film ever.


:thumbsup:

[DefenseLawyer]

24. Along with the nitrous, of course. n/t

[saltpoint]

26. : )

[burning rain]

16. Who knows re. the Budweiser.

For all I know, this choice of Obama's may be on the basis of affecting "regular Joe" tastes, as politicians tend to do. Tedious business, that.

[vaberella]

17. I'm a die hard Stella Artois fan. n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

23. Ah, Stella.

The Budweiser of Europe. (Colloquially known as 'wife beater' in the UK.)

[OnyxCollie]

35. Ha!

The Miller of Belgium, as my friend refers to it.

[iamjoy]

19. Uh, I'm Being Flip Here

I do think he missed a poetic opportunity not getting Sam Adams Boston Lager and I never thought of him as Bud guy but it doesn't really matter. It's more of a comment on the absurdity of the media even focusing on crap when there are really important issues. I probably should have posted it in the Lounge.


I don't even drink beer.

:toast:

[BlooInBloo]

31. Sam Adams is schlock beer.

[Alcibiades]

20. Bud is a good lawnmower beer this time of year

That's the only reason I ever drink it. I much prefer my homebrew.

I do hope this is a calibrated move. Budweiser is the most popular brand in the US, so he may be playing it safe. Personally, if he had to go with a US mass marketed beer, he would have been better off with one of the products from the Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown.


http://www.ommegang.com/

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. Crowley's not showing any class either.

Blue Moon is now Coors swill. :puke:

[Hutzpa]

28. Can we allow the President to be human

for once and let him drink his choice of beer.


:beer:

[gabby garcia]

32. yea, that's what he should spend his time thinking about

...entertaining you.

[depakid]

33. If he'd chosen a fine microbrew, people would accuse him of being a snob

The way I figure it, he took one for the team!

[prolesunited]

34. I'm sure they had them deliberately pick a domestic beer

of the "common man." Can you imagine if he chose an import or something too high falutin'. He barely lived down the arugula.

[mrgorth]

37. I wholeheartedly agree

F Budweiser. F Miller and Coors. Get some micros up in this.

[dionysus]

39. maybe they should bust out some deuces of Olde English...

[AngryAmish]

40. It goes back to Chicago politics

Back in the late 70s Jesse Jackson led a campaign against Anheiser-Busch because of lack of diversity. Then, lo and behold, his son gets a franchise, River North Distributors. Then the campaign was ended and Jackson Sr. promoted Bud.

Since then River North has been a very good source of campaign cash for machine politicians.

Bud is the choice of the Chicago machine.

[Blue_Tires]

41. times like this i really wonder what i've missed in life

by not drinking alcohol...at least i could properly understand all the snobbery and jokes...:crazy:

[iamjoy]

66. I Don't Drink Beer

But I still get beer snobbery. My husband and friends are beer drinkers - preferring microbrews and craft beers. I like beers with good "nose." Most mass produced lagers all smell the same (like horse piss, if you ask me). However, some of the other types of beer are brewed with other ingredients and have very pleasing aromas. They still taste yucky to me.

The funny thing is if you go to many restaurants or bars that have specials on "domestic beer" they don't count Sam Adams as domestic - that's a "craft" beer.

There really is more to brewing good beer than some people think. Maybe it's kind of like tea. You can just throw a bag of regular Lipton in a mug and pour boiling water over it or you can get loose tea with different flavors and make tea properly.

Or, think of it like coffee. Why are some people okay with throwing some instant Maxwell House in a cup and other have to have their Starbuck's?

[Blue_Tires]

69. i get it....

i DO know what goes into brewing a proper batch of coffee...

[Maeve]

42. Put that Budweiser back in the Clydesdale, it's not the right flavor for me

There's not enough foam
and the color's all wrong
and it has all the kick of weak tea!
Draw me a pint of that good Guinness stout
With a body you cannot see through
Put that Budweiser back in the Clydesdale, biys,
And bring me a beer that is true!
:beer:

Okay, Sam Adams if you want American...but dark!

[PatSeg]

50. I'm with you!

I love Guinness stout and most dark beers. I'm not a beer snob, I just like really good beer. I can't believe a subject such as "beer" could be so controversial. As an added bonus, dark beers are loaded with vitamin B - not only GOOD, but good for you!!!

[bullwinkle428]

45. Crowley's beer (Blue Moon) is a Coors product - now Miller/Coors,

which is owned by a South African conglomerate, so we're not exactly talking an "All-American" product!

[tabatha]

48. It is a part ownership between

SABMiller, South African Breweries originall, and Molson Coors Brewing Company, a merger of two of North America's largest breweries: Molson of Canada, and Coors of the United States.

So it is controlled by American, Canadian and South African interests.

[sunnybrook]

46. But don't you think Bud will go well

With the much publicized "picnic table" where they will gather? Of course I am in St. Louis so not totally objective...

[Meshuga]

47. Perhaps he is constipated

Budweiser is a great choice to solve that problem.

[Phoonzang]

51. Very true. Why use ex-lax when you can drink cheap American beer?

[Perky]

52. I proposed Alaskan Amber

The whole pairing are really very odd

Crowley should have the Bud

THe Prof should have the Blue Moon

I would never saddle anyone with a Red Stripe

SO I would offer the President at a minimum a Yuengling or a Sam Adams.

[janx]

53. I like Bud!

Until fairly recently, it was a solid midwestern American beer. I don't drink too much beer anymore, but in St. Louis I did. Cutting the grass? Have a Bud after. Cardinals game? They don't serve anything else. Heineken's good too.

Stop it with the beer snobbery! :rofl:

[mwb970]

67. Me too!

I guess we're just a couple of losers.

[libnnc]

55. I'm the biggest beer snob of them all

but when it's 47eleven1000 degrees outside, an ICE cold Budweiser does hit the spot for me.

[taught_me_patience]

56. Should have gone with Miller Lite instead

I've done many taste tests between Bud Light and Miller Lite and always favor Miller. Miller has a nice malty/sugary taste, while Bud Light is a bit more bitter and "tangy" tasting. I can smell a Miller Lite before even tasting it.

Miller Lite best beer in America.

[Touchdown]

58. 7 "beer snobs" posts so far. Beer snobs are the new black!

When are you going to say "I want my pink pony!!!!! :cry:" ? Do Clydesdales have ponies?

[Phx_Dem]

60. He should have choosen Heiniken or Corona, just to piss off the MSM.

What a bunch of embiciles, going on and on about what kind of beer their drink. Who gives a rat's ass. Beer is subjective -- people drink what they like. God I hate the media. They remind me of Sarah Plain -- mired in bullshit -- no wonder they liked her so much.

[Scout]

61. all beer tastes bad to me, so i don't care who drinks what kind! n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

62. "The one with the most class when it comes to beer tomorrow night will be James Crowley." Um, where

does it say what his taste in beer is?

[BklnDem75]

63. Or better yet...

[johnaries]

64. 3 vampires walk into a bar...

The first one orders a glass of blood. The second also orders a glass of blood. The third orders a glass of plasma. The bartender says "ok, so that's 2 bloods and 1 blood light."

[SoxFan]

70. ...

[sofa king]

65. Sam Adams is mostly brewed outside of Boston.

I believe their largest "brewery" is actually the Iron City brewery in Pittsburgh, which contracts to produce Sam Adams.

Most people outside of Pittsburgh know Iron City Light as the nastiest, shittiest beer they've ever had. But there's obviously nothing wrong with the brewery, only the recipe.

[baldguy]

72. Bud Light is the #1 most popular beer in America.

[Norrin Radd]

73. Should've had a cider, or some mead,

and worn a medieval costume. ;-)

Or a Yuengling, if it had to be a beer.

[Honeycombe8]

74. I think I remember from last year that Obama's beer of choice is Bud. It wasn't just for this

occasion.

Crowley drank Blue Moon. Never heard of it.

Sam Adams....schwing! My favorite! That's what Gates had, after I suppose he was informed that the non-American beer he WAS going to have may not be politically correct. Just a guess.