For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, Will Ferrell approached the the Pabst Brewing Company last September and asked if he could make a series of commercials for their Old Milwaukee beer. For free. The only catch was, he wanted to do them in Davenport, Iowa. Why that is remains unclear, as Pabst is a Wisconsin company, and more mysterious is the fact that Old Milwaukee is a terrible beer. Seriously: Hobos will turn down Old Milwaukee: “No thanks, I’m fine with this cough syrup.”
Whatever the reason, the spots are airing in Davenport, and they’re inexplicably hilarious, although Ricky Bobby is supposed to wake up in the morning and piss excellence, not drink piss.
Check out the Old Milwaukee spots after the jump.
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I’ll admit Will Ferrell is awesome in small doses, and this was just the right dose. Hilarious.
Old Milwaukee was bad choice.
Why does Iowa always get the limelight? Geez, save some for the rest of us you Hawkeyes.
As a Milwaukee native, I always have to verify when anyone rips on Old Milwaukee. Are you sure you are not confusing it with Milwaukee’s Best? Because that shit’ll give you Aids and year long headache. Old Milwaukee is pretty decent. It does wins World Beer Cup and Great American Beer festival gold medals like a boss.
If you do know the difference and still hate it…carry on, everyone has their opinion, but I’ve caught more than a few who say ‘Old Milwaukee…Milwaukee’s Best…what’s the difference?’
/In conclusion; no, I do not work for Old Milwaukee.
///Milwaukee Milwaukee, Milwaukee
Shouldn’t he be advertising meth in Davenport?
@Midwest as a Madison/Milwaukee native (live/work) I second your opinion. The other MKE beer that gets a bad rap is Schlitz. They recently reverted to the original, non-vomit tasting formula and the beer is actually quite tasty.
Grandpa used to make me drink Old Milwaukee with him. Said it would make me a man. Instead it just made me an alcoholic.
As a native Iowan, I’d just like to mention that nobody really cares about Davenport. I mean, hell, my dad grew up there and still everybody just kinda wishes it was part of Illinois.
I like Old Milwaukee. I have fond memories of drinking Old Milwaukee pounders. The Beast on the other hand…ick. I drank a lot of it in college and I think my liver’s still pissed off.
@Mushroom,
Nice. Also, there may be a Schlitz ad campaign slogan somewhere in your last sentence.
I’m also a Wisconsin native. Schlitz is pretty damn good. As is Old Milwaukee. But Milwaukee’s Best and, for the sadists, Milwaukee’s Best Light, is known as the Beast for a reason. It takes like dog piss and should be in the Gametime Cheap Beer of the Week Hall of Fame. Oddly enough, if you go to the right bar in Wisconsin Dells, you can find Beast Lite ON TAP!
As someone who turned 21 before all of his friends in college, I’ve purchased my fair share of the Beast (mostly Beast ICE no less). They really should call it Milwaukee’s Most Economic. Oh, I’ll “keep the change” all right. Suckers.
I don’t know what some of you are talking about. Will Ferrel is genius.
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I can appreciate having fond memories of a brand like Old Milwaukee… but “good”? Maybe I’m spoiled with insanely good microbrews.