"Arri London" > wrote in message

> James Silverton wrote:
>>
>> Nancy2 wrote on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:27:26 -0700 (PDT):
>>
>>> On Jun 12, 8:28 am, enigma > wrote:
>>>> Steve Y > wrote
>>>> :
>>>>
>>>>> Why ? Are you worried they might start adding Taste and
>>>>> Flavour to your "beer" ?
>>>>
>>>> no kidding...
>>>> although it most likely wouldn't have any noticable effect
>>>> at all on the "beer". it wouldn't make sense to actually add
>>>> good ingredients like hops & grain to it if the public is
>>>> more than willing to pay for horse ****.
>>
>>> Who is the arbiter of what is "good beer?" It's all
>>> subjective. I happen to like Miller Lite. Maybe <I> am the
>>> defining taster, and all the prissy "microbrews" are horse
>>> ****.
>>
>> Drink what you like of course but why insult others' tastes? It's
>> simply not worth the trouble to say that you do or don't like a
>> popular beer. Budweiser seems to sell pretty well in Britain even if
>> I only like it cold enough to have floating ice crystals .
>>
>> --
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>>
>>
>
> But the Budweiser sold in the UK (which is usually the Czech version)
> isn't the same as the US Bud in any case. Anheuser/Busch stole the
> name of a perfectly decent Czech beer and have been using it on their
> coloured water ever since.

That's simply not true based on my experience. I've bought Budweiser on
British trains and it was the familiar Anheuser-Busch bottle. Europeans
love to say that Anheuser-Busch stole the name but their use predates
that of the consolidated Budvar breweries. In 1876, the name Budweiser
was adopted by the American brewer Adolphus Bush. When the Czech
brewery, 20 years later (just after incorporation in 1895 ), wished to
begin exports to the New World, this caused problems, and Budvar had to
be given another name, Crystal I believe. Not that I would maintain that
Budweiser is much of a beer as I have already mentioned even if it is
brewed in Ireland, Italy, Russia, the UK and Spain.


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Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland