There is no other media event in which we can reach so many beer drinkers at one time, which makes this a very efficient media buy for us.

[Of course, some experts simply say] beer has become the boring drink. ... You aren't going to drink vodka gimlets after you mow the lawn.

It starts to send a different signal about the demographics of beer. It starts to paint a slightly different picture than what people might come to expect (from beer), and it totally puts a different face on beer.

I think you're talking about a two-year play at least.

We're really pushing this hard, and we're starting to see some momentum.

This whole premise of 'Who would you like [to have] a beer with?' has incredible legs. We envision this as [an industry] platform that can run a long time.

Why take the risk? All you need is one person to be offended. Some people don't want to be reminded of the incident.

It's no longer good enough to be a mass media brand. We have to learn how to sell small.

We basically want to make these materials available to anybody and everybody who has a stake in selling beer.