So Good » Beer http://www.sogoodblog.com An absurd look at the world of food Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:52:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Butter Burgers http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/09/27/butter-burgers/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/09/27/butter-burgers/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:23:38 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=3164 Greetings So Good readers. Eick here, with a post for the first time in a month. Yikes. The craziness of real life has gotten the better of me in the last month, and the result has been devastating for So Good, I admit. But I’m back and excited to be spouting off my thoughts on food.

So this is a new one to me. A burger with butter on it? Hmmmm. I know places that butter, or sometimes even heavily butter the buns they put their burgers on, but putting a big old slab of butter directly onto a burger? Wow. I stumbled across these butter burgers when reading a post on Andrew Sullivan’s blog, featuring a new ad for Miller High Life that prominently features this high-fat treat.

That looks awful and awesomely appealing at the same time. Apparently butter burgers are a Wisconsin favorite, and have been made famous by a place called Culver’s. Check out a review of these burgers from Would I Buy It Again?

Anyone tried one of these bad boys?

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]]> http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/04/28/heineken-walking-fridge/feed/ 3 If You’re Promoting a Drink, Buy Me a Shot http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/03/18/if-youre-promoting-a-drink-buy-me-a-shot/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/03/18/if-youre-promoting-a-drink-buy-me-a-shot/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:35:43 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1943 This weekend while I was hanging out at a bar, a bagpiper suddenly entered and two attractive women with a tray full of plastic shot glasses appeared in front of me.  Sweet, a drink promotion I thought to myself. Who doesn’t love a good free shot? That’s when the woman asked me: “would you like to try a sample of Bass?”

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I’m sorry, a SAMPLE of Bass? So you mean I get to drink 1 oz of Bass for free? What is that horse  shit? If you are promoting a certain kind of hard liquor, give me a free shot. If you are promoting a certain kind of beer, give me a free beer. I know what Bass tastes like, and odds are, so does everyone in a bar on a Saturday night.  Do you really think anyone is going to taste the sample and say “huh, that lukewarm 1 oz serving reminded me how much I love Bass. I think I will now buy a Bass”? NO. No one is going to do that.  Giving us a sample of a beer we’ve all tasted before is pointless, and it’s not going to convince anyone not already drinking Bass to buy one.

However, giving someone a full beer for free can have the intended effect. You start drinking Bud Light/Miller Lite/Bass whatever, and over the course of a full beer you get accustomed to the taste and are likely to buy another one so you can keep drinking the same thing.   If you want me to look more favorably on the type of beer/liquor you are promoting, I damn well better get enough quantity (i.e. a shot or a full beer) to add to my buzz.  So note to Bass: terrible promotion. It was lame central and left me with a worse impression of Bass than I had before.  Note to beer promoters in general: don’t bother giving me a “sample” of your beer unless it’s some kind of gourmet, 10% alcohol beer I’ve never tried before.  If you’re not giving me a free beer, you’re wasting your and my time.

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H/T Illegal Advertising.

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Update: The video was not produced by anyone associated with Guiness, and Diageo, Guiness’s parent company, has made clear they want the video removed from YouTube.

Via Belch.

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Via Fast Food Critic and SeeMoreDoMoreLiveMore.

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  • A “disgusting” burger helped motivate Robert Downey Jr. to quit drugs.
  • Bacon Unwrapped visits the World Pork Expo.
  • Grub Street interviews Lisa and Richard about the Top Chef finale.
  • NYC Food Guy reviews the Big Apple BBQ Block Party.
  • Impulsive Buy reviews the McDonald’s Southern Style Chicken Sandwich.
  • Capital Spice has lunch with Spike from Top Chef.
  • What’s 4 Lunch writes about one of my favorite places to grab a beer in Burlington – Vermont Pub & Brewery.
  • Chocolate & Zucchini makes chilled pea pod soup.
  • Poached freshwater salmon with dilled potato salad.
  • Coconut-lime chicken & snow peas salad.
  • Watermelon, mint and feta salad.
  • New potato & green bean salad.
    • ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/06/13/so-good-blognews-round-up-61308/feed/ 2     So Good Blog/News Round-Up 6/9/08 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/06/09/so-good-blognews-round-up-6908/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/06/09/so-good-blognews-round-up-6908/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:04:30 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1054
  • The salmonella outbreak in tomatoes is spreading rapidly.
  • RIP Organic Rice Krispies.
  • Metrocurean reports on some DC winners of the James Beard awards.
  • A new vegetarian restaurant is opening in DC at 14th and Q.
  • Beer drinkers are upset as bars try and switch to smaller glasses.
  • McDonald’s is doing a test run of offering canned and bottled drinks, such as Red Bull.
  • The Top 5 gives their take on the Top 5 fast food restaurants.
  • The 10 oldest bars in the United States.
  • Energy beers are getting made fun of – but selling well.
  • A Good Appetite makes a radish sandwich.
    • ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/06/09/so-good-blognews-round-up-6908/feed/ 0     Pizza Beer http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/06/02/pizza-beer/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/06/02/pizza-beer/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:04 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1040 The Washington Post had an article last week on Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer. Made by Tom and Athena Seefurth of St. Charles, Ill, it’s billed as the “World’s First Culinary Beer.” Created in 2006, the beer uses fresh tomatoes, garlic, oregano and basil in the mash and hops processes and is supposed to taste like, well, like pizza.

    The product has a MySpace page, and the website offers recipes for Pizza Beer bread and Pizza Beer prawns.

    I’m absolutely dying to try this stuff. If anyone can get a hold of six-pack for me, I would love to write a review. Mamma Mia? Whadda say? Care to send So Good a six-pack for review?

    Check out one of their YouTube videos talking about how the beer is made:

    ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/06/02/pizza-beer/feed/ 1     So Good Blog/News Round-Up 5/29/08 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/29/so-good-blognews-round-up-52908/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/29/so-good-blognews-round-up-52908/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 23:23:50 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1027
  • Bob Garfield, writing at Adage, argues that Cheetos Orange Underground campaign (previously covered by So Good HERE and HERE) is irresponsible.
  • Five Guys is expanding into In-n-Out’s turf.
  • Carl’s Jr. is thinking about creating comedic webisodes.
  • Consumerist discusses the quest to order a cheesburger with no cheese.
  • Cars at the DNC convention will run on waste beer donated by Coors.
  • KFC has a new chipotle recipe.
  • Make your own raita.
  • Grant’s Rant thinks he has the best burger recipe ever.
  • Green salad with peaches.
    • ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/29/so-good-blognews-round-up-52908/feed/ 0     So Good Blog/News Round-Up 5/22/08 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/22/so-good-blognews-round-up-52208/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/22/so-good-blognews-round-up-52208/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 19:09:03 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1009
  • After a run-in with the SEC over anonymous internet posts, Whole Foods CEO is back to blogging.
  • A Hamburger Today covers America’s most expensive burgers.
  • Best Bites Blog looks at Pete’s Apizza in Columbia Heights.
  • A NYC home brewer may soon be offering beer ice cream.
  • Serious Eats reviews the new Indiana Jones Snickers bar.
  • Carrot salad with toasted soy nuts.
  • Seared sesame seed tuna sandwich.
  • Beet, potato and prosciutto salad.
    • ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/22/so-good-blognews-round-up-52208/feed/ 2     Commercial Parodies: Samuel L. Jackson Beer http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/21/commercial-parodies-samuel-l-jackson-beer/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/21/commercial-parodies-samuel-l-jackson-beer/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 09:30:25 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=999 The second to last food/drink related commercial parody from Nerve.com’s 50 Greatest Commercial Parody’s of All Time that we will feature is also the first (and only) parody from the list that isn’t a SNL property. Please enjoy, from The Dave Chappelle Show, “Samuel L. Jackson Beer.”

    ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/21/commercial-parodies-samuel-l-jackson-beer/feed/ 2     Commercial Parodies: Schmitt’s Gay Beer http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/20/commercial-parodies-schmitts-gay-beer/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/20/commercial-parodies-schmitts-gay-beer/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 15:02:08 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=995 Today’s food/drink related commercial parody from Nerve.com’s 50 Greatest Commercial Parody’s of All Time is a classic that stars Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.

    As a side note, I just realized that every single food/drink commercial parody so far has been from SNL. We only have 2 left on the list…one from SNL, but one (finally!) that is not. Man, someone teach other sketch comedy shows to make some good food related commercial parodies besides this one.

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