Budweiser: Like Talking to a Brick Wall

NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc has agreed to be acquired by rival InBev NV for $49.91 billion in a deal that will create the world's largest brewer, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday.
Belgium-based InBev plans to pay $70 per share for Anheuser, the No. 1 U.S. brewer, the Journal said. It sweetened its original bid of $65 per share after the maker of Budweiser rejected it in favor of its own cost-cutting plan

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So why can't somebody purchase Coors and shut THEM down.

i was heartened by that news, and am hoping that bud and co. will be transformed into some magical at least stella-quality biru, and then all will be forgiven

stfu dell

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"Anheuser-Busch. Brussels, Belgium"

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"Anheuser-Busch. Brussels, Belgium"

No, this just isn't going to work for me.

absolutely zero oh noes so sad for budweiser, a fucking national embarrassment of a beer

This is terrible. I hope St. Louis doesn't change for the worse.

eh won't make any difference

Perhaps inBev will change their name to something more sensical like BevInMe.

Budweiser sucks ass, dude. Move up in the world.

Get one life, etc.

absolutely zero oh noes so sad for budweiser, a fucking national embarrassment of a beer

I would replace the E Pluribus Unum bit on coins and bills with this statement, as a reminder to future generations.

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No.

I will say this for Bud - at the Dart Bowl you can get bottles that resemble bowling pins. Try that with a beer you actually enjoy drinking!

Call me crazy but I love Budweiser, especially in the summertime. Lou Rawls is spinning in his grave

you're crazy

If this turns into some kind of Neu Coke fiasco I'm going to wish I'd started stockpiling a lot earlier....

WIll this make Cindy McCain even richer?

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argh. include the trailing period in that URL and it will work.

Budweiser - I just love their jingle, when they bring out the cart and Clydesdales out onto the field of Busch Stadium, the signature bowtie and oath on every beer can, the way just seeing the word "Budweiser" in that classy font lit up on a highway billboard makes me proud to be in America.

I mean, yeah the beer tastes like piss and drinking more than 16 ounces will give you a roundhouse hangover that will make you shit the bed, but besides that, it's an American tradition.

Pshaw, you are rong about 18 oz being the hangover limit. Rong by a whole six-pack, actually.

Seriously, I could drink two gallons of turpentine and not get the same unpleasantness I get from a couple of cans of Bud. Maybe it's psychosomatic.

Fuck an American tradition.

I mean, yeah the beer tastes like piss and drinking more than 16 ounces will give you a roundhouse hangover that will make you shit the bed, but besides that, it's an American tradition.

fuck the haterz! <3 bud

Maybe it is psychosomatic, that's exactly how I feel about PBR in the can but my brother loves it. We're a family with very refined tastes, obviously.

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I've had that! It used to be even cheaper than US Bud at O'Connor's.

Proper bud that is, not that fake st louis muck.

The brewers of two of the worst mass market beers get together spreading their shite further across the world.

hooray?

Indeed.

As long as the stuff *I* like doesn't change, I'm against that sort of thing.

I would replace the E Pluribus Unum bit on coins and bills with this statement, as a reminder to future generations.

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I wish I knew how to do a good fake woodcut in PS.

This is of course the greatest image ever made by anyone, anywhere.

wait why does Tom get to be in charge

100 lollars

I learned today that Michelob (regular, not light) is the only American macro that still uses 100% real malt and not substitutes, so drink that stuff if you want a "real" American beer.

A friend pointed out that "someday, the only actual American beers will be micros" -- quite an interesting thought.

I ran out of patience to do the edges after having attempted a better woodcut of Ned for a couple hours.

rock hardy, pls to be giving of the PS tips.

rinking more than 16 ounces will give you a roundhouse hangover

watery domestics don't give me NEARLY the hangover that a craft beer will. not sure if it's the water content or how my body processes the cheaper rice beers vs wheat beers.

lol rinking . my GF always ask me to make her a rink!

stfu dell

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nah

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Sorry, belgium not knowing about beer?

joke

The Belgians are really trolling the US with all of that Budweiser = America marketing.

over the past 11 years, i've had thousands of beers. i've hard beers made with wild yeast, i've had beers that were more than 30% abv, you name it. i've probably tried every commercially available unfiltered ipa brewed in new york city.

however, sometimes i still crave the consistency of an original budweiser. king of beers? it's not for me to say. but i will say that enjoying a budweiser, in bed, reading long paranoid twitter threads about jeffrey epstein makes me feel like i'm part of a great american tradition.

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I find it perfect for beef and veg stews and don't mind drinking it either, it's cheap and isn't as good as Budvar obv, but it'll do.

Hey Nineteen,
That's Spuds Mackenzie...

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I'd go for Heineken over a Bud anyday

For supping I'd completely agree, but bud edges it for beef stews. I used to often get a four pack of Heineken on the way home from Selby and when the van invariably hit traffic jams on M62 there wouldn't be any left for later Ron!

Prefer Bud Lite if given choice

One line I’ve heard multiple times from bearded craft beer dorks about Budweiser is “Y’know, it’s not my thing, but hat’s off to the brewmasters managing the consistency of that beer at such massive volume. That’s no easy task.” I mean, sure, probably true, but was there some documentary that beardo IPA dudes all watched? I’ve heard it at least three times and it’s always about Budweiser. I’m sure that’s the case with any mass produced beer?

Your craft beer dorks are dilettantes, the original consistency-in-lager prize goes to Carlsberg. Every other large scale lager operation is just a Carlsberg copy

Olympia is better imo

I like Budweiser!

the hilarious thing is ppl who "don't like" Bud but will gladly drink Asian beers that taste just like Bud

Peroni is probably my fave light beer

hung out with two dudes from a very celebrated local craft brew at a bar, they both drank Bud bottles

the hilarious thing is ppl who "don't like" Bud but will gladly drink Asian beers that taste just like Bud

hahaha true!!

for that full flavor of rice

I'll cop to drinking sake, but that's the line.

Idk maybe it’s where I live (northern California) but I don’t like how Budweiser tastes/goes down and I like most other cheap beers I’ve had

all inexpensive mass produced beer is fine as long as it's ice cold. I live in nyc and also sometimes guiltily crave dominos pizza instead of a bib gourmand one.

all inexpensive mass produced beer is fine as long as it's ice cold

wrong, Corona and Bud Light and Michelob Ultra are utter shit

Don't they also always taste the same? I'm not getting the surprise here about "consistency".

Michelob I don't know. But Corona and Bud light are fine ice cold. they are refreshing like seltzer. I don't think anyone drinks it for depth of flavor.

I am not a fan of lager in general, it just always tastes like a series of conditions.

lol, conditions?

I've made beer from grains at home around 50 times now and I can admire consistency in the end product... but I have to think at some point that is something you can buy.

I do enjoy a good Newfoundland sort of equivalent of a Bud at a bar, sure (brewed by our fine local branch of Molson Coors Anheuser-Busch InBev SABMiller). You can count on it and it's refreshing. Making lagers is annoying. They take twice as long as an ale, there's more you can frig up, and they kinda suck.

I am not a fan of lager in general, it just always tastes like a series of conditions.

I agree, even if I can't explain it.

hung out with two dudes from a very celebrated local craft brew at a bar, they both drank Bud bottles

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brewers famously respect budweiser for the consistency of the product.

bud heavy isn't really around much in the circles i run in but there are plenty of adjunct lagers i will happily consume. they pair well with tons of foods from around the world and are an unfailing, uncomplicated refresher if it's hot, if you've been working hard, or if you just need to sit and do nothing important for 30 minutes.

great adjunct lager memories in no particular order

- carib and presidente on the beach during my honeymoon in the usvi
- drinking efes, turkey's adjunct lager of choice, as a nightcap after long days of exploring istanbul
- tsing taos underage in boston's chinatown
- hours of bud lights for survival purposes at close friends' bachelor parties
- asahi poured fresh from a backpack keg contraption at a hanshin tigers game

“adjunct lager” is desperate beer dweeb signaling language

“pale lager” describes the object perfectly fine

ok? i don't really care?

i mean you're the guy who's to good for a bud lite.

lads

i'm irritated because i use the term with no derision and i do think it's useful to differentiate an estrella damm from a jever as they're doing completely different things.

Chang and Singha and Tiger (or Oly or Rainier or High Life or Lenies...) poured over ice and paired with various SE Asian foods and any random cheap lager with sushi (except Corona which is terrible) are two of my favorite food / beverage pairings ever.

The only good thing about Texas is that Shiner is perfectly fine in every situation - good for sitting around a fire, cooking, 119-degree summer afternoons. All the non-standard flavors are terrible, though and the Shiner Christmas beer is particularly egregious, tastes like canned potpourri.

Name's Bock, Adjacent Bock.

We desperately need to improve the pay and working conditions of our nation’s adjunct lagers