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"Rockshore" - What a terrible name for a beer?

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"Rockshore" - What a terrible name for a beer? Sounds like a name of beer used for a fictitious business school case study on a new beer brand. Equally, it sounds like a name of a beer from the Simpsons. At worst, it sounds like the name devised by a focus group.

If the name is artificial sounding, I'm also going to assume the product is artificial as well...

Surely they could have thought up a more organic or artisanal sounding name?

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schemingbohemia

What's your suggestion for it so?
I think it's an alright name, I'm not the target market and am unlikely to drink it unless given a free one.
It does tie in with the ad, west coast, atlantic etc - I mean they're basically targeting it at Budweiser drinkers, so something watery is appropriate.

jetsonx

Well names, like the "Dungarvan Brewing Company" sounds natural, authentic and real.

"Rockshore" just sounds fake, inauthentic and way too corporate for a so-called "craft beer".

odyssey06

jetsonx wrote: »

Well names, like the "Dungarvan Brewing Company" sounds natural, authentic and real.

"Rockshore" just sounds fake, inauthentic and way too corporate for a so-called "craft beer".

Seems like that could be said about any brand name that isn't a rare place name or person name?

Dungarvan sounds real... but what about a recently made up name like Glendale?

What about Ballast Point? Anchor? Rockshore *could* be a place... a fairly generic place but that seems apt for what is in reality a generic beer.

wandatowell

I tased it a couple of weeks ago. Tasted good irrc.

DelmarODonnell

jetsonx wrote: »

Well names, like the "Dungarvan Brewing Company" sounds natural, authentic and real.

"Rockshore" just sounds fake, inauthentic and way too corporate for a so-called "craft beer".

Yes, but it isn't a craft beer. It is a generic lager made by Diageo. It genuinely is fake, inauthentic and corporate.

It could be the most authentically marketed product by Diageo for years.

L1011

Did some market research surveys on this. Told them the name and branding were awful. It stayed the same as the survey.

Know a few people who have moved from Coors to it though

RebelButtMunch

I had a can last night. It was very cold and tasted fresh and crisp. Just a nice lager. Nothing spesh

irish_goat

Had a taste and it's even blander than Coors Light. In fairness, always wondered why Diageo didn't make their own light beer instead of letting Coors and their contract brewed, Budweiser, take all that market share.

rubadub

jetsonx wrote: »

"Rockshore" just sounds fake, inauthentic and way too corporate for a so-called "craft beer".

who was calling it a craft beer? The marketing I saw, and the name made it appear to me like that they wanted to distance themselves from craft beers, and to assure mainstream beer drinkers that this was another very lightly flavoured beer, rather than one of those "risky craft beers" that mainstream drinkers usually fear.

odyssey06

The morketing is pushing it more from the angle of 'light tasting' rather than any kind of craft beer coat tails...
http://thetaste.ie/wp/rockshore-irish-lager-launch-beer/

s8n

odyssey06 wrote: »

The morketing is pushing it more from the angle of 'light tasting' rather than any kind of craft beer coat tails...
http://thetaste.ie/wp/rockshore-irish-lager-launch-beer/

Morketing ?

odyssey06

s8n wrote: »

Morketing ?

Oops... must have been listening to ross ocarroll kelly today... on the dart...

L1011

The most ridiculous bit of the marketing is that they tell you its meant to be a taste of the West coast... there are actually beers made close to the West coast, this is mate in Dublin!

vicwatson

Guinness brew this?

Collie D

Tried it last week. Very bland and watery and at €6.40 a pop can't see it taking off. Not Temple Bar either.

RebelButtMunch

Collie D wrote: »

Tried it last week. Very bland and watery and at €6.40 a pop can't see it taking off. Not Temple Bar either.

Jaysus it's not worth that. On my palate it's a teensy notch ahead of Carlsberg and Heineken . I don't like either

odyssey06

Collie D wrote: »

Tried it last week. Very bland and watery and at €6.40 a pop can't see it taking off. Not Temple Bar either.

Yeah if they want to displace Coors and Budweiser in the 'light' beer section they'll need to get a more competitive on price... Rockshore seems to be more expensive in supermarkets also.

El Tarangu

It sounds like the name of
(i) an oil exploration company, or
(ii)an exclusive housing development in north county Dublin

odyssey06

El Tarangu wrote: »

It sounds like the name of
(i) an oil exploration company, or
(ii)an exclusive housing development in north county Dublin

Put me down on the interested list for (ii), but sounds like it might be hard to get flood insurance...

rubadub

Collie D wrote: »

Tried it last week. Very bland and watery and at €6.40 a pop can't see it taking off. Not Temple Bar either.

so where was this? and what was the price of say a hophouse 13, or heineken?

Collie D

rubadub wrote: »

so where was this? and what was the price of say a hophouse 13, or heineken?

TP Smyth's on Jervis Street, Dublin. Had a Clonmel after it for €6

Losty Dublin

irish_goat wrote: »

Had a taste and it's even blander than Coors Light. In fairness, always wondered why Diageo didn't make their own light beer instead of letting Coors and their contract brewed, Budweiser, take all that market share.

Harp, Steiger, Saatzenbrau, Hophouse 13. All Diageo fare of that ilk

Patty O Furniture

I've seen some strange names in my shop, Dublin Blonde & afaik Nice Pair, :rolleyes:what are the thoughts on that?

Noveight

Is it meant to be a competitor to Heineneks H41 which they're trying to sell as a "Wild Lager"? (Absololute nonsense of course).

Not sure which came first.

jetsonx

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I've seen some strange names in my shop, Dublin Blonde & afaik Nice Pair, :rolleyes:what are the thoughts on that?

Well at least they have a more organic feel (no pun intended) to them than the reassuringly corporate sounding "Rockshore". I mean there is no way a focus group would approve of "Dublin Blonde" and "Nice Pair".

dense

L1011 wrote: »

The most ridiculous bit of the marketing is that they tell you its meant to be a taste of the West coast... there are actually beers made close to the West coast, this is mate in Dublin!

The TV ad actually reminded me of West Coast Cooler for some reason!

Lots of happy and hip people. Even the ladies had beards IIRC.

Probably better than lots of unhappy unhip people of course.

L1011

Noveight wrote: »

Is it meant to be a competitor to Heineneks H41 which they're trying to sell as a "Wild Lager"? (Absololute nonsense of course).

Not sure which came first.

No, its targeted against Coors Light; Heineken have also launched a product in that market (Heineken Light) as it looks like Molson are going it alone on it in Ireland. Used to be brewed in Cork but has moved to the Coors facilities in the UK.

Hibernia93

Any similarities to the taste of the now discontinued Clonmel lager that was made by Bulmers? I absolutely loved that lager although everyone here didn't lol.

oblivious

Hibernia93 wrote: »

Any similarities to the taste of the now discontinued Clonmel lager that was made by Bulmers? I absolutely loved that lager although everyone here didn't lol.

Well then 5 lamp dublin lager could float your boat....

OldMrBrennan83

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