An exception to the rules of The Wall

Found the bottle in my apartment's trash room.  Making an exception to the rules.  F.

Sorry, I can't do it

Moving on.

The marketing major in me just HAS to speak out

It seems like last night's post got me revved up to trash Miller.

Am I the only one who thinks the latest campaign for Miller Lite is ridiculous?

This is what I'm talking about:



First of all, if a bartender insulted me (no matter how strange my clothes were), she wouldn't get a tip, and she'd probably get a complaint against her.

Second, I can't actually figure out which beer they're saying Miller Lite has more taste than. Obviously, it'd seem they're aiming at Bud Light, but I don't think Miller actually has more taste than Bud.

Don't get me wrong, I think that the additional "taste" in Bud Light is awful and if I had to pick one of the two it'd be Miller. But Budweiser has more taste. The only beer I can think of with less taste than Miller is Keystone, and that's another MillerCoors product.

Thoughts on this Miller campaign? Got another beer ad you can't stand? Let us know in the comments

Best...Beer...EVER!

I know I'm going to regret this, but what the hell.

Tonight I got back from working the Milwaukee Bucks game feeling pretty exhausted.  It was already past eleven when I got back, and I had nothing in my stomach.  This wasn't a night meant for drinking a ton.  So I had a beer and hung out watching Dexter with the roommates.

Now it's time for another.  I really thought about going for a St. Bernardus White: it was originally meant to celebrate a Milwaukee Panther Horizon League Championship before Butler f**ked that up, then it was meant for VCU winning a national title before Butler f**ked that up.  I'm convinced that if I make it for a Butler national championship (hey, I'm pissed that they beat us, but you bet I'll be cheering for them over a cheat like Calhoun), the Bulldogs will f**k that up too.

But eventually, I decided to go in a completely different direction.  That same night that I was hoping to drink the St. Bernardus White, I bought a ridiculous amount of PBR for the potential celebration.  I brought it over to a buddy's house before the game, and he insisted that we do a shotgun together.  He didn't have any cans, so he offered a trade: one PBR for one Miller High Life.

I hate Miller High Life, but in the spirit of having a good time I made the trade anyway.  So now I have a bottle of it in my fridge.  What better way to dispose of it than to review it in a blog post?

I'm sorry, this has been basically my least favorite beer even before I started drinking the pricier stuff, so I'm not going to dignify it with a glass.

The aroma is...faint.  The taste follows the smell, and a trail of carbonation heads down toward my gut.  Wonderful.

Basically, my take on High Life is that it tries to be a "classy" beer and a "get drunk" beer at the same time.  That's not a good idea.  Basically, it's a more expensive, more carbonated version of Miller Lite.  I wouldn't call it much of a step up, as adding carbonation without adding much (if any) flavor doesn't automatically make a beer good.

If you're going to "splurge" on something more than the cheap stuff, I definitely wouldn't bother with this.  Fortunately it's not in my fridge anymore.  If I were to grade it in a taste test it'd probably be higher, but when taking price into account it winds up being a more expensive, worse version of Miller Lite I give it an F. 

All Wisconsin Beer Day

the441 will be celebrating All Wisconsin Beer Day in honor of today's NFC title game.

Here's what we've got in the fridge for the occasion:

Capital Blonde Doppelbock
Sprecher Winter Brew
Capital Winter Skal
O'so Hopdinger
Miller Lite
Sprecher Black Bavarian
O'so Rusy Red
Furthermore Hopperbolic
Capital Supper Club
Capital Weizen Doppelbock
Miller High Life (if it gets to that point, but it probably won't)

Go Packers!