Ad was meant to portray Bud Light as superior, but instead angers corn lobby.
The National Corn Growers Association wasn’t impressed by the Anheuser Busch Super Bowl ad that was meant to portray Bud Light’s ingredients of water, barley, rice and hops as superior, Fortune reports.
The ad lit up Twitter, with commentary continuing the day after.
First, here’s the ad.
Here’s the National Corn Growers Association response to the ad.
Here’s some of the back and forth on Twitter.
Hey #agtwitter I think I came up with a new twitter challenge. Hey @budlight from a multi generation family farmer this one's for you! pic.twitter.com/grV9vwZUUJ
— kenny reinke (@reinke_farms) February 4, 2019