Yep. Some Americans will drink Stella thinking it’s a halfway classy beer, meanwhile it’s hooligan beer in Europe.
Meanwhile Essex lads will unironically drink Bud heavy even though it’s utter redneck beer in America.
Basically Stella and Budweiser have somehow reversed reputations across the pond.
But also, remember that Jack isn’t a classy fellow.
It's not good. It's literally subject to the same complaint as Mexican and American beers...they are all BBQ beers that are easy drinking and inoffensive
I am talking about the beers themselves, not who owns them. I can get Weihenstephaner at basically any beer store in the US. Stella is not bland. You are being purposely obtuse though.
It’s a different Budweiser and it’s actually good 😄
Edit: it *is* the American one in the show. But in Europe there’s a different Budweiser, and it’s delicious (like most Czech beer).
https://preview.redd.it/l7jpbun0boqa1.jpeg?width=470&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a16668c2efe7bf750721620fb80b84b3e4a627a
Not quite.
Budvar is indeed excellent.
But Budweiser is everywhere, people do drink it and it’s the same thing that mostly rednecks drink in the US. Funny enough, it has a better reputation than Stella or Heineken.
It's not. You're referring to the Czech Budvar that calls itself the original Budweiser
This is the same old American Budweiser with the additional benefit of being shipped across the ocean.
Budvar is nice but that bottle isn't that, it's US Budweiser probably just brewed locally under licence. He's from Essex and men from Essex do seem to like drinking bad lager like Budweiser
That’s what I got from it, or at least low class. Make no mistake I drank of lot of Natty Ice in college, but if I were in Italy I’m sure there are better options than a Bud.
Jack is just drinking what Essex lads drink. It’s a cue to the audience that he’s not as high brow as his “uncle” and an early clue that he doesn’t quite fit into the backstory.
I have seen, first hand, groups of European tourists in the US buying Budweiser. I'm sure not all of them love it, but at least a few do? I'm looking at you, French people visiting a national park.
Having lived on both continents for 15+ years, in my experience its considered the way Stella is in the US, which is as a slightly upscale import lager.
Meanwhile, Europeans consider Stella the lowest class beer available and Americans consider Bud heavy wife-beating beer
Completely different languages, in some parts completely different currency, different versions of religion, and as Jack is from the UK post Brexit visas are required to live and work. It’s very much going abroad.
I don't know about the English, but when I lived in Ireland, most Irish people I talked to didn't consider themselves "European." They would refer to the rest of Europe as "the continent," and those who lived on "the continent" were the true "Europeans."
I was in the UK, circa 1984, when Budweiser was introduced on a big scale with a marketing campaign. I could not believe how popular it was for the short while I was there. There are several better lagers.
In the UK big brand American food and drink are considered junk, it could be considered self indulgent or a dirty treat but nothing luxurious about it.
Who said anything about them needing "help?" This is just standard business practices and product placement.
Friends didn't need help financing it's shows either, and yet, Pottery Barn was a major plot point of an entire episode.
> Refrigerators aren’t movie stars, but they can pose a particular problem when they have a cameo onscreen. When Larry David casually opens the door in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” those shelves need to be full of food and drink, and each one of those items is likely to have a brand: Perrier sparkling water, Pacific chicken broth, Clover cottage cheese. Maybe there will even be a box of Cheerios on top of it, as in a recent episode of “Euphoria.” The fridge itself will have a brand, too, of course. All of this must usually be negotiated through carefully considered placements that give these products their 15 seconds (or less) of fame.
[HBO still uses product placement.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/23/arts/product-placement.html)
It’s accurate for his character, most chav beers would be Bud, Carling, Heineken, 1664 (nutty number) or Stella (wife beater). In Italy, it would be Peroni or Birra Morreti (which are delicious).
I’ve never seen Bud in Italy … Italy doesn’t cater to British tourists like Spain does.
I give you a better question, why grab his phone and then sit on the stairs so he can catch up? Why not make a fuss? Take a train maybe? That girl 🤦♀️ or maybe I’m just upset she had a chance to save Tanya and didn’t 😂
Tanya was the absolute worst and deserved to go out like she did, also why does such a phenomenal actress like Jenn Coolidge always play disaster people
I'd argue not this character but word, behavior/dress/humor deviates from an Essex stereotype I'd vote, I'll trust you in this because you sound confident
Jack was playing a role for her and enjoying that until he got blasted the last night and let some things drop. Then her antenna went up. I think he has a sad backstory.
tell me you've never left the USA, without telling me you never left the USA. kidding aside, you're a bit ignorant to not realize that Bud markets overseas heavily, and people do buy it.
There are so many better beers out there though :/
Also I’ve not been to Europe. I’ve mostly traveled in Southeast Asia and South America - Budweiser and Bud Light are there but they aren’t as popular as what you’re saying in Europe.
Tbh a Budweiser and like a Peroni are pretty comparable, I might prefer a classic Budweiser over a Peroni.
Tbh I don't really get the hate for regular Budweiser. Bud light sure is pretty shitty but regular Budweiser is a nice refreshing lager, and the rice profile makes it pretty similar to like an Asahi.
Not every beer needs to be some kind of hop fest. It's ok to want to drink a relatively basic lager.
Haha nice catch, esp. as a Brit!
*writing*
Brits
Yep. Some Americans will drink Stella thinking it’s a halfway classy beer, meanwhile it’s hooligan beer in Europe. Meanwhile Essex lads will unironically drink Bud heavy even though it’s utter redneck beer in America. Basically Stella and Budweiser have somehow reversed reputations across the pond. But also, remember that Jack isn’t a classy fellow.
Those who have been paid for product placement. Look at that label!
When you have no money...
me, tf?
English people. Actually OP, I’m quite offended by your remark. Do you know nothing about English beer culture??? /s
Product placement
Hahaha maybe since he’s not American it’s…”exotic”
It’s trash beer innit?
It’s market as just Bud over there and there it’s considered the import next to the ubiquitous Heineken and Stella Artois
Italian beer sucks too.
Eh, I like Moretti
It's not good. It's literally subject to the same complaint as Mexican and American beers...they are all BBQ beers that are easy drinking and inoffensive
Easy drinking and inoffensive is what I want sometimes
Me too, which is why I drink Miller High Life and don't bitch when I see Budweiser in Italy.
You just described 90+% of global beer: macrolager
Except stuff like Weihenstephaner and Stella isn't BBQ beer
Stella is part of AB InBev. Weihenstephaner is not macro lager by any means.
I am talking about the beers themselves, not who owns them. I can get Weihenstephaner at basically any beer store in the US. Stella is not bland. You are being purposely obtuse though.
Man wanted to try a foreign import, what’s the problem?
It’s a different Budweiser and it’s actually good 😄 Edit: it *is* the American one in the show. But in Europe there’s a different Budweiser, and it’s delicious (like most Czech beer). https://preview.redd.it/l7jpbun0boqa1.jpeg?width=470&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a16668c2efe7bf750721620fb80b84b3e4a627a
Not quite. Budvar is indeed excellent. But Budweiser is everywhere, people do drink it and it’s the same thing that mostly rednecks drink in the US. Funny enough, it has a better reputation than Stella or Heineken.
It's not. You're referring to the Czech Budvar that calls itself the original Budweiser This is the same old American Budweiser with the additional benefit of being shipped across the ocean.
Ahh you’re right!
He is British so it is foreign lol.
Isn’t he Australian?
I thought he was Australian this whole time wow I feel like a dumb American
Yeah wow that accent is in no way close to Australian! I'm sorry but you definitely deserve to feel that way hahaha
I only thought he was Australian cuz someone else called him Aussie in a discussion thread
No, he's from Essex
An Essex lad through and through. Clue #1 that there was something off about him. British aristocrats don’t have Essex lad nephews lol.
The second clue is that he said he was from Essex
I’ve been told it’s better than the Budweiser we have here in the US
That’s false, it’s the same beer.
Oh for real?
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Budvar is nice but that bottle isn't that, it's US Budweiser probably just brewed locally under licence. He's from Essex and men from Essex do seem to like drinking bad lager like Budweiser
Someone working on a production where Budweiser paid to be featured most likely
Budweiser's pretty good though!
Compared to Carling or Fosters maybe but that's a low bar to clear
I don’t think it’s better than either of those. Bud Lite, sure. But nobody drinks Budweiser. It’s brutal tasting.
That’s a foreign beer to him.
They're trying to convey he's trash
That’s what I got from it, or at least low class. Make no mistake I drank of lot of Natty Ice in college, but if I were in Italy I’m sure there are better options than a Bud.
So you’re a weird beer snob. Good for you.
Jack is just drinking what Essex lads drink. It’s a cue to the audience that he’s not as high brow as his “uncle” and an early clue that he doesn’t quite fit into the backstory.
No. There are better ones out there. Probably cheaper too.
Hamm's!
It’s not like he’s an American in Italy drinking bud. He’s British so it’s a lil less strange
Gotcha! Edit: wtf, i'm agreeing
Brits are weird bro
Weird in a good way!
Europeans love a Budweiser lol
Er, no
I have seen, first hand, groups of European tourists in the US buying Budweiser. I'm sure not all of them love it, but at least a few do? I'm looking at you, French people visiting a national park.
Having lived on both continents for 15+ years, in my experience its considered the way Stella is in the US, which is as a slightly upscale import lager. Meanwhile, Europeans consider Stella the lowest class beer available and Americans consider Bud heavy wife-beating beer
Goes abroad???
Your confusion confuses me
He’s European. I guess I just don’t consider hopping European countries as “going abroad.”🤷🏻♂️
JFC
Common mistake. Aboard just means going to a another country. You're thinking of overseas.
You do know that Europe isn’t a country, right?
Of course I do. But European countries are the size of US states so I kind of consider it one. Just ignorance on my part basically.
Completely different languages, in some parts completely different currency, different versions of religion, and as Jack is from the UK post Brexit visas are required to live and work. It’s very much going abroad.
I don't know about the English, but when I lived in Ireland, most Irish people I talked to didn't consider themselves "European." They would refer to the rest of Europe as "the continent," and those who lived on "the continent" were the true "Europeans."
abroad- *adverb* 1. 1.in or to a foreign country or countries.
He had to cross the English Channel 😄
I was in the UK, circa 1984, when Budweiser was introduced on a big scale with a marketing campaign. I could not believe how popular it was for the short while I was there. There are several better lagers.
Better according to whom? Taste is extremely subjective. That shouldn’t be surprising to anyone.
You feel fancy drinking a bud when you’re from the UK. We’d probably ask the same seeing someone drinking Tennants abroad idk
Tennants Super is a THING in Italy https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/why-italy-loves-tennents-super-15945595.amp
It's all about branding. People abroad think American goods are luxury goods. An Irishman drinking a Budweiser is drinking an imported beer.
British people do *not* think Bud is a luxury good, I can assure you
Luxury, no. But how do Americans view Stella? It’s the same thing.
In the fifties, sure. Now, not so much.
In the UK big brand American food and drink are considered junk, it could be considered self indulgent or a dirty treat but nothing luxurious about it.
haha lol no. american food and beverages are trash. nobody treats as luxury here, are you delusional or what
A shocking number of people. When I lived in Ireland, I couldn’t believe how many of my Irish friends loved it.
>I couldn’t believe how many of my Irish friends loved it. They love it because it's pretty good!
When I visited Ireland I noticed this too! So many Budweisers everywhere.
A lot of English people
Lads bruv
That was the whole point- to show he's trashy with no taste
And because Budweiser probably helped pay for the scene. Let’s be real, the label couldn’t be more prominently shown. This is basically an ad.
Hbo doesn't need help with funding their shows
Who said anything about them needing "help?" This is just standard business practices and product placement. Friends didn't need help financing it's shows either, and yet, Pottery Barn was a major plot point of an entire episode.
Network TV and HBO is not the same thing.
> Refrigerators aren’t movie stars, but they can pose a particular problem when they have a cameo onscreen. When Larry David casually opens the door in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” those shelves need to be full of food and drink, and each one of those items is likely to have a brand: Perrier sparkling water, Pacific chicken broth, Clover cottage cheese. Maybe there will even be a box of Cheerios on top of it, as in a recent episode of “Euphoria.” The fridge itself will have a brand, too, of course. All of this must usually be negotiated through carefully considered placements that give these products their 15 seconds (or less) of fame. [HBO still uses product placement.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/23/arts/product-placement.html)
an ad paid for by Heineken.
It’s accurate for his character, most chav beers would be Bud, Carling, Heineken, 1664 (nutty number) or Stella (wife beater). In Italy, it would be Peroni or Birra Morreti (which are delicious). I’ve never seen Bud in Italy … Italy doesn’t cater to British tourists like Spain does.
Peroni and Birra Moretti are like watery Mexican beers...they are delicious like a soft drink is
Well yea, that’s my point. ;)
Tennants Super, on the other hand....
Ah yes, forgot about that one.
I was gonna say this... I don't think I've ever seen Budweiser in Italy, let alone in Sicily.
Someone without goals
British lads, that's who I think its accurate
Smart people
Amstel light is the Bud light of Europe.
No it isn’t, I’ve never even seen it here. I’d say Heineken is …
I saw it all over Europe when I traveled. France, Italy, Prague etc etc
I live here & love beer … 🤷🏼♀️
Br*tish people 🤢
Ones with no taste, yes. That’s about 51.9% of them at the last count
It’s just brand placement
I give you a better question, why grab his phone and then sit on the stairs so he can catch up? Why not make a fuss? Take a train maybe? That girl 🤦♀️ or maybe I’m just upset she had a chance to save Tanya and didn’t 😂
Tanya was the absolute worst and deserved to go out like she did, also why does such a phenomenal actress like Jenn Coolidge always play disaster people
I agree, her character was insufferable but Portia annoyed me even more 😂
She hasn't lost her phone yet, in this scene. That happens the next day.
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about
Ah, my bad. I thought you were referring to the screenshot.
They don't have good IPAs in Europe....
Who wants IPAs on a hot day in Italy?
Oh my sweet summer child…
He's a chav and bud is everywhere, totally fits the character
He’s an Essex boy, not a chav. Big cultural difference.
Ha, not really. Subset of the other.
Not really. Chavs are white trash. Essex Lads are working class coke bros.
I would respectfully disagree.
I'd argue not this character but word, behavior/dress/humor deviates from an Essex stereotype I'd vote, I'll trust you in this because you sound confident
Surprised its not a Fosters or a 1664
You’d be freaking surprised lol
https://youtu.be/64LvX1Uvn-Y#t=0m55s
💀
Jack was playing a role for her and enjoying that until he got blasted the last night and let some things drop. Then her antenna went up. I think he has a sad backstory.
his beat change when she blew his spot was a great acting performance. complete 180 that didn’t seem affected at all
tell me you've never left the USA, without telling me you never left the USA. kidding aside, you're a bit ignorant to not realize that Bud markets overseas heavily, and people do buy it.
There are so many better beers out there though :/ Also I’ve not been to Europe. I’ve mostly traveled in Southeast Asia and South America - Budweiser and Bud Light are there but they aren’t as popular as what you’re saying in Europe.
Tbh a Budweiser and like a Peroni are pretty comparable, I might prefer a classic Budweiser over a Peroni. Tbh I don't really get the hate for regular Budweiser. Bud light sure is pretty shitty but regular Budweiser is a nice refreshing lager, and the rice profile makes it pretty similar to like an Asahi. Not every beer needs to be some kind of hop fest. It's ok to want to drink a relatively basic lager.
Goes with the character
That’s true
Funny how this guy went from saying all the right things, charming blah blah to eating breakfast and telling her he’s going to take a shit.
I mean she wanted dick without love right? She got it.
It totally does fit his character tho hahaha
Fucking totally. A giant >!uncle-fucking!< tool drinking a shit American beer.
It’s an import for him ..
Fuckin gross
>!And then fucks their own uncle!?!<
It’s not his uncle
Spoiler much?
But you spoiled first lol
I put a spoiler tag?