Anheuser-Busch sells out.

[The Desperado]

My favorite beer has now been out-sourced!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/13/anheuser.inbev.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

An American Institution down the drain. I will now only drink Miller. A sad day indeed. There is most definitely a tear in my beer.

[Beldaran]

They sold the Empire State building to a Dubai firm too. America is being auctioned off.

[AlexMax]

Good riddance.

Maybe someone over in Belgium can figure out how to make it not taste like rat piss.

[The Desperado]

Good riddance.

Maybe someone over in Belgium can figure out how to make it not taste like rat piss.

Blasphemy!!!! If I had a treehouse, you wouldn't be allowed in it anymore.

[Archibaldo]

My favorite beer has now been out-sourced!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/13/anheuser.inbev.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

An American Institution down the drain. I will now only drink Miller. A sad day indeed. There is most definitely a tear in my beer.

Or you could just start drinking good beer?

[Cloral]

Exactly. If Budweiser is your favorite beer, then you clearly haven't tried any good beers.

[AlphaDawg]

I'm not really a beer connoisseur (Yeah! Spelled it right on the first try!) so as long as the only two beers I regularly drink, Yuengling and Labatt, remain untouched I'll be fine.

[Beldaran]

I'm actually allergic to beer.

[Modus Ponens]

Does beer contain gluten?

[Beldaran]

Does beer contain gluten?

Yes. It's made from grains like barley and hops.

[Trevelyan_06]

Budweiser is the lowest common denominator of beer. During prohibition the only breweries that could survive were the ones that were big enough to retool to something else. This meant all the little breweries went under.

When prohibition was repealed the big guys wanted to put out a beer that would appeal to as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. Thus was born the American beers like Bud. They aren't bad, but they aren't good. This is why Bud is suffering now. We've got micro-brews coming out that are making what beer is suppose to be.

Now Anheuser tried to come out with some of their own micro brews in the form of various Michelob products. Didn't really work though because everyone equates them with the big name beers, not micro stuff.

Not really surprised that they were taken over, and really it may have become an American icon but it was started by German immigrant.

[Modus Ponens]

Yes. It's made from grains like barley and hops.

So is gluten in every grain?

I wonder if there's a gluten-free beer, and, if so, if it doesn't taste awful.

[Zaphod Q. IX]

Budweiser is the lowest common denominator of beer...

Now Anheuser tried to come out with some of their own micro brews in the form of various Michelob products...

They also bought up some smaller quality brands such as Rolling Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Rock), and shut down their original breweries...moving production to New Jersey (at least in the case of Rolling Rock). :(
I have a bottle of Rolling Rock in my basement from before Anheuser bought them...I may never open it.


Not really surprised that they were taken over, and really it may have become an American icon but it was started by German immigrant.
:thumbsup:

EDIT: That's funny...I just read that the company that's buying Anheuser-Busch is InBev (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBev). That's the company that sold Rolling Rock to Anheuser-Busch in the first place, after buying out the original brewer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrobe_Brewing_Company).

[Archibaldo]

Y'all need to try some real beer. A little brand I like to call Pabst Blue Ribbon. At a little over a dollar a can, you can't go wrong. Winner of the Poor Students Beer Choice Award.

[Beldaran]

So is gluten in every grain?

I wonder if there's a gluten-free beer, and, if so, if it doesn't taste awful.

There is a gluten free beer, and I've had it, and it does taste kind of bad.

And I think there is in fact gluten in all grains, but I'm not 100% sure. I do know that there is gluten in all common grains and oats.

[Modus Ponens]

I only pursue the matter because I have a personal fondness for beer that has manifested itself in the past couple of years, and the next time I hang out with you, Bel, I'd think it would be fun to knock back a couple of brews of some kind or another. (Coke is always cool anyway.)

[Trevelyan_06]

EDIT: That's funny...I just read that the company that's buying Anheuser-Busch is InBev (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBev). That's the company that sold Rolling Rock to Anheuser-Busch in the first place, after buying out the original brewer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrobe_Brewing_Company).

New from Budweiser! Cold-brewed, micro-filtered, IRONY! Also comes in irony light, and irony select. Check your local stores!

[The Desperado]

For the record, I have tried many "good" beers. I was just unlucky enough to be born with the redneck gene, hence my affinity towards Bud.

[rock_nog]

Haha, lol, I know what you mean. I personally love good beer, but at the same time, I have this odd draw toward really crappy beer, too. And given my budget, I tend to lean toward the crappy end of the beer spectrum.

Bel, how about cider? In my opinion, cider is a decent beer substitute, and it's generally gluten free, because it's made from apples (though you do have to be careful - some cider has gluten added because some cider makers use barley for flavoring).

[Blisspath]

This really bummed me..you couldn't get much more American than Bud. I'm not sure that there are any large breweries that are American owned now..Miller and Coors sold out to a South African company a few years back. As for my favorite? George Killian's Irish Red
http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-001720.php

http://www.georgekillians.com/

[AlexMax]

Blasphemy!!!! If I had a treehouse, you wouldn't be allowed in it anymore.

You probably stock your treehouse minifridge with Budweiser so no big loss.


I'm not really a beer connoisseur (Yeah! Spelled it right on the first try!) so as long as the only two beers I regularly drink, Yuengling and Labatt, remain untouched I'll be fine.

Good man.