Posted on 04/16/2023 2:52:44 PM PDT by Morgana
Yuengling — America’s oldest brewery — ain’t sitting idly by as Bud Light sinks like a brick. In fact, it appears the iconic beer wants a little of that $5 billion action that Anheuser-Busch lost this week.
In perfect passive aggressive fashion for 2023, Yuengling’s official twitter account was ready to pounce like a pack of wild wolves Friday afternoon.
Shortly after AB released an official statement in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney fallout, Yuengling fired off its first tweet in a week with a simple message: we make good beer!
Yuengling vs. Bud Light. Who ya got?
Could it have been coincidence? Sure, if your head’s in the sand. For us conspiracy theorists in the #content game, this was the first shot fired in what appears to be a brewing Beer War.
A quick glance at the comments under both tweets shows the folks over at Yuengling have taken an early 1-0 lead, too.
Well, scratch that — make it 10-0, because Bud Light fired off its first tweet minutes before Yuengling dusted off the keyboard, and … it didn’t go well.
Whoooooof.
Don’t get it twisted — the folks over at Yuengling and Miller are throwing parades right now as Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch burn to the ground, little by little.
In case you missed it, the early returns ain’t great. Stock reports from earlier in the week show AB’s lost a cool $5 billion in value since crap hit the fan a few weeks ago, and the story certainly doesn’t appear to be fading away.
In fact, one beer expert (which sounds like an awesome job) sounded major alarm bells earlier this week when he said this Bud Light protest may indeed have legs.
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Ying-Ling works for pronunciation
I agree. I have been preferentially drinking it for years.
Don jr said it was cool if I keep drinking platinum
Perfect.
Just say that, and don’t worry about trying to pronounce it.🍻😉
Ying-ling.
I thought it was a Chinese beer. But nope. All American. Didn’t come over from China, either.
Yueng-ling, the Chinese beer..
The have made the best Dark Porter for over 50 years...
I grew up not far from Pottsville. My hats off to Dick Yuengling for brewing an excellent lager.
It’s “ying-ling”!
You mean like Yung-Kin?
“Doesn’t ‘Bud’ mean:
Friend; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy.”
In English, yes, but “Budweiser” derives from the Slavic “Budivoj”... and the “Budi” part there comes from the verb “buditi”, meaning to “wake up”.
So we might say that “Bud” translates more accurately to “Woke”.
How do you pronounce it?
Ying Ling
Ying Ling
I would try it, but we don’t see it here in the southwest...
It’s worked every time I tried it. :0)
Drinking their lager as I read this.
Real Beer for Real People
Even Milwaukee best lite is better than bud.
Even better with a slice of lime.
Corona is the worst.They introduced the lime thing to make it palatable to people who don't know beans about beer. I go with IPAs and stouts and the occasional porter.
As a native Pennsylvanian, I can tell you, you are correct about the pronunciation.
A tweet Yingling should do:
“Our only agenda is making good beer”
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