(10-01-2018 10:58 AM)dubcat14 Wrote: (10-01-2018 10:48 AM)Bearcat 1985 Wrote: I've never been a Graeter's fan. They just overload you with butterfat rather than any purity or complexity of flavor. FWIW, Jeni's Ice Cream was called the best in the US by the NY Times, and I agree. Unfortunately, they price it as such. 10 bucks for a pint of ice cream, and I'll pass.
Was waiting for someone to mention Jeni's. I love it but at the price point I only eat it on rare occurrences. Kroger's been having it on sale recently for $7.99/pint which helps a bit. I'm also a believer that certain brands do certain flavors best and I buy accordingly depending on what I'm looking for.
Props to UC and Graeters for this collaboration though and expanding the brand. We need to see more of it with our local companies. Waiting on a beer from MadTree or Rhinegeist.
I've seen it mentioned multiple places that numerous local breweries would love to make a UC-themed beer, but our branding department won't allow it. I've got a serious bone to pick with our branding department: they are WAY too stingy. A few examples of who they tell to go pound sand:
1. Local breweries, as mentioned.
2. UC students... a former classmate used an image of the Cincinnati skyline as a "company logo" PURELY for a class project, and was contacted by the branding department to either pay them royalties (for a class project which was taking in NO MONEY) or change their logo... so I guess UC owns the city's skyline? Bullcrap.
3. The UC Marching Band... it took YEARS to convince the branding department to allow the band's color guard to use flags with a C-paw. They were fighting it back when I was in school, and they finally gave in just this season. It's asinine that the university's own marching band wasn't allowed to use the university logo.
4. UC fans... it sounds like Under Armour had to pay some goons to strongarm them,
Goodfellas style, to finally allow the throwback C-paw on last year's basketball jerseys. It took significant fan outcry for them to allow a very limited apparel run, which flew off shelves.
They do some good work at the branding department, but for chrissake... lighten up, Francis.