No more Old Style at Wrigley?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Say it ain't so...

 

Well, today the news came down that Old Style will no longer be served at Wrigley Field following the season. Coors Light will replace Old Style as the alternative to the evil beer from St. Louis.

http://www.obstructedview.net/unobstructed-views/cubs/old-style-to-exit-wrigley-field-following-2011-season.html

 

 

But are the rumors true?

 

We hadn't heard from Pabst as of Friday morning, but the Cubs said they would like to see their partnership with Old Style continue.

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/sports/mlb/cubs/old-style-coors-light-wrigley-field-official-beer-pabst-dean-metropoulos-20110804

 

 

What I don't understand is why Pabst would want to pull out of this deal, but I guess I don't know what all is involved in their partnership. They are selling mass quantities of a cheap beer that very few people would drink otherwise. How can that not be profitable?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

What I don't understand is how there is enough demand for Old Style to keep it brewed.

[XZero771679666304]

What I don't understand is how there is enough demand for Old Style to keep it brewed.

 

As long as there is a white trash segment to cater to, there will be.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

[J.R.]

There have been a host of articles and blog posts concerning that one line from the new overseers of Old Style, but nowhere did I read that the Old Style taps would be pulled from the park - merely that the close-knit marketing partnership between the Cubs/Old Style/WGN-720 would be dissolved.

[SouthSideRyan]

First they came for higher ticket prices,

But I did not speak up for I could buy from scalpers.

 

Then they came for the Budweiser house,

But I did not speak up for I do not drink swill.

 

Then they came for the troughs,

But I did not speak up for my bladder is large.

 

Now they've come for the Old Style

[XZero771679666304]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

 

Busch Light, Old Style, PBR and Keystone are all battling it out for dominance in the shallow gene pool market.

[javy knows my name]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

 

Busch Light, Old Style, PBR and Keystone are all battling it out for dominance in the shallow gene pool market.

 

You can go straight to hell for lumping PBR in there

[MWV]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

 

Busch Light, Old Style, PBR and Keystone are all battling it out for dominance in the shallow gene pool market.

 

You can go straight to hell for lumping PBR in there

Yeah man, PBR is an award winning american lager.

[Little Slide Rooter]

What I don't understand is how there is enough demand for Old Style to keep it brewed.

 

As long as there is a white trash segment to cater to, there will be.

 

It's a step above Schlitz and Milwaukees Best.

[Guest]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

 

Busch Light, Old Style, PBR and Keystone are all battling it out for dominance in the shallow gene pool market.

 

You can go straight to hell for lumping PBR in there

Hipster?

[Guest]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

 

Busch Light, Old Style, PBR and Keystone are all battling it out for dominance in the shallow gene pool market.

 

You can go straight to hell for lumping PBR in there

Hipster?

You don't have to be hipster to like PBR. The head brewmaster at Bells calls PBR the best mass produced lager beer in America.

 

Hipsters drink it ironically, beer lovers drink it because it's good.

[javy knows my name]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

 

Busch Light, Old Style, PBR and Keystone are all battling it out for dominance in the shallow gene pool market.

 

You can go straight to hell for lumping PBR in there

Hipster?

 

It's just by far the best of the cheapies and doesn't deserve to be equated to the Busch Lites of the world.

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

Old Style to Coors Light seems kind of lateral, no?

 

Dogfish ftw.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Old Style to Coors Light seems kind of lateral, no?

While Coors Light is pretty damn disgusting, it represents a huge step up from Old Style.

[SouthSideRyan]

Old Style to Coors Light seems kind of lateral, no?

 

Dogfish ftw.

 

Yeah, Dogfish should be the mass consumed beer at Cubs games.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Old Style to Coors Light seems kind of lateral, no?

 

Dogfish ftw.

 

Yeah, Dogfish should be the mass consumed beer at Cubs games.

 

That and Rogue Dead Guy Ale.

[Derwood]

wait, people are seriously suggesting the Cubs would replace Old Style with microbrews?

[Little Slide Rooter]

wait, people are seriously suggesting the Cubs would replace Old Style with microbrews?

 

I don't think anyone was being serious. Were they?

[Old Style]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

:bye:

[glavine93]

i would pretend to be sad about this news, but all cheap beers taste equally amazing to me so i won't notice

[StarlinOnYou]

Icehouse is the trailer park favorite.

[ConstableRabbit]

First they came for higher ticket prices,

But I did not speak up for I could buy from scalpers.

 

Then they came for the Budweiser house,

But I did not speak up for I do not drink swill.

 

Then they came for the troughs,

But I did not speak up for my bladder is large.

 

Now they've come for the Old Style

=D>

[ConstableRabbit]

I actually like Old Style on draft. It's part of the experience for me.

[Sammy Sofa]

I thought that's what Busch Light is for.

 

Busch Light, Old Style, PBR and Keystone are all battling it out for dominance in the shallow gene pool market.

 

You can go straight to hell for lumping PBR in there

 

He forgot about the Beast, but he was right to lump PBR in there. The best shitty beer is still shitty beer. He also forgot Schlitz and High Life. And, of course, Natty Ice.