No Poster > wrote:

> Sqwertz > wrote in
> :
>
>> It's 5% in TX. Alt, malt liquot/beverage or lager. Anything but
>> 'beer'.
>
> I should have gone with my gut response, but I thought it was too low. I
> guess not.

Look at a 6-er of Bud Ice. It doesn't actually say it's beer, but
it says "Ale in Texas" on the bottom of the carton (maybe that's
only the Texas labeling though)

> I do remember it being discussed in here back in the mid 90s. It was more
> or less the start of the microbrewery revolution. I was sure hoping it
> would lead to a breakup up of the iron fist the beer distributors control
> the American market. Things got better, but nowhere near as deregulated as
> I had hoped. AB and their ilk still have firm control. Let them be bought
> by the Belgians, perhaps it will finally free us.

Latest word is that Bud is trying to get Modelo of Mexico to merge
with AB so that InBev won't be able to absorb the combined wealth of
both companies.

Duh. I'd rather have AB owned by a Belgian company than by a
Mexican company. Of course I couldn't really care less what happens
to AB, but I do have a weak heart for the Belgian ales.

-sw