Down in the South

Hey fans, Brian Bishop speaking. One thing you learn quickly when distributing the delicious life-juice of Cheerwine is that if anything is better than ice cold Cheerwine ... well there really isn't anything better than cold Cheerwine. Down here in Charleston, SC we can't hand out enough Cheerwine to you cherry thirsty folks. While sampling Cheerwine in Downtown Charleston we noticed that holding a Cheerwine complimented many shopper's fashion-savvy outfits. On the other hand, even the hard dirty workers look like a million bucks with Cheerwine in their hands. Checks these pics out.








Check back with us tommorrow as we will be roaming the sandy white beaches trying to calm your sometimes vicious thirst for what we like to call, "Liquid Heaven".

And We're Back, With a New Face

Hey everyone, I just wanted to welcome everyone to our blog. Sam and Matt (our buddies) were actually kidnapped by Northerners. Now Brian and I are on the hunt to find Matt and Sam and hand out Ice COLD Cheerwine (check out our updated profiles).

For the past week we've hit some hot spots and handed out plenty of drinks to thirsty fans. We tackled the Reef-Sweetwater Surf Competition, off of Wrightsville Beach, and the whole UNCW and Wilmington area. I hope you got a cold Cheerwine. Here are some pictures of avid fans, sipping the nectar of the South.



Here are some more shots of us running into PRO surfers dominating the east coast waves.



More highlights from the last weekend of Brian and I include the Raleigh Downtown festival, what a blast. Brian and I posted up in the middle of downtown Raleigh with our sweet CheerTracker Van and handed out over 3000 samples to avid Cheerwine Lovers. At one point Brian was sampling from the roof our our van because fans were all around. Check these pics out.





Well now we are off to the deep South, Charleston, SC, we are goin to hang out and have a good time while giving thirsty fans some cold Cheerwine. Find us, we will be in the downtown area and we will have plenty of Cheerwine, see you then. P.S. (here are some photos of Brian and I, the new R.A.O.S. sampling team.)

Catchin' up

Hey folks! The Cheer-watch Team has been super busy for the past week and we haven't updated yall on how our efforts are going out there. Sorry about that, but there's alot to tell.

When we were in Warrenton, VA we gave out more Cheerwine than we typically do down here in the Carolinas. Way to go Virginia! They know that for a sweet, cherry soft drink they need not venture to another brand that Cheerwine. As we said in our last post, we gave out samples at the Jimmy Buffett concert near Warrenton on June 28. It was awesome. The Parrotheads were as enthusiastic about Cheerwine as they were to wave their fins for Mr. Buffett. Here's some shots of the day (Yes, day. The tailgaters for the show began cramming in at about NOON!)

Make sure to check out the people filling up their own portable pool as well as our awesome Cheerwine Hawaiian shirts.








Earlier this week we landed at Myrtle Beach again to celebrate the 4th of July. We can barely keep the Cheerwine cold! Honestly we ice the stuff down in our Cheer-tracker and then before it even has time to cool we have people mobbing us for a taste of that stuff we lovingly refer to as "the sweetness."

Fear not loyal fans. Not even the thirsty patriots here at Myrtle can deplete the stock of Cheerwine in the area, they just might deplete ours though! Tomorrow should be an awesome day of giving and celebrating. See you there.






Reporting from the only shade in Myrtle,






Sam

Testing the Waters

Today we set out for Warrenton, VA to see the reaction from people outside the Carolinas to the ridiculous red refreshment we know as Cheerwine. We're gearing up the area for a huge sampling experiment that will take place at the Jimmy Buffett concert at Nissan Pavillion Thursday. We hit up gas stations around the town seeing who, if anyone, was brave enough to be cherry different. The results were promising.



The folks at a Dairy Queen used Cheerwine to make a "really really really tasty" milkshake. Take our word for it.



Here is one of our successful test runs with the Virginians for your viewing pleasure.



From close to the Mason-Dixon,


Sam

Charleston Day 3

In honor of today being drastically more successful than the rainy day we persevered through yesterday, Sam and I thought we would just post some much-requested photos of the amazing Cheerwine fans we came across today. We converted a lot of out-of-towners, and bolstered the spirits of proud native Cheerwine drinkers. These photos are for all of you who made today a record-setting success.










Here's Sam posting one of our new flyers. If you find the lost can of Cheerwine, please let us know at Cheerwine.com


Some Cheerwine shotgunning on Folly Beach.



Once again, we'd like to thank all the easy-going Cheerwine-loving friends we made today. We're working hard to protect your right to drink Cheerwine, and it's a great feeling to see such appreciation.

From the ever-enjoyable trenches,
Matt

Charleston...Chuckston to his friends

The Cheerwatch Investigative Reporting Team is in Charleston, South Carolina, for the weekend. Upon arriving Thursday afternoon, Sam and I wasted no time loading our coolers and hitting the downtown streets in search of more proud Cheerwine fans who would join in the fight to protect your right to drink it. After a few rounds of recruiting on Charleston's main strip, King Street, we thought everything was in place for a weekend of relaxed Cheerwine enjoyment. We were wrong, though. Nothing could have prepared us for the monsoon that was Friday.


As you can see here, this was not the day to find Cheerwine drinkers out on Folly Beach. It is the belief of this investigative reporter that the Yankee Cheerwine hoarders are behind this unsuspected turn of "nature."

Sam and I improvised, however. We made our way to the Tanger Outlet Center just outside of Charleston and continued our search for Cheerwine supporters. After fighting off some feisty northerners, we made promising contact with a kind mid-westerner named Jeff.


"We don't have this stuff out in Indiana," Jeff said.
Upon tasting the drink for the first time, Jeff told us that he was going to buy a few cases before returning back home. However, he promised to share with local friends as opposed to keeping it all to himself. We believed him, due in large part to his obvious respect for Cheerwine. Just check out the color of his shirt as proof.

Well, Sam and I have two more busy days ahead of us. Be on the lookout for us tomorrow at Folly Beach. And who knows? If it's another rainy one, we just might be coming to find you.

From the trenches,
Matt

North Myrtle and Southport

The team moved north after two days in Myrtle Beach to a town with a similar name and similar desire for Cheerwine. On the drive up we began to wonder. Does Cheerwine get watered down? Only an official experiment by the investigative unit in North Myrtle Beach would due for us to find out.

We lined up some cans of Cheerwine and asked passersby to attempt to water them down with some standard issue Cheer-watch Water Pistols. After the cans sustained the impact from the pressured streams, we opened them and tried the sweet goodness inside.




The verdict: Although the cans were in fact "downed" by using water, the drink did not become "watered down." If they could take such a beating as that, it must be true that Cheerwine can never become watered down in taste--ever.


Today was spent at North Myrtle and Southport, N.C. attempting to discover the effect Cheerwine has on our animal friends.



In Southport we came across some fishermen who weren't having the best of luck. We gave them some cans of cold Cheerwine to hopefully lure the gilled guys (or gals) towards the Southport City Pier. I'm not sure if did the trick because the fishermen seemed to enjoy drinking the stuff themselves rather than using it as bait.




On the ferry from Southport to Wilmington we spotted some gulls circling the back of the boat. As the pictures shows, they weren't looking for ANYTHING other than Cheerwine. Promise.





From the trenches,

Sam