{"id":8301,"date":"2011-12-01T09:13:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T15:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=8301"},"modified":"2011-12-01T09:13:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T15:13:46","slug":"because-youre-so-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/because-youre-so-smart\/","title":{"rendered":"Because you’re so smart . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Because the topic of beer marketing pops up here from time to time, and because my obviously too subtle effort to provoke comment on Miller’s World Beer Cup commercial<\/a> fell flat I’ll quietly pass along information about a contest Port Brewing\/The Lost Abbey is holding. Basically, they plan to film a commercial, are inviting suggestions, and are giving away a trip for two to San Diego.<\/p>\n

Here are the details<\/a> (exclamation points and all):<\/p>\n

“In early 2012 we\u2019ll be filming our first broadcast-ready commercial, and we\u2019re looking to our Faithful Followers to tell us how they\u2019d introduce our brewery and its products to those who\u2019ve yet to be enlightened. To help stimulate everyone\u2019s creativity we\u2019re holding a competition all December long for the best commercial concept! Judged by our in-house Conclave, three winners will receive Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey merchandise and wearbles. And our Grand Prize winner will becoming to San Diego!”<\/p>\n

Chances are that even though San Diego hosts the World Beer Cup in 2012 the crew at Port\/Lost Abbey isn’t looking for something like this:<\/p>\n