Pabst Blue Ribbon buying Twinkie

[strickj]

How awesome would this be!

 

 

 

 

Two of the most iconic and least nutritious symbols of American consumerism may be about to join in commercial wedlock.

A deal is near for two private-equity shops to buy Twinkie and other cake brands from Hostess, the American baker that declared bankruptcy last fall, according to the Wall Street Journal. The buyers are Apollo Global Management, the giant buyout firm, and C. Dean Metropoulos, best known for owning Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

 

Pabst and Twinkies both enjoy loyal customers, who value low-cost and low-fuss snacks, and ironic followers, who see the brands as the edible equivalent of trucker hats. In that sense, Twinkies and PBR may be the quintessential American lunch.

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/owner-pabst-blue-ribbon-deal-175511212.html

[Chucktshoes]

That is full of 37 kinds of win.

That being said, soon if you want a Twinkie you will have to go to a dive bar full of bearded guys who wear scarves in the summer. Edited January 30, 2013 by Chucktshoes

[jtluttrell]

That being said, soon if you want a Twinkie you will have to go to a dive bar full of bearded guys who wear scarves in the summer.

  Damn hipsters.

[hipower]

WoooHoooo!!!

[TrickyNicky]

Damn hipsters ruin everything. First vinyls, then aviator sunglasses, then beards, then Pabst. Is nothing safe from these A-holes?

[Raoul]

Sounds like my teenage years. A twinkie and a PBR.

Breakfast of champions!

[10-Ring]

When I started drinking PBR it was $7.05 a 12er.  About a year later the hipsters caught on to it and it was $12.25, WITHIN A YEAR!

[gunwhatgun]

Ooooh oooooh oooooh, what if, bear with me here, they start doing a lunchable type thing????? It would have a can of PBR and two twinkies for like 3 bucks!!

 

:yum: :rock:

[Rowdy]

[quote name="10-Ring" post="900476" timestamp="1359593394"]When I started drinking PBR it was $7.05 a 12er.  About a year later the hipsters caught on to it and it was $12.25, WITHIN A YEAR![/quote] Think what they'll be if if there's talk of them being banned. :)

[56FordGuy]

Damn hipsters ruin everything. First vinyls, then aviator sunglasses, then beards, then Pabst. Is nothing safe from these A-holes?

 

Not only did PBR prices go up, but they changed the formula. It went to swill when they changed the packaging a year or so ago. 

[Raoul]

Not only did PBR prices go up, but they changed the formula. It went to swill when they changed the packaging a year or so ago. 

That's why I'm drinking Yeungling.

[Fourtyfive]

That's my brew , yahoo , bring on the twinkies and brew.

[Erik88]

Not only did PBR prices go up, but they changed the formula.

 

I have a hard time believing this. It tastes the same to me. I just had a tall boy yesterday actually. 

[56FordGuy]

I have a hard time believing this. It tastes the same to me. I just had a tall boy yesterday actually. 

 

I quit drinking, but I vividly recall the change. I only drank the bottles, and when the packaging changed the beer changed. It got lighter, more hoppy, and less flavor.  

 

I would drive clear across town to find the 'old' PBR, until I couldn't find it anywhere anymore. 

[TrickyNicky]

[quote name="Raoul" post="900634" timestamp="1359600242"]That's why I'm drinking Yeungling.[/quote] A big plus 1 right here. Yeungling has quickly become my favorite inexpensive domestic brew. Couldn't find the stuff out west.

[Patton]

Weird, but when I lived in Hawaii Pabst Blue Ribbon was premium brew and people bought it.

[TMF]

Hipsters drink PBR now? I don't know if that is funny or sad. At any rate, I never understood why PBR always got a bad rap. I've always enjoyed compared to the taste of beer flavored water such as Coors and Bud, or skunk flavored water such as Natti Ice or Busch. PBR is the way to go.

[Chucktshoes]

[Oh Shoot]

Good God, PBR has become "fashionable"? This was its rep all my life:

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3iVHxP8FQ

 

- OS

Edited January 31, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[Chucktshoes]

Good God, PBR has become "fashionable"? This was its rep all my life:
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3iVHxP8FQ
 
- OS

I love that song, almost as much as I love my PBR.

[Fourtyfive]

Whoop woop ! Gotta love it ! Johnny Russell ! Edited January 31, 2013 by Threeeighty

[10-Ring]

Hipsters drink PBR now? I don't know if that is funny or sad. At any rate, I never understood why PBR always got a bad rap. I've always enjoyed compared to the taste of beer flavored water such as Coors and Bud, or skunk flavored water such as Natti Ice or Busch. PBR is the way to go.

Don't be hatin' on my Busch, you're just jealous because it's:

 

    Beer

YoU

    Sissies

    Can't

    Handle

 

At least that's what we told the rich kids in college.

[Mike.357]

gawd awful beer and the most over rated snack food ever.  Perfect match.

[dlm37015]

Sounds like my teenage years. A twinkie and a PBR.

Breakfast of champions!

no for me it was cold pizza