Ongoing BUD Research

Bought a 6 pack of O'Doul's Amber to compare it to the original. I found that it tasted slightly more bitter, but had more of a grain taste to it. I prefer the original, but it may be a matter of packaging... green bottles make beer more classy.

The beer ice cream float turned out well. I mixed O'Doul's Amber with Dreyer's Mocha Almond Fudge, and the result was a sweeter, less bitter taste... same effect as adding creamer to coffee. I still prefer them separate-- eat a scoop of ice cream, sip the beer, repeat x20.

Tried Bud Light at a baseball game. Bud Light is alcoholic. I know, I KNOW. I said no alcohol. But it was right there and I wanted to compare it to O'doul's. So I tried it. Found it to be very good, similar to O'Doul's. I may use this as a subsitute for O'doul's at night when there is no more studying to be done because it is cheaper. I guess that means prohibition is over; cheers.

A consistent problem with all the beers I mentioned above is that it is gross when warm and left out in the open. The result is a sour, unfizzy taste. Warm and unopened is fine, but you have to drink that really really fast.

Going to be testing Miller and Coors non-alcoholics next...

Company Research, BUD

Beer Ain't Bad, If You Take Out the Alcohol

Stopped by Ralphs around lunchtime to pick up a six pack of beer. My research into one of our companies, Anheuser-Busch (BUD), revealed that the company produces a beer brand called O'doul's. O'douls is basically a NON-ALCOHOLIC version of Budweiser. I still don't drink, sorry yall.

Still had to show ID. On my receipt it said, "age requirement override." About to turn 24 years old, but still can pass for a high schooler. Damn, I'm going to make a slick 30 year old.

Gotta sample the goods when you buy a consumer goods company. Two beers and a sack of corn chips later, I concluded that this stuff ain't bad! All of the goodness, none of the aftereffects. What a brilliant invention. It reminds me of the beer I had in Munich, Germany.

My next experiment will be to make beer ice cream floats. If it goes well, we may end up having both coke products and non-alcoholic beer at GMI annual meeting 2006.

"What companies HAVE we owned?"

Since GMI started, we have owned:

Disney (DIS)-- theme parks and media entertainment.

Coca-Cola (KO)-- Beverages like Coke, Sprite, Dasani Water, Minute Maid.

Krispy Kreme (KKD)-- Doughnuts and crappy coffee.

Merck (MRK)-- drugs like Zocor and Vioxx.

Pfizer (PFE)-- mostly drugs, but it owns brands like Listerine too. Think Viagra, Liptor, and Celebrex.

Eli Lilly (LLY)-- drugs like Zyprexa and Prozac.

"What companies DO we own anyway?"

Currently holdings as of June 17, 2005

Heinz (HNZ)-- makes ketchup and stuff.

Berkshire Hathaway (brk.b)-- holding company of Warren Buffett. Owns parts or wholes of companies like See's Candies, Fruit of the Loom, Gillette (G), Coke (KO), Wells Fargo Bank(WFC), and GEICO insurance.

Anheuser-Busch (BUD)-- Makes beer like Budweiser and owns a chain of theme parks.

Warren Buffett, You Are Mine!

Insurance scandals have finally given us a chance to buy a piece of Berkshire Hathaway (brk.b). While this news by itself may not be interesting, if you saw my twirling and heard my "Hells yeah!" around the room, you would surely want to know what caused it.

But abe, aren't you worried that this company will tank as insurance witchhunts continue? Check out what Buffett says to his lawyers when he sniffs wrongdoing...

Go through every transaction, if you find anything even remotely fishy, go right to the authorities.

GMI increases $10

Thanks for beta testing the hygiene kit idea Alice. You now own about 20% of GMI, making you the second largest shareholder.