Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stella was marketed as "reassuringly expensive" to appeal to the snobbishness in people. Round here it is known as "wife beater" since it has a reputation for making people violent, don't ask me why it would be worse than any other drink... Frank On 24 Feb, 2010, at 21:52, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > It's genius of marketing, Jeff. In its native Belgium, Stella is a > downscale beer, kind of like Schlitz or Old Milwaukee in the US. But > somehow in the UK they succeeded in positioning it as a premium brand, so > the hip people in London drink it. > > I never understood it either. For me Stella has always been something to > be drunk only in emergencies (i.e. if no other beer was available). > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Jeff Moore wrote: > >> 2010-02-24-14:35:40 Frank Dernie: >>> I am not fond of the cold fizzy concoctions, "aged in plastic vats >>> for 20 minutes" to quote a comedy sketch, which my son and his >>> friends drink. He calls my favourite old-mans beer... >> >> I just don't understand it. When I got to spend three months working >> in London (I'm from the US), I really enjoyed the opportunity to quaff >> a nice bitter, served at a reasonable temperature and not having been >> subjected to a transatlantic voyage, whenever we went "down the pub". >> To my confusion, though, at least 80% of the patrons were sucking down >> ice-cold Stella. >> >> Eww. >> >> -Jeff >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information