Molson Coors stock dragged down by double downgrade

It was more the container than the contents that threw them. So perhaps they've been selling all these new fangled, glossy, 16 ounce cans to teens as energy drinks these past few years

I'm sorry but I'm pretty sure this violates the ToS for this site. You'll have to go now.

 

I would look a little closer at the pricing and growth of Modelo over the past 20 years rather than anything craft has done. Modelo, wine and spirits are killing Bud, Miller and Coors brands right now and they have been for a long time.

 

I'm surprised you caught this but not my post earlier in this thread about buying Zima when it returned two years go.

Corona's been doing quite well too, correct?

 

Corona, Modelo, Pacifico, Tecate ect have all been doing very well. Not sure what it is about Mexican AALs but they are more refreshing to drink in hot weather compared to Bud lite or Miller light.

I read last month that importers are bringing in other Mexican breweries into distribution in select southern states to test the waters and see if it might be viable to sell them Nationwide.

 

Err..... ummm….. yeah...….

I bought some too.

 

At least that whole "Getting iced" thing went away...nothing worse than being "forced" to chug a Smirnoff Ice.

The worst was when some asshole got the larger bottle and did it to you...

 

I think it is in part due to changing ethnic demographics. I usually shop for beer in the afternoon right when the landscapers get off and they don't seem to be bothered to pay the extra $10 for a case of Victoria/Corona/Modelo.

 

I think imports today serve a different purpose than they did 30 or 40 years ago. Back then the imports could be sold as fuller flavored alternatives to the domestic beers, for people who wanted something different. Today some 7000 craft breweries serve that market. What I think has happened instead with imports is that the Mexican imports now stand in for the staid domestic AAL brands, which have lost their cachet with alot of drinkers. This is hardly surprising when one considers the reputation of American macro beer over this timespan.

So instead of national domestic beer brands being favored by drinkers of mainstream beer (over local or regional brands), the imported Mexican AALs are finding favor instead with a percieved "premiumness" (and premium pricing) that the domestic brands have managed to lose. There doesn't appear to exist the same level of mainstream discrediting/ridiculing of Mexican AALs , as exists for the domestic brands, and so they are still able to have cachet in the eyes of these consumers. But flavorwise these same consumers might just as well prefer a domestic AAL (or at least like as much as the Mexican AALs), if only it was packaged differently and imported from across the border.

 

I take it you are not one of those who thinks Budweiser tastes like piss or dirty socks? I bet alot of people (talking about regular beer drinkers here, not craft beer drinkers, the kind who vehemently "hate" some brands and love others in the same or similar product categories) who make claims like that are happy to drink Corona. I'd rather drink a Budweiser myself, even if I think the modern AAL style is too light on flavor.

 

If I'm not mistaken most of the mexican beers are NOT AALs. Corona may be but I was under the impression that most of them (modelo, victoria, pacifico) are vienna lagers. I've been drinking a fair bit of victoria this summer and it's a pretty nice beer. good flavor, light body. Not a stand in for bud light

 

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