James Silverton wrote:
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> "Arri London" > wrote in message
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> > James Silverton wrote:

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> >>
> >> 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 .
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> >> James Silverton
> >> Potomac, Maryland
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> > 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

Obviously you know a different crowd in the UK than I do LOL. No one I
know will drink American Budweiser. What I learnt about the
Budweiser/Budvar thing comes from Czech people associated with the
brewing industry. If it's wrong blame them