MILLER BREWING KNOWS THE STAKES: MUST PULL SPONSORSHIP OF OBSCENE EVENT(Catholic League)

Catholic League ^ | September 25, 2007 | staff

[wbill]

Miller's been sponsoring this sort of stuff for years. Back in the 90s, I did some volunteer work with a Miller Rep, right after the news broke that Miller was a major sponsor of the "Gay Games". He took an awful lot of crap over it.

I don't drink Miller products. Mostly because I think that they taste awful, but also because I don't like the events that they choose to sponsor. And, their latest commercial blitz has been really, really dumb IMHO, too.

[traditional1]

"Drink Sam Adams"

Amen!

(I'll drink to THAT!)

[Grampa Dave]

fyi more info on Miller committing financial suicide.

[Colofornian]

I think the only brewing company whose marketing choices are consistently worse than Miller’s is Anheuser-Busch (owners of Busch Gardens). Those are perennially the two worst.

[Between the Lines]

Link to the ad: http://www.cnsnews.com/cns/photo/2007/092507FolosomFull.jpg

[RavenATB]

“Drink Sam Adams”

Yeah, baby...Yuengling too.

[donnab]

the city itself is listed as a supporting sponsor....
SF Environment...a department of the city and county of San Francisco...

you can let the city or county or mayor know your feelings here:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/mainpages_form.asp?id=18611

[wagglebee]

All Miller has done is ask to have their logo removed. They are still putting up a lot of the money for the Sodom and Gomorrah reenactment.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902443/posts

[RavenATB]

Yes, I live in the FL Panhandle, and its a common beer to find down here. Come on down...but don’t move here, unless you’re ready to pay outrageous property taxes.

[Redleg Duke]

I logged on to the Miller Brewing Company website and sent in a question. The response back was that they objected to the poster and had requested that their logo be removed from the poster. I told them that it did not address my question, so I got a email form to fill out. I told them that the only acceptable act would be to pull their sponsorship of the "festival" for this year and future years. To do otherwise would be disengenuous.

I think this is something Roman Catholics and Lutherans can agree on.

[wagglebee]

There won’t be any “looking back” in San Francisco because none of them will want to turn away in the first place.

[george76]

bttt

Miller committing financial suicide.

[driftdiver]

“It’s not a boycott if you refuse to drink it because it tastes like cra”

I was thinking of asking them why they have so many horses lined up outside their ‘brewery’.

[RonF]

Oh, crap. They brew Leinenkugel? That was my refuge whenever I was in a bar that didn’t serve any decent beers.

[Colofornian]

I logged on to the Miller Brewing Company website and sent in a question. The response back was that they objected to the poster and had requested that their logo be removed from the poster. I told them that it did not address my question, so I got a email form to fill out. I told them that the only acceptable act would be to pull their sponsorship of the "festival" for this year and future years. To do otherwise would be disengenuous.

Good point. And good for you in following up. You've set a good example for us.

[Prokopton]

Drink Sam Adams.

Yea, that little "Sex for Sam" incident that led to sex in a Catholic Cathedral was pretty "tasteful".