Messages on Oskar Blues IPA cans

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  1. BumpkinBrewer

    BumpkinBrewer Pundit (993) Jan 6, 2010 Massachusetts

    But that one's true!
     
    #41 BumpkinBrewer, Aug 17, 2015
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  2. Jbrews

    Jbrews Pooh-Bah (2,214) Aug 6, 2013 New Hampshire
    Pooh-Bah

    Sam Adams was a brewer Patriot
     
    #42 Jbrews, Aug 17, 2015
  3. NickTheGreat

    NickTheGreat Maven (1,470) Oct 28, 2010 Iowa
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    I don't get the funny :confused:
     
    #43 NickTheGreat, Aug 17, 2015
  4. Ericness

    Ericness Zealot (646) Nov 21, 2012 Massachusetts

    It's a joke! Lighten up, its good natured sportsball banter. This is after all, the state where bros chant about the greatest franchise MLB history sucking at any public gathering, regardless of relevance or propiety.
     
    #44 Ericness, Aug 17, 2015
  5. PierogiSmash

    PierogiSmash Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2014 Massachusetts

    This seems absurd. No? I am a fan of the Patriots, but why would I allow that to dictate what beers I can or can not drink? Sports Soap Operas ruin everything. I can guarantee if there was a knock against you on the bottom of any can of anything not a single Patriot would boycott the product because of it.
     
    #45 PierogiSmash, Aug 17, 2015
  6. seanwhite

    seanwhite Initiate (0) Jan 31, 2008 Massachusetts

    Well my name is Sean White - maybe some Patriots are snowboarding fans and would be offended!

    I know I am in the minority and that is fine, just my choice to patronize breweries that don't insult a team I root for.
     
    #46 seanwhite, Aug 17, 2015
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  7. Brian_Burke

    Brian_Burke Initiate (0) Feb 1, 2014 Massachusetts

    I think you completely missed the point of my post. First of all, it is not about me taking a joke - the joke has nothing to do with me and I don't really give a damn. My question was really a broader one about whether it is smart for a national brand to engage in this kind of activity and lose sight of their marketing efforts. Sun King can lob a joke at the pats expense and no one cares because they don't sell here. Blue Hills can lob one back and its the same thing - they don't sell in Indy. Oskar Blues needs to sell both places. While I don't care, and you evidently don't care, there are plenty of sports fanatics that would. Just wonder what OB stands to gain.

    As far as people being jealous about my beer fridge, I suspect 95% of the folks on this forum have far more treasures in their fridge than I do. My point was it is a ridiculous assertion that losing OB IPA from my life was going to be a huge loss to me. That's a joke with so many other great beers out there. But I suspect seanwhite is correct that you are just trolling and looking to stir the pot.
     
    #47 Brian_Burke, Aug 17, 2015
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  8. oldbean

    oldbean Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2005 Massachusetts

    I dunno maybe a craft brewery wants to have some fun and not making everything a bloodless, corporate-minded, marketing-driven, "what do we have to gain" type of decision. Shame on them for that, I guess...

    It's fun, people. Sportsball is fun. If you're taking it so seriously that you won't buy OB because they made a joke at your favorite team's expense, I mean, that just seems like a miserable, joyless existence to me.
     
    #48 oldbean, Aug 17, 2015
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  9. seanwhite

    seanwhite Initiate (0) Jan 31, 2008 Massachusetts

    This from a guy who said:

    and tried to end trading on BA:

     
    #49 seanwhite, Aug 17, 2015
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  10. Hophead717

    Hophead717 Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2011 Massachusetts

    Supporting cheaters over quality brewers? Sounds about right.
     
    #50 Hophead717, Aug 17, 2015
  11. Brian_Burke

    Brian_Burke Initiate (0) Feb 1, 2014 Massachusetts

    Or.... perhaps me not drinking Oskar Blues IPA is just "sportsball". Harmless fun at their expense. Believe me, my existence is quite joyful... :-)
     
    #51 Brian_Burke, Aug 17, 2015
  12. PenningtonNY10

    PenningtonNY10 Zealot (687) Nov 20, 2009 Connecticut

    Who the hell is gonna look at "Nice job biscuit" and think of Tom Brady???
     
    #52 PenningtonNY10, Aug 17, 2015
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  13. telejunkie

    telejunkie Savant (1,107) Sep 14, 2007 Vermont

    I'll also be the guy that says "lighten up" if you get offended by this.

    Also I think there is more comraderie in the craft beer scene than you may think. My guess is that guys from Sun King & OB have been together at say a CBC or GABF and maybe they swapped football jokes at each other's expense when Indy played Denver in the AFC semi-final round....maybe this was the two coming together against a different opponent...?
     
    #53 telejunkie, Aug 17, 2015
  14. dwmetsfan13

    dwmetsfan13 Pundit (784) Jul 22, 2013 Massachusetts
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    If somebody is an OB fan and a Patriots fan, I wouldn't think they are that likely to stop buying because of this. However, if somebody is a Patriot hater but a BMC drinker, I could see them hearing about this and picking up some OB for a tailgate or something because they think it's funny.

    Also, nationally, there are more Patriot haters than Patriot fans, so from that perspective this could be a good move for OB.
     
    #54 dwmetsfan13, Aug 17, 2015
  15. NickTheGreat

    NickTheGreat Maven (1,470) Oct 28, 2010 Iowa
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    That was my point. I don't get the joke. :astonished:
     
    #55 NickTheGreat, Aug 17, 2015
  16. Skwalk47

    Skwalk47 Initiate (0) Aug 31, 2010 Massachusetts

    Someone complained and got my Brady meme removed. For a team that has won a lot recently, Patriots fans are very butthurt. Also, I am going to buy more OB now.
     
    #56 Skwalk47, Aug 17, 2015
  17. Jbrews

    Jbrews Pooh-Bah (2,214) Aug 6, 2013 New Hampshire
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    Laces out?

    Is OB not "respecting beer" as the brothers put it?
     
    #57 Jbrews, Aug 17, 2015
  18. bleakies

    bleakies Maven (1,355) Apr 11, 2011 Massachusetts

    As I recall, when people were protesting the use of Gandhi's image by NEBCo, this forum had lots of "learn to take a joke"/"don't be so thin-skinned" comments.

    Priorities are funny.
     
    #58 bleakies, Aug 17, 2015
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  19. noob

    noob Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2004 Massachusetts

    I am a diehard Pats fan and LOOOOOVED that! Bummer it got taken down.
     
    #59 noob, Aug 17, 2015
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  20. oldbean

    oldbean Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2005 Massachusetts

    1. I don't know what my opinion on Heady could possibly have to do with anything.

    2. "Tried to end trading on BA"... are you serious? I didn't even suggest that I want it to end (I don't), and I certainly didn't do anything to try to end it.

    So yeah I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
     
    #60 oldbean, Aug 17, 2015
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