Goodbye Budweiser!

Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the property of
!Bev a Belgium company.

There goes the neighborhood.

I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.

Andy

Andy wrote:
> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> There goes the neighborhood.
>
> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>
> Andy

Yeah, I briefly caught a bit of this on the news this morning. Who bought
out Anheiser-Busch?

kili

On Jul 14, 4:26�am, "kilikini" > wrote:
> Andy wrote:
> > Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> > Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
> > property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> > There goes the neighborhood.
>
> > I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>
> > Andy
>
> Yeah, I briefly caught a bit of this on the news this morning. �Who bought
> out Anheiser-Busch?
>
> kili

I thought Anheiser Busch bought !Bev a Belgium company.

kilikini wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> Goodbye Budweiser!
>>
>> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
>> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>>
>> There goes the neighborhood.
>>
>> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>>
>> Andy
>
> Yeah, I briefly caught a bit of this on the news this morning. Who
> bought out Anheiser-Busch?

Some company named InBev.

I only interject into this thread because of an amusing
coincidence. Since my new pc, whenever I bring open
rfc, it brings up older and older posts. I'm back to 08/2004.
It's been kind of funny to see what we were talking about
then, and see some old faces.

At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
Bud.

nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Nancy Young"

>> At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>> opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>> it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>> Bud.
>>
>> nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)
>
> I lived next door to the one Bush kid. He lived in the condo behind
> me. His boyfriend was killed by his father. Eventually the kid was
> married off. He threw a great party though.

Nice when your parents support you, isn't it? (sarcastic)

nancy

On Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:21:49a, Andy told us...

> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> There goes the neighborhood.
>
> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>
> Andy
>

I doubt anything perceptible will change, Andy. !Bef is not going to
tamper with the legendary history and reputation of a product that's a
commercial success. Only the ownership will change. Besides, German beers
are legenary in themselves. Would you rather it be a company from the
Congo that bought them out?

--
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and listen to what I'm saying:
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On Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:24:37a, Nancy Young told us...

> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>> "Nancy Young"
>
>>> At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>>> opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>>> it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>>> Bud.
>>>
>>> nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)
>>
>> I lived next door to the one Bush kid. He lived in the condo behind
>> me. His boyfriend was killed by his father. Eventually the kid was
>> married off. He threw a great party though.
>
> Nice when your parents support you, isn't it? (sarcastic)
>
> nancy
>

I could live that life, seriously. I'm tired of working!

--
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Wayne Boatwright said...

> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:21:49a, Andy told us...
>
>> Goodbye Budweiser!
>>
>> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
>> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>>
>> There goes the neighborhood.
>>
>> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
> I doubt anything perceptible will change, Andy. !Bef is not going to
> tamper with the legendary history and reputation of a product that's a
> commercial success. Only the ownership will change. Besides, German
beers
> are legenary in themselves. Would you rather it be a company from the
> Congo that bought them out?


They're not going to announce any changes until after the sale.

The morning news talking heads are talking about the new owners might drop
the Clydesdales and superbowl commercials as it's "not part of their
marketing strategy."

And there will be layoffs.

Congo? I don't like the idea of American money going to a foreign concern,
period. Dammit!

Andy

Andy <q> wrote in :

> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> There goes the neighborhood.
>
> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>
> Andy

Bleh....I've never bothered with that swill anyway. I've always favored
micros or beers from smaller non megabreweries.

This is my current mainstay. Brewed right here locally and
Reinheitsgebot pu http://www.christianmoerlein.com/site.php No rice,
no adjuncts, no cheap ingredients. Just water, barley, hops and yeast.

Before prohibition we had about 150 locally operated brewries here and if
people would fork over a few extra pennies they could be drinking more of
the great local fare we could see that number grow again. It would also
provide a decent amount of jobs and money.

To me Bud is to beer :: as Wonder Bread is to bread. Both are an
abomination of the real thing.

On Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:46:13a, Michael "Dog3" told us...

> Wayne Boatwright >
> 6.120: in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:24:37a, Nancy Young told us...
>>
>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>> "Nancy Young"
>>>
>>>>> At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>>>>> opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>>>>> it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>>>>> Bud.
>>>>>
>>>>> nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)
>>>>
>>>> I lived next door to the one Bush kid. He lived in the condo behind
>>>> me. His boyfriend was killed by his father. Eventually the kid was
>>>> married off. He threw a great party though.
>>>
>>> Nice when your parents support you, isn't it? (sarcastic)
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>>
>> I could live that life, seriously. I'm tired of working!
>
> Work looks good to me. Seriously. If I worked I'd have to hire help to
> keep all up. It's a mysetery to me. Work... do not work.. I just don't
> get it.
>
> I am busy though.
>
> Michael

Don't forget, Michael, I'm at least a decade older than you. At present
salary, we can't afford help to keep things up around the house, so double
work. I had planned to retire at 55. But then there was 9-11, and the
failure of the dot com companies, and virtually every penny of investments
went down the drain. I will probably work until I'm 70, health permitting.
And, yes, I'm bitter about it. You have good reason to have a different
perspective on things.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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'Lolly, Lolly, Lolly! Get your adverbs
here!'
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:24:37a, Nancy Young told us...
>
>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>> "Nancy Young"
>>
>>>> At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>>>> opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>>>> it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>>>> Bud.
>>>>
>>>> nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)
>>>
>>> I lived next door to the one Bush kid. He lived in the condo behind
>>> me. His boyfriend was killed by his father. Eventually the kid was
>>> married off. He threw a great party though.
>>
>> Nice when your parents support you, isn't it? (sarcastic)

> I could live that life, seriously. I'm tired of working!

(laugh) I didn't mean support monetarily, I meant when your
father shoots your boyfriend and forces you to marry someone
you aren't attracted to.

nancy

Andy wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright said...
>
>> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:21:49a, Andy told us...
>>
>>> Goodbye Budweiser!
>>>
>>> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
>>> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>>>
>>> There goes the neighborhood.
>>>
>>> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>> I doubt anything perceptible will change, Andy. !Bef is not going to
>> tamper with the legendary history and reputation of a product that's a
>> commercial success. Only the ownership will change. Besides, German
> beers
>> are legenary in themselves. Would you rather it be a company from the
>> Congo that bought them out?
>
>
> They're not going to announce any changes until after the sale.
>
> The morning news talking heads are talking about the new owners might drop
> the Clydesdales and superbowl commercials as it's "not part of their
> marketing strategy."
>
> And there will be layoffs.
>
> Congo? I don't like the idea of American money going to a foreign concern,
> period. Dammit!
>
> Andy
>
The US trade deficit is *$60 Billion/month*. That gives foreign
companies lots of dollars they need to spend someplace. Buying up US
companies would be one place.

http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/ticker_home.asp

George said...

> Andy wrote:
>> Wayne Boatwright said...
>>
>>> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:21:49a, Andy told us...
>>>
>>>> Goodbye Budweiser!
>>>>
>>>> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
>>>> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>>>>
>>>> There goes the neighborhood.
>>>>
>>>> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>> I doubt anything perceptible will change, Andy. !Bef is not going to
>>> tamper with the legendary history and reputation of a product that's a
>>> commercial success. Only the ownership will change. Besides, German
>> beers
>>> are legenary in themselves. Would you rather it be a company from the
>>> Congo that bought them out?
>>
>>
>> They're not going to announce any changes until after the sale.
>>
>> The morning news talking heads are talking about the new owners might
>> drop the Clydesdales and superbowl commercials as it's "not part of
>> their marketing strategy."
>>
>> And there will be layoffs.
>>
>> Congo? I don't like the idea of American money going to a foreign
>> concern, period. Dammit!
>>
>> Andy
>>
> The US trade deficit is *$60 Billion/month*. That gives foreign
> companies lots of dollars they need to spend someplace. Buying up US
> companies would be one place.
>
> http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/ticker_home.asp


George,

Thanks for that depressing webpage! ((

Andy

Andy wrote:

>>>
>> The US trade deficit is *$60 Billion/month*. That gives foreign
>> companies lots of dollars they need to spend someplace. Buying up US
>> companies would be one place.
>>
>> http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/ticker_home.asp
>
>
> George,
>
> Thanks for that depressing webpage! ((
>
> Andy

Just the messenger. All of those people buying at places like walmart
helped make it happen.

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the property
> of
> !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> There goes the neighborhood.
>
> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.

Absolute crap. Next to Coors, easily the worst beer I have ever drank. On
one hand I am glad they sold out, but on the other it does not bode well for
the health of the US economy overall. More money leaving the county instead
of staying here.

Paul

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:32:08 -0700 (PDT), pamjd >
wrote:

> I thought Anheiser Busch bought !Bev a Belgium company.

Other way 'round.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:33:03 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>Bud.
>
>nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)

Hey, Coors *was* imported into CA all the way from Colorado or
whatever state it was at the time (so said the ads). Her version and
my version of what imported meant were a little different, that's all.

Still defending my POV!
LOL



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:33:03 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>> At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>> opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>> it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>> Bud.
>>
>> nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)
>
> Hey, Coors *was* imported into CA all the way from Colorado or
> whatever state it was at the time (so said the ads). Her version and
> my version of what imported meant were a little different, that's all.
>
> Still defending my POV!

Heh. I wasn't commenting on the debate, just the subject matter.
I have no opinion on beer at all.

nancy

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:31:09 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>I doubt anything perceptible will change, Andy. !Bef is not going to
>tamper with the legendary history and reputation of a product that's a
>commercial success. Only the ownership will change. Besides, German beers
>are legenary in themselves. Would you rather it be a company from the
>Congo that bought them out?

When I heard the news, my reaction was any change would be a good
change - not a bad one.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:55:36 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>The morning news talking heads are talking about the new owners might drop
>the Clydesdales and superbowl commercials as it's "not part of their
>marketing strategy."

I sincerely doubt they'll drop the horses and we'll see about
superbowl commercials... obviously, they need to get to know the
American market a little better.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Jul 14, 6:21*am, Andy <q> wrote:
> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the property of
> !Bev a Belgium company.

It's InBev. And hopefully this will pave the way for the Belgians to
start utilizing Bud's distribution channels to bring us more Belgian
ales into the country.

This is a good thing.

> There goes the neighborhood.
>
> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.

Budweiser is for losers. I suspect you'll switch to Miller, right?
<snork>

-sw

On 2008-07-14, sf <sf> wrote:

> When I heard the news, my reaction was any change would be a good
> change - not a bad one.

So one might think. The bottom line is, more American workers are thrown
out of work and our economy suffers one more hit. Although InBev is based
in Belgium, beer Heaven, Becks and Stella Artois, InBevs two flagship beers
are the bud and corona of Euro beers. IOW, conoe beer crap, jes like bud.

nb

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:28:30 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-07-14, sf <sf> wrote:
>
>> When I heard the news, my reaction was any change would be a good
>> change - not a bad one.
>
>So one might think. The bottom line is, more American workers are thrown
>out of work and our economy suffers one more hit. Although InBev is based
>in Belgium, beer Heaven, Becks and Stella Artois, InBevs two flagship beers
>are the bud and corona of Euro beers. IOW, conoe beer crap, jes like bud.
>
Oh! Well.... like I said before, it could be an improvement. They
might be the Budweiser of Europe, but they're considered a step up in
quality over here.




--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:23:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>Budweiser is for losers. I suspect you'll switch to Miller, right?
><snork>

Now we have beer snobs? What next?


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Mon 14 Jul 2008 07:11:24a, Nancy Young told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:24:37a, Nancy Young told us...
>>
>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>> "Nancy Young"
>>>
>>>>> At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>>>>> opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>>>>> it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>>>>> Bud.
>>>>>
>>>>> nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)
>>>>
>>>> I lived next door to the one Bush kid. He lived in the condo behind
>>>> me. His boyfriend was killed by his father. Eventually the kid was
>>>> married off. He threw a great party though.
>>>
>>> Nice when your parents support you, isn't it? (sarcastic)
>
>> I could live that life, seriously. I'm tired of working!
>
> (laugh) I didn't mean support monetarily, I meant when your
> father shoots your boyfriend and forces you to marry someone
> you aren't attracted to.
>
> nancy
>

LOL! Well, both my parents are dead, so that's not likely to happen to me.
My Dad died before I met David. My mother thought of David as a second
son.

--
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gravitationally speaking.
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On Mon 14 Jul 2008 09:04:50a, Michael "Dog3" told us...

> Wayne Boatwright >
> 6.120: in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:46:13a, Michael "Dog3" told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright >
>>> 6.120: in
>>> rec.food.cooking
>>>
>>>> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:24:37a, Nancy Young told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>>>>> "Nancy Young"
>>>>>
>>>>>>> At any rate, I opened rfc this morning and the old post it
>>>>>>> opened was kili and sf talking about coors and whether
>>>>>>> it's imported and kili said that to her Coors is domestic as
>>>>>>> Bud.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> nancy (as always, easily amused by weird coincidences)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I lived next door to the one Bush kid. He lived in the condo
>>>>>> behind me. His boyfriend was killed by his father. Eventually the
>>>>>> kid was married off. He threw a great party though.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice when your parents support you, isn't it? (sarcastic)
>>>>>
>>>>> nancy
>>>>>
>>>
>> Don't forget, Michael, I'm at least a decade older than you. At
>> present salary, we can't afford help to keep things up around the
>> house, so double work. I had planned to retire at 55. But then there
>> was 9-11, and the failure of the dot com companies, and virtually
>> every penny of investments went down the drain. I will probably work
>> until I'm 70, health permitting. And, yes, I'm bitter about it. You
>> have good reason to have a different perspective on tjings.
>
> OMG... please do not take me wrong. No disreespect. is meant
>
>
>
> Michael

None taken, dear.


--
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I am not an animal! I am . . . well,
not an animal.
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Andy wrote:

> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the property of
> !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> There goes the neighborhood.
>
> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.

Funny, but that is what a lot of people think when American businesses take over
their local operations. At least the Belgians make good beer.

On 2008-07-14, sf <sf> wrote:

> Now we have beer snobs? What next?

Of course. We have food and wine snobs. Beer is a food.

nb

sf wrote:

>
> Oh! Well.... like I said before, it could be an improvement. They
> might be the Budweiser of Europe, but they're considered a step up in
> quality over here.

It could be a huge step up. The best beer I ever had was in a cafe in Ypres in Belgium. It was
incredible, and would be measured on a scale that starts higher than that by which North American
beers could be measured. My big regret that it was draught beer and I never did find out what kind it
was.

On Jul 14, 1:23 pm, wrote:
> On Jul 14, 6:21 am, Andy <q> wrote:
>
> > Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> > Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the property of
> > !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> It's InBev. And hopefully this will pave the way for the Belgians to
> start utilizing Bud's distribution channels to bring us more Belgian
> ales into the country.
>
> This is a good thing.
>
> > There goes the neighborhood.
>
> > I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>
> Budweiser is for losers. I suspect you'll switch to Miller, right?
> <snork>
>
> -sw

One place where this change in ownership may have big impact, is in
sponsorships of "small" sports, as in minor leagues, local race
tracks, etc. I hate when foreign entities buy US companies and US
properties. There oughtta be a law. ......

N.

> wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:28:30 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>>So one might think. The bottom line is, more American workers are thrown
>>out of work and our economy suffers one more hit. Although InBev is based
>>in Belgium, beer Heaven, Becks and Stella Artois, InBevs two flagship beers
>>are the bud and corona of Euro beers. IOW, conoe beer crap, jes like bud.

>Oh! Well.... like I said before, it could be an improvement. They
>might be the Budweiser of Europe, but they're considered a step up in
>quality over here.

Stella is equally as bad as Budweiser.

I think the A-B owners did pretty well on this deal. And they're
not going to stop brewing Bud in the U.S. so not that many jobs
will be lost. They may decide to sell off a few Clysedales is all.

Steve

Steve Pope wrote:

> >Oh! Well.... like I said before, it could be an improvement. They
> >might be the Budweiser of Europe, but they're considered a step up in
> >quality over here.
>
> Stella is equally as bad as Budweiser.

I beg to differ. Stella is not the best Belgium beer, but it is much better than
Bud.

Dave Smith said...

> sf wrote:
>
>>
>> Oh! Well.... like I said before, it could be an improvement. They
>> might be the Budweiser of Europe, but they're considered a step up in
>> quality over here.
>
> It could be a huge step up. The best beer I ever had was in a cafe in
> Ypres in Belgium. It was incredible, and would be measured on a scale
> that starts higher than that by which North American beers could be
> measured. My big regret that it was draught beer and I never did find
> out what kind it was.


Dave,

Heck, probably all of Europe brews better beer than Budweiser.

A friend of the family in the air force used to bring me German beer
straight from Germany each week. A case (a plastic crate) of pint bottles
with the mechanical locking caps. That was good stuff. He never charged me
a cent and wouldn't even take my money, just "don't throw the bottles away,
there's a deposit for their safe return for refilling." I was OK with that
arrangement.

I remember taking the Heineken tour in Amsterdam. The locals considered it
****water. We drank a lot of Grolsch.

These days it's hard to tell where beer is brewed. Coors and other brewers
use Canadian brewers for some of their brands purely to keep up with
demand. Imagine my surprise that Fosters is only brewed in Canada?
"Australian for beer?" Yeah, right!

Australia has Coopers Ale, my boss forced us to drink while there. Brewed
in Adelaide, SA, his home town. I don't know how the Aussies qualify their
ale but I could drink that all night with barely a buzz. A lot of drunk
bush flies licking the sweat off my shirt!

Andy

Andy wrote:
> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the property of
> !Bev a Belgium company.

Actually it's "InBev", no leading exclamation point.

This is really cool news! Now Sqwertz can drink Bud and consider it one
of his beloved Belgium beers.

As far as I'm concerned, InBev can have Bud. The stuff isn't worth the
effort to **** it back out when you're done drinking it. I'm going to
stick to my own homebrews and a few select British and Irish ales, thank
you very much.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:21:49a, Andy told us...
>
>> Goodbye Budweiser!
>>
>> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
>> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>>
>> There goes the neighborhood.
>>
>> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
> I doubt anything perceptible will change, Andy. !Bef is not going to
> tamper with the legendary history and reputation of a product that's a
> commercial success. Only the ownership will change. Besides, German beers
> are legenary in themselves. Would you rather it be a company from the
> Congo that bought them out?
>

Not far off... If I remember correctly, InBev was the result of the
merger of a *South African* brewer and a Belgium one.

Andy wrote:

>
> >
> > It could be a huge step up. The best beer I ever had was in a cafe in
> > Ypres in Belgium. It was incredible, and would be measured on a scale
> > that starts higher than that by which North American beers could be
> > measured. My big regret that it was draught beer and I never did find
> > out what kind it was.
>
> Dave,
>
> Heck, probably all of Europe brews better beer than Budweiser.

I don't want to start a ****ing match over beer, no pun intended. But IMO run
of the mill American beer is pretty much crap. Most Canadians pride themselves
in our beer being better than American beer, but I don't think it is much
better. I prefer to buy imported beers and for some reason, most European
beers are actually cheaper than Canadian beer. They cost more per can but come
in larger cans for they cost less per ounce.

Having recently been to Sweden and having tried their beer I would say it is
the exception to the superior European beers. I tried two different brands and
didn't care for either.

>
> These days it's hard to tell where beer is brewed. Coors and other brewers
> use Canadian brewers for some of their brands purely to keep up with
> demand. Imagine my surprise that Fosters is only brewed in Canada?
> "Australian for beer?" Yeah, right!

There are a number of international beers brewed here under licence. I don't
know how much if it is actual recipe and genuine ingredients and how much is
just a matter of licensing the name. The Carlsburg they made here tasted like
some of the other beers from the same brewery and nothing like Danish
Carlsburg.


>

Andy wrote:
> Goodbye Budweiser!
>
> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the property of
> !Bev a Belgium company.
>
> There goes the neighborhood.
>
> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.

Now you'll graduate to real beer, Andy?

Pennyaline said...

> Andy wrote:
>> Goodbye Budweiser!
>>
>> Depending on the shareholder vote, Anheiser Busch will become the
>> property of !Bev a Belgium company.
>>
>> There goes the neighborhood.
>>
>> I shall not be drinking Bud Light any longer.
>
> Now you'll graduate to real beer, Andy?


Pennyaline,

Real beer = bloatedness, imho.

I'll switch to Coors Light.

Andy
Wino

"l, not -l" wrote:
>
> Yet InBev has said one of the main reasons they want AB is to take Bud
> international; they see that as a huge growth market.

Ah! Instead of bringing U.S. beer up to European
standards, they intend to bring everything else
down to U.S. standards! A brilliant marketing plan!
I should invest in this company! They know how
to make a profit, without regard to sentimentality!

On 2008-07-14, l, not -l > wrote:

> Yet InBev has said one of the main reasons they want AB is to take Bud
> international; they see that as a huge growth market.

It's true. A search of the web reveals that gen x-y beer drinkers are no
longer interested in classic german beers ...a weiss, bock, or kolsch... and
sales of great euro beers are down while sales of US-style canoe beers are up
all over Europe. I ran across websites as far back as 7-8 yrs ago lamenting
the decline of classic German beers from oldtimers and young beer lovers
alike.

Face it, it's a McDonalds kind of world, these days. Bland cheese, lousy
food, watery beer, lowfat milk, flavorless vegetables, high-end vodka
(flavorless), etc. I was recently accused of having no tastebuds and
needing strong food to detect any flavor. I put it to you that Americans
can no longer tolerate rich, flavorful foods and demand bland insipid food
or they about have a stroke. Even ethnic foods that American claim to love
are so dumbed down by native cooks as to hold little resemblence to the real
thing. Most Americans would gag on real Chinese food.

It's no accident US beers are "close to water". It started after
prohibition as an attempt to get more women to like beer. Make it less
hoppy, less bitter. Make it more smooth, not so strong. You know why
Americans drink cold beer? One is the style, a German style pilsner or
lager, and two, the ice cold serving temps kill what little flavor is
left. It's worked all too well and Americans have been drinking what
amounts to melted yellow snow for half a century.

No, I have plenty of tastebuds and I damn well want every single one of
them to know what their job is and to do it! Give me a beer with clout. A
beer I can chew and will chew my ass back.

nb