Haha! You and me both!

 

Chuck, I had deleted most of the Carter years from memory. Thanks for reminding me of Billy. Very funny LMAO.

As for the cost of shipment and low value of the dollar. What Americans fail to realize is that a high dollar value ships jobs overseas faster than an EPA mandate.

My company is proof of your statement as we have beat the Mexican and Chineese bids on packaging this year. That means that two printers and my company are putting more Americans to work here in the good ole' USA. The contracts from Disney and AVON just keep coming. Both companies are glad to keep it stateside.

It also means that I could buy my Crossfire last January.

roadster with a stick

 

YOU DA MAN FRANC ! A tip of the hat to you my friend !

 

lol yeah i remember billy beer, i was a little kid and remember seeing it in the stores. pretty funny a presidents brother selling cheap beer.

 

i was too young to drink Billy Beer when it was out, but from what i've heard, your misuse of the word "vile" describes Billy Beer accurately.

 

ok guys dont get me wrong but wasnt Bud originally a czechoslovakian beer??

 

Must have been a Freudian slip. Biily used to keep a six pack between his legs while driving his pickup and would gage how far he went by how many cans of beer he drank and how many times he had to stop and take a whiz. Classy guy huh?

 

It is a shame IMO to see A-B sold to a non-US buyer.
Perhaps folks should start supporting their local (or somewhat local) microbreweries.
Another good beer site:
http://beeradvocate.com/

 

Budweiser is a Pilsner beer, named after the region of Pilsner in what has been E germany, Poland, Czechloslovakia. The borders have been argured and fought over a lot.
It is a bitter, lighter beer than most German beers. Designed as a thirst quencher more than a meal. Heavey, sweet, European beers are actually interchangable with bread in terms of nurishment and calories. Not designed for guzzling, but slow sipping.
And are served warm; room temperature. Not the best on a hot scorching day when most of us would prefer, no demand, a crisp, really cold brew. And lots of it.

Say what you want about American beers, but they are brewed for our life style, not to be cheap as some claim. Here's a conundrum, how can anybody be snooty about beer? I get it with wines,cigars and scotch but BEER?


roadster with a stick

 

I don't consider myself "snooty" about beer but I believe it is something that is as cherishable of a passion as cigars and wine. I actually brew my own beer in my home, attempting to brew oktoberfest type beer's and am pretty passionate about it. Samuel Adams is, in my opinion, the best American mass-produced beer by far. There are several small breweries that have great tasting beers (you must try Left Hand Milk Stout if you have an opportunity) but in general, if you want to get a good mass-produced beer you're going overseas.

Budweiser...back on topic...is utter ****. Guinness...not on topic...is epic good

 

Just for the record: I agree with the majority that Budweiser tastes similiar to what I would think animal **** would taste !

But actually the taste of the beer was NOT the topic, the fact that another US corporate giant has decided to take the money and run. And if any one has been reading anything about this company taking over, I would Highly suspect American jobs are on the line !

 

budweiser uses hops and rice...it is made to very stringent standards. worked in the labs checking the supply of raw products to anhauser busch....tough customer...

 

Stogey, you didn't realize that you were starting a beer tasting thread did you? The subject keeps drifting off topic doesn't it. Maybe it shows the short attention span of the beer drinking posters ( me included), could be a loss of brain cells because of the alcohol. Personally I don't have any idea what animal **** tastes like. Keep on trying Stogie.
LOL

 

This thread is not about beer taste but so many thought they could just disc a good American beer, I had to chime in. We both worked with A-Bush.
You are right, they are a very high standards, very tough customer. Their beer is the No1 selling in the USA for a reason, High Quality. And everyone I ever worked with there earned their stripes.

But the AB family is kinda like the Kennedy Clan. They have their version of Teddy and some of the bad seed cousins. St Louisans consider them royalty of sorts. Personaly, I don't care for them much.

More on the topic, the company board held out, talked tough and got the stock holders $10 more per share. They ain't stupid or lazy.
In-Bev will slash and cut any fat and some philanthropy but the quality of the brew will remain. Heineken has not changed. Bud, Bush and Michelob will likely stay the same.


This thread is interesting. People complain that another American icon is being bought by a foreign interest and then brag that they drink an imported beer cause Bud ain't really a beer.

It is in most of America.

roadster with a stick

BTW the American jobs that are on the line are the upper management. You know, the ones liberals keep telling the voters, should pay more taxes. The working folks in the brewery will still be there and paying (more?) taxes

 

Sorry to rain on your parade, BUT(T) ...

A real Budweiser (not the american horse **** they call Budweiser) is a Check beer, brewed in Check republic. It has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with a Pilsner. And contrary to the american horse **** called Budweiser, a real Budvar is something tasty.

I long back to my old stomping grounds in terms of beer.

 

I toured Guinness when I was in Ireland, amazing beer with an amazing heritage. Regardless, just because a company is American owned does not mean the product is good. Budweiser aka good ole boy beer is poor quality bad tasting **** in a bottle. Beer can and is as fine as wine when made properly, there are bottles of beer out there that costs thousands of dollars for those that can appreciate it. go look around on http://ratebeer.com/Ratings/Ratings-Beer.asp and see some of the reviews of the top beer, tasting, creating and enjoying fine beer, just like wine can be an art.

 

Ahh yes, Guinness is by far one of the best off the shelf beers in the supermarkets these days. God I love those Drafts, and the stoutes are superb with a nice red steak on the grill. ahh taste like chocolate milk of beers

 

i heard they will be moving the Budwieser plants to Iraq and other middle eastern countries. Cut laybor cost, and build up thier economy. you know the story...

 

I have had the Czech Bud , and it is good, but it is one of the lighter beers you will find in Europe. Not exactly what I am looking for when I go to Europe.

Inbev has been a beer juggernaut for several years, buying up many beer company they think can make money.

My European friend always tell me American Bud is like sex on the beach, because it is F***ing near water.

AB uses rice instead of barley, not corn instead of hops. You can not make beer with out hops.

I am sorry to see AB taken over by a foreign company, but than again, they also make Stella. Maybe they will make Bud drinkable.

 

I'm absoulutely amazed that this "p*ss in a bottle beer" as you all describe has captured more than 60% of the US market.

It is a "Pepsi" of beers.

It is brewed to please the masses.

It is a pilsner style.

It is a cold brewed, light Lager beer.

And plenty of folks drink it here and around the world.

Raised on a dairy farm, I know what P*ss tastes like. It splashes off the concrete floor while you're hooking up milking machines to teats. Cows don't care where you are standing when they let go.

The comparison is just mean. Insisting on it is just stupid.


roadster with a stick

BTW apleschu, I never claimed American Bud was the Czeck Budweiser. They are very different beers. SO?