Current Events > Gay Water has arrived. Will it be the anti-Bud Light?

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ZannoL 07/22/23 9:10:34 PM #1:	Would you try Gay Water if it was offered to you? Yes No Would you try Gay Water if it was offered to you? - Results (18 votes) Yes 38.89% (7 votes) 7 No 61.11% (11 votes) 11 https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/business/gay-water-launch/index.html Launching Thursday is a brightly colored canned vodka and soda beverage that proudly displays who its for, instead of backing off from support for the LGBTQ+ community as other companies have done in recent months. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled under pressure as bigotry grows against the LGBTQ+ community, Gay Waters creator Spencer Hoddeson wants his new boozy brand to be the antithesis of that. The key issue that Bud Light tapped into was the fact that they didnt understand their core audience and know enough about them, Hoddeson, a gay man, told CNN about the controversy that began when the Anheuser-Busch beer brand sent influencer Dylan Mulvaney a can of beer. They just went silent and I think in 2023, you have to be communicating because people communicate themselves if theyre not hearing from you. Sales of premixed cocktails including surged about 36% last year, making it a $2.2 billion industry according to figures from Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. Gay Water might not have the deep pockets compared to its competitors, like White Claw, but even at small scale, companies of many sizes are having success making spirit-based seltzers and premixed cocktails, Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and editor of the alcohol beverage newsletter, Sightlines+, told CNN. Theres lots of space in the spirit-based seltzer category in which Gay Water can play, especially if the brand can offer a cultural or emotional connection that will feel more exciting than the prospect of another pineapple-flavored vodka seltzer from national or international corporations, Roth said. Its a top-heavy category where niches can be carved out in similar fashion to craft beer. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/7/AAaB-xAAEru7.jpg <cite>ZannoL posted [p:975007575] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote> Would you try Gay Water if it was offered to you? Yes No Vote View Results Would you try Gay Water if it was offered to you? - Results (18 votes) Yes 38.89% (7 votes) 7 No 61.11% (11 votes) 11 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '400', topic: '80516478', message: '0', key: 'd331487d' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/business/gay-water-launch/index.html <quote>Launching Thursday is a brightly colored canned vodka and soda beverage that proudly displays who its for, instead of backing off from support for the LGBTQ+ community as other companies have done in recent months. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled under pressure as bigotry grows against the LGBTQ+ community, Gay Waters creator Spencer Hoddeson wants his new boozy brand to be the antithesis of that. The key issue that Bud Light tapped into was the fact that they didnt understand their core audience and know enough about them, Hoddeson, a gay man, told CNN about the controversy that began when the Anheuser-Busch beer brand sent influencer Dylan Mulvaney a can of beer. They just went silent and I think in 2023, you have to be communicating because people communicate themselves if theyre not hearing from you. Sales of premixed cocktails including surged about 36% last year, making it a $2.2 billion industry according to figures from Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. Gay Water might not have the deep pockets compared to its competitors, like White Claw, but even at small scale, companies of many sizes are having success making spirit-based seltzers and premixed cocktails, Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and editor of the alcohol beverage newsletter, Sightlines+, told CNN. Theres lots of space in the spirit-based seltzer category in which Gay Water can play, especially if the brand can offer a cultural or emotional connection that will feel more exciting than the prospect of another pineapple-flavored vodka seltzer from national or international corporations, Roth said. Its a top-heavy category where niches can be carved out in similar fashion to craft beer.</quote> https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/7/AAaB-xAAEru7.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 07/22/23 9:11:11 PM #2:	Alex Jones intensifies --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:975007592] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>Alex Jones intensifies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArsGoetia 07/22/23 9:12:01 PM #3:	https://youtu.be/twQlpFrm5iM <cite>ArsGoetia posted [p:975007607] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/twQlpFrm5iM</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken 07/22/23 9:12:05 PM #4:	Tyranthraxus posted... Alex Jones intensifies their mascot should be a frog --- May contain bones https://youtu.be/jGbI0P4hh3o <cite>Chicken posted [p:975007608] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite><quote>Alex Jones intensifies</quote>their mascot should be a frog</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kurt_Russel 07/22/23 9:12:34 PM #5:	So is it water, or not? --- You gonna do something or just stand there and bleed? <cite>Kurt_Russel posted [p:975007619] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>So is it water, or not?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 07/22/23 9:12:47 PM #6:	i'm definitely going to look for the lime one, but i don't know if i'll like it. soda water is pretty gross, so i hope the lime is pretty strong. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Well, the truth is usually just an excuse for lack of imagination. <cite>Medussa posted [p:975007622] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>i'm definitely going to look for the lime one, but i don't know if i'll like it. soda water is pretty gross, so i hope the lime is pretty strong.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tremain07 07/22/23 9:13:50 PM #7:	ZannoL posted... https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/business/gay-water-launch/index.html https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/7/AAaB-xAAEru7.jpg ripped jeans? That's so 90s --- A worthless existence <cite>tremain07 posted [p:975007637] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>ZannoL posted... </cite><quote>https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/business/gay-water-launch/index.htmlhttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/7/AAaB-xAAEru7.jpg</quote>ripped jeans? That's so 90s</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Suolevram 07/22/23 9:14:22 PM #8:	Everyone getting in on the seltzer game. They're all terrible but then again I strictly drink water so --- fay ce que vouldras <cite>Suolevram posted [p:975007645] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>Everyone getting in on the seltzer game. They're all terrible but then again I strictly drink water so </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Priere 07/22/23 9:14:40 PM #9:	What ever happen to Gay Fuel? https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/9/AAFOjXAAEru9.jpg --- https://imgur.com/iQep35u https://i.imgur.com/PmX8smn.gif https://i.imgur.com/mwTy0iF.gif https://i.imgur.com/FCER80e.gif <cite>Priere posted [p:975007650] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>What ever happen to Gay Fuel?https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/9/AAFOjXAAEru9.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TimeForAction 07/22/23 9:15:24 PM #10:	Kurt_Russel posted... So is it water, or not? its just water, but gay <cite>TimeForAction posted [p:975007665] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>Kurt_Russel posted... </cite><quote>So is it water, or not?</quote>its just water, but gay </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 07/22/23 9:15:32 PM #11:	Kurt_Russel posted... So is it water, or not? It's a "canned cocktail" so it's probably more like Smirnoff ice or Mike's --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:975007667] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>Kurt_Russel posted... </cite><quote>So is it water, or not?</quote>It's a "canned cocktail" so it's probably more like Smirnoff ice or Mike's</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/22/23 9:15:42 PM #12:	I can't wait to hear Republicans cry about this <cite>Zikten posted [p:975007672] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>I can't wait to hear Republicans cry about this</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 07/22/23 9:16:50 PM #13:	Zikten posted... I can't wait to hear Republicans cry about this Somehow they will claim that the alcoholic drink is being marketed to kids. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:975007689] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>I can't wait to hear Republicans cry about this</quote>Somehow they will claim that the alcoholic drink is being marketed to kids.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/22/23 9:17:58 PM #14:	...is that 9%? you have my interest now. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:975007704] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>...is that 9%?you have my interest now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
uwnim 07/22/23 9:18:34 PM #15:	I don't drink alcohol, so no. --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] <cite>uwnim posted [p:975007716] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>I don't drink alcohol, so no.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 07/22/23 9:18:37 PM #16:	White Claw is already a thing --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:975007718] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>White Claw is already a thing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken 07/23/23 9:30:40 AM #17:	Priere posted... What ever happen to Gay Fuel? https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/9/AAFOjXAAEru9.jpg Shit thats vintage --- May contain bones https://youtu.be/jGbI0P4hh3o <cite>Chicken posted [p:975014622] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>Priere posted... </cite><quote>What ever happen to Gay Fuel?https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/9/AAFOjXAAEru9.jpg</quote>Shit thats vintage</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Frosted_Midna 07/23/23 9:31:38 AM #18:	We need some gay fuel! --- It's more than good, it's alive! Warning: May contain stone hat pieces http://i.imgur.com/N6v5qZx.jpg <cite>Frosted_Midna posted [p:975014639] in Gay Water ... [t:80516478]...</cite> <quote>We need some gay fuel!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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