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What your choice of brew says about you!
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:19 am
by woodpecker
We all know about "body language" but what about "beer language"? Beer can say a lot about a person, and we asked what it was saying to you.
Check out the results here:
http://www.fastlife.ca/beer-survey.html
& a related story here:
http://www.canada.com/topics/lifestyle/ ... 42a7dfe6ce
Interesting but lacking of any CASK product. Some drink for thought the next time you step up to the bar to order though!
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:21 pm
by devonsleigh
I don't get surveys like that. Its like asking which clothing brand makes you look more like a college douche, A&F, Hollister, or Aeropostale. Its all the same crap with negligible marketing differences.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:31 pm
by matt7215
OMG i never knew that drinking Stella would make me Sexy, Classy, and popular. Thanks for the tips!
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:58 pm
by Ralphus
It is amazing what marketing can do. Many Canadians believe Stella to be a sexy and sophisticated beer, whereas I've been told that in the UK it's commonly referred to as "wife-beater".
I think many people (none of which are on this forum) are more likely to regularly buy a beer based on the marketed image and perceived identity than on the actual merits of the drink. A little sad really.. but maybe no different than how many people purchase other items (cars, computers, etc)?
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:47 am
by Bytowner
Ralphus, Stella is just as hyped in the UK as it is here. It's in Belgium that it's referred to as "wife-beater".
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:13 am
by Jan Primus
I have heard people from the UK call Stella "wife-beater beer" as well.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:16 am
by Belgian
Wifebeater! Sounds like a reference to Brando's
Stanley Kowalski. "Streetcar" is an excellent movie.
"
StelLaaa STEEELLLAAA!!!"
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:30 am
by Bobsy
Belgian wrote:Wifebeater! Sounds like a reference to Brando's
Stanley Kowalski. "Streetcar" is an excellent movie.
"
StelLaaa STEEELLLAAA!!!"
Bartowel is becoming far too sophisticated for my liking, Belgian, but surely you meant to say that Streetcar was a brilliant play?
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:05 pm
by Steve Beaumont
Bobsy wrote:Belgian wrote:Wifebeater! Sounds like a reference to Brando's
Stanley Kowalski. "Streetcar" is an excellent movie.
"
StelLaaa STEEELLLAAA!!!"
Bartowel is becoming far too sophisticated for my liking, Belgian, but surely you meant to say that Streetcar was a brilliant play?
You would discount Brando and Leigh in the film. As Frank Magazine used to say, shurely shome mistake!
The "wifebeater" tag, BTW, is definitely English in origin and usage; I've not heard the reference once in all of my trips to Belgium or communications with Belgians. On a related note, Stella Legere is now being referred to in England as "babybeater."
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:25 pm
by icemachine
I thought the difference between the Regular and Legere, was that some of those horses had developed diabetes.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:48 pm
by Garthicus
It's most definitely a UK term, I've heard it used hundreds of times, it's even used in Ireland.
Wife Beater - Stella Artois, a British slang term based on the supposed behavioural effects of the drink