Budweiser Ad Talks About Merrimack, NH But Is Afraid to Show It.

Once again, Anheuser-Busch is raving about how much they love America and how essential they are to the history of our country. Yet, they could not even be bothered to get appropriate film footage of the NH town they so proudly call their own. While the footage does appear to be of a quintessential New Hampshire town, it is clearly not Merrimack. Perhaps, AB is afraid to depict just what one of their breweries actually looks like. Everybody loves the idea of small town America and the hard-working companies that thrive and grow upon it, but nobody loves to see an enormous eyesore of a factory, a wastewater plant built to handle their massive daily discharge and the numerous paved roadways built to connect everything. Clearly, Anheuser-Busch is still under the impression that they can rule the world and that they are smarter than the people who consume their products. At least AB understands one thing; that they have taken the idea and image of an American born and bred company and completely blown it up to match every other big box, Big Brother, big money company out there. AB has commercialized themselves into a deep, deep hole that no amount of Super Bowl advertising can dig them out of. This latest commercial is an insult to each and every Merrimack brewery employee, to the town of Merrimack and to the entire state of New Hampshire. Shame on the Merrimack Anheuser-Busch plant management team for not taking a stand and demanding accurate representation. Once again, this top-notch team is caught with their tails between their legs, bowing to their omnipresent 'king'. Everyone is waiting for the day when someone finally speaks up on behalf of the Merrimack employees. What's the matter, guys? Too busy working on your resumes? If I were you, I'd get right on that.

Check out the ad for yourself. What do you think?

Here is a photo of the actual Merrimack, NH plant.

And another photo of the wastewater treatment plant that was specifically built to accommodate the Merrimack brewery.