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By: grapefruitmoon

I'd like to see the Beer Launcher being used for feminism. Instead of "Woman, bring me a beer!" men could be trained to have their own beer launched to them and we women could be free to pursue our...

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By: popechunk

Every three beers it should fire an adult diaper, kinda liked a tracer round. Then our hero would surely be in Nirvana.

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By: Huplescat

First the monkey-porn research, now this. There may yet be hope for Douque.

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By: brevator

and they say america doesn't build anything anymore.

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By: pyramid termite

Can someone figure out what beer is equivalent of the Polski Fiat 126p? beck's/polski 126p - drink/drive it and you'll be having bad runs before you know it

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By: Wolfdog

I absolutely love the direction this thread took. Can someone figure out what beer is equivalent of the Polski Fiat 126p?

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By: kirkaracha

It's Miller Lite, so it wouldn't be a waste.

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By: Sparx

Sure, he designed it for peaceful purposes, but how long before the military offers him a contract to adapt it to hurling beers at Sunni and Shiite insurgents in Iraq? That'd be awful. Ay-rabs don't...

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By: hwestiii

I still think the coolest beer dispensing device ever is the giant Pez dispenser in the Labatt's TV ads.

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By: pyramid termite

The future is Bio-retrieval systems."alex ... that had better be your water you're drinking"

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By: cortex

Miller High Life/liver disease/cirrhosis Can't really argue.

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By: pyramid termite

sigh ... you guys are doing this list thing all wrong ... the top ten beers correlated with the top ten diseases 1. Bud Light/heart disease 2. Budweiser/cancer 3. Miller Lite/stroke/cva 4. Coors...

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By: tkchrist

The robotic beer launcher is so Industrial Revolution. So like 1800s. It limits you to foamy canned beer. BARBARIC. The future is Bio-retrieval systems. Better range. Works during blackouts. Chicks dig...

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By: GuyZero

Wait, someone cross-over with this thread.

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By: robocop is bleeding

Also (also), because my desk shift is pretty slow this afternoon and I'm surrounded by these sort of industry lists, I give you the top 10 wine brands of 2005 according to Adams Wine Handbook 2006: 1....

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By: languagehat

"I'm too far away from my beer, It's way over there and I'm way over here..."

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By: robocop is bleeding

(Also, all Adams stats come from the 2006 editions of the respective handbook) Top Movies of 2005: 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and...

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By: robocop is bleeding

So, to follow up, we need to match brand of beer and model of car as both lists have manufacturers/brewers with multiple entries in the top 10.

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By: robocop is bleeding

Okay, lets get some library science up ins. Best Selling Cars 0f 2005 According to Edmunds.com / Best Selling Malt Beverages of 2005 According to Adams Beer Handbook / Best Selling Liquors According to...

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By: parmanparman

So, mbd1mbd1, you were right all along.

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By: parmanparman

Given the response to my post saying Miller Lite was the Suzuki of beers. I got the best research from Beer Industry Insights, which tracks on premises and store sales as opposed to total barrels sale...

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By: mediareport

parman, there is no way BLUE MOON BELGIUM WHITE ALE sells more than COORS LITE in the United States. No way.

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By: Mitheral

parmanparmanwrites"And here is a top brands by sales link from a beverage industry information service" Note that ranking is for performer not sellor. It ranks beers that "experienced significant...

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By: ZenMasterThis

This is the closest I can find to best selling in the US: 1. Bud Light 2. Budweiser 3. Miller Lite 4. Coors Light 5. Corona Extra 6. Natural Light 7. Heineken 8. Michelob Ultra Light 9. Busch Light 10....

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By: parmanparman

OK, I am on the phone with the Brewer's Association, info following....Hopefully this won't get brought over the MetaTalk.

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By: fenriq

So this wouldn't work with cans of soda? And bleh, Miller Lite? I don't think so. Where's the list for Suzuki motorcycles?

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By: Otis

parmanparman, It looks like the list you link to is the top 30 "Brand Performers"For the Top 30 Beer Brand Performers ranking, IRI analyzed volume growth, share of segment trends, front line pricing,...

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By: Cyrano

8 Kia / BLUE MOON BELGIUM WHITE ALE My Kia's a fucking lemon, so I can see that one.

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By: parmanparman

Hold on, Mbd1mbd1! Your list is actually based on information from the same site as I cited in my post. But realbeer.com won't list the article they cite, in fact I can't find it on the IRI's website...

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By: mediareport

Yeah, parmanparman, there's no way in hell your beer list is right.

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By: mbd1mbd1

That's a list of beers that most improved their sales in 2005 over 2004. This is the closest I can find to best selling in the US: 1. Bud Light 2. Budweiser 3. Miller Lite 4. Coors Light 5. Corona...

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By: Flashman

In Portland I think you'd find more demand for a machine that would pack, tamp and light your bowl.

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By: parmanparman

And here is a top brands by sales link from a beverage industry information service.

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By: sfts2

I would not want to impugn the USBIC but a list of top selling beers that does not include Budweiser and has Blue Moon Belgian White Ale in the top 10 to be somewhat suspect. No?

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By: cortex

5 Honda / NEW BELGIUM FAT TIRE AMBER ALE I had no idea Fat Tire was so broadly liked. Neat. At least they didn't go the west coast hipster route and load it with Pabst Blue Ribbon. Wouldn't happen. In...

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By: parmanparman

actually, I get my info from the US Beer Information Center.

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By: srboisvert

I can't believe people would waste time constructing this kind of thing at a time when there are Iraq war metafilter threads that need comments about Anna Nicole Smith's body tug of war and Britney's...

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By: mbd1mbd1

That might be a list of the best selling car brands, but it is in no way a corresponding list of best selling beers.

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By: drstein

"Or the Ford of beer, maybe." Oh no. them's fighting words. At least they didn't go the west coast hipster route and load it with Pabst Blue Ribbon.

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By: Gungho

Meh. Only 10 beers in the magazine.

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By: parmanparman

And: Steel Reserve High Gravity Lager is the Hyundai of beers, which is pretty fitting actually. Because once you have a Steel Reserve, you can't remember why you bought it in the first place.

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By: ZenMasterThis

Sure, he designed it for peaceful purposes, but how long before the military offers him a contract to adapt it to hurling beers at Sunni and Shiite insurgents in Iraq?

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By: parmanparman

Given DU's response to my post where they called Miller Lite the Hyundai of beers, I did some research and ultimately got the table for 2006 best-selling beers in the US. I give to you the definitive...

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By: itchylick

Also, how long before some drunk frat guy shows up with his potato gun ... "You call that a beer launcher?" ...

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By: itchylick

Can't wait to see the clip of him shooting a beer through his plasma TV.

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By: DNL

For some reason, all I can think is "Homer Simpson" and "d'oh".

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By: Muddler

I love the fact that he posted his resume as one of the only 3 pages with content. The other two being his beer catapult and a picture of him holding a big fish. Who could possibly resist extending him...

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By: sswiller

its easy to be sedentary once you've been cracked in the skull by one of those cans.

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By: timsteil

also and interesting beer launcher here

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By: chrismear

Christ, someone buy that kid an power extension cable.

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