Budweiser is changing it's name to....

[JOSweetHeart]

^^^ No thank you.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Therefore, more for whoever wants any.

 

[FJO]

Once I bought a case of Budweiser. Drank one bottle, dumped the rest.

I was sadder for wasting my money, budweiser not to make the same mistake again. No matter what they call it.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers

....no, not to "piss" which is probably should do, but to "America".

And guess what? Budweiser is a BELGIAN OWNED BEER......

Or as Joe put it in the comments section:

"Great, America tastes like #$%$."

So, apparently Belgium owns American now.... sure beats owning the Congo, I guess.

I called this one...when I first saw this story a couple days ago, I thought - "this could backfire, I think it will only remind people that the company is not American".

 

[IsaacNewton]

Has anyone else had it with corporations defecating on every single American icon for profit?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Has anyone else had it with corporations defecating on every single American icon for profit?

Been doing it for almost 30 years now.
My pet peeve is companies with Americana sounding names like "Old Navy" - that sell almost 100% foreign/slave labor made clothing.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers

....no, not to "piss" which is probably should do, but to "America".

And guess what? Budweiser is a BELGIAN OWNED BEER......

Or as Joe put it in the comments section:

"Great, America tastes like #$%$."

So, apparently Belgium owns American now.... sure beats owning the Congo, I guess.

Drink Moosehead instead...

 

[HUGGY]

Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers

....no, not to "piss" which is probably should do, but to "America".

And guess what? Budweiser is a BELGIAN OWNED BEER......

Or as Joe put it in the comments section:

"Great, America tastes like #$%$."

So, apparently Belgium owns American now.... sure beats owning the Congo, I guess.

Yes, owned by Belgium and Brazil is involved too, They are calling it America to pander to jingoistic right wing types. It still tastes like horse piss.

If I knew what horse piss tasted like I wouldn't post it on USMB.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers

....no, not to "piss" which is probably should do, but to "America".

And guess what? Budweiser is a BELGIAN OWNED BEER......

Or as Joe put it in the comments section:

"Great, America tastes like #$%$."

So, apparently Belgium owns American now.... sure beats owning the Congo, I guess.

Drink Moosehead instead...

Pheh...drink locally made craft beer.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers

....no, not to "piss" which is probably should do, but to "America".

And guess what? Budweiser is a BELGIAN OWNED BEER......

Or as Joe put it in the comments section:

"Great, America tastes like #$%$."

So, apparently Belgium owns American now.... sure beats owning the Congo, I guess.

Drink Moosehead instead...

Pheh...drink locally made craft beer.

They have a local Katy Beer that I like, but I grew up drinking Moosehead Beer, so I am partial to that.

if I want cheap beer I will drink Miller High Life before ever drinking a Bud...

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers

....no, not to "piss" which is probably should do, but to "America".

And guess what? Budweiser is a BELGIAN OWNED BEER......

Or as Joe put it in the comments section:

"Great, America tastes like #$%$."

So, apparently Belgium owns American now.... sure beats owning the Congo, I guess.

Drink Moosehead instead...

Pheh...drink locally made craft beer.

They have a local Katy Beer that I like, but I grew up drinking Moosehead Beer, so I am partial to that.

if I want cheap beer I will drink Miller High Life before ever drinking a Bud...

I grew up drinking Bud Light [hangs head low]...but then around 2000 I was on a trip in Wisconsin...we stopped at a Bar and Grill called "Fox River"...they made their own beer, and I saw all of these people drinking beers of all different colors...I thought the reddish colored one looked good - so I ordered it....mind blown. I had no idea that beer had taste.
I have drank craft beer ever since. And have been a homebrewer for 5-6 years now.

 

[blastoff]

The article clearly stated it's a temporary marketing campaign. But you comprehension-challenged boobs are free to carry on.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

The article clearly stated it's a temporary marketing campaign. But you comprehension-challenged boobs are free to carry on.

Frig off.
No one said they did not know it was a campaign.
I saw the stupid ad, I know it is temporary. Which is why I said it could backfire, because it reminds people that AB is not an American company.

 

[blackhawk]

It's from the end of May till the election on November 8th can't say I see this as a big deal.

 

[NoNukes]

Budweiser renames itself 'America' to inspire drinkers

....no, not to "piss" which is probably should do, but to "America".

And guess what? Budweiser is a BELGIAN OWNED BEER......

Or as Joe put it in the comments section:

"Great, America tastes like #$%$."

So, apparently Belgium owns American now.... sure beats owning the Congo, I guess.

Drink Moosehead instead...

Pheh...drink locally made craft beer.

They have a local Katy Beer that I like, but I grew up drinking Moosehead Beer, so I am partial to that.

if I want cheap beer I will drink Miller High Life before ever drinking a Bud...

I grew up drinking Bud Light [hangs head low]...but then around 2000 I was on a trip in Wisconsin...we stopped at a Bar and Grill called "Fox River"...they made their own beer, and I saw all of these people drinking beers of all different colors...I thought the reddish colored one looked good - so I ordered it....mind blown. I had no idea that beer had taste.
I have drank craft beer ever since. And have been a homebrewer for 5-6 years now.

I have never had a craft beer that I liked, and I call it crap beer. Everyone to their own tastes. Some people love Budweiser.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I have never had a craft beer that I liked, and I call it crap beer. Everyone to their own tastes. Some people love Budweiser.

Then you haven't tried very many.
Beer is far more variable in taste than wine. It is basically impossible not to find a beer you like, even for people who hate beer altogether. American's (myself included) were brought up believing that beer should be damn near frozen-cold (otherwise you can taste it, and we wouldn't want that) and when it is that cold, it basically taste like cold water with a beer aftertaste.
A lot of BMC drinkers (Bud Miller Coors etc) tried an IPA and their face exploded. IPA is very bitter, and for someone not use to it - it taste like pine sap. The first time everyone drank coffee - it was awful. The first time everyone tasted wine - it was awful.
Instead, there are a lot of "Transitional" beers out there...beers that are real (craft) that is mild.

I prefer not to drink a beer that I know the brewer adds non beer ingredients (called adjuncts) for the sole purpose to reduce flavor and make a beer that taste the most like water they possibly can - and then market the shit out of it, or put it in cool blue bottles so Americans will buy it up.

 

[007]

Who drinks that nasty rice beer anyway?

Drink Pabst.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Who drinks that nasty rice beer anyway?

Drink Pabst.

PBR - pheh...that's for college kids....by the pitcher

Edit...unless your from the Northern Lake States...PBR is their main beer.

 

[FJO]

My favorite beer is one brewed in Quebec, called La Fin du Mond (End of the World) 9% alcohol content and Faxe a Danish beer with alcohol content of 8%.

Both taste excellent and neither is for the faint of heart.

 

[NoNukes]

I have never had a craft beer that I liked, and I call it crap beer. Everyone to their own tastes. Some people love Budweiser.

Then you haven't tried very many.
Beer is far more variable in taste than wine. It is basically impossible not to find a beer you like, even for people who hate beer altogether. American's (myself included) were brought up believing that beer should be damn near frozen-cold (otherwise you can taste it, and we wouldn't want that) and when it is that cold, it basically taste like cold water with a beer aftertaste.
A lot of BMC drinkers (Bud Miller Coors etc) tried an IPA and their face exploded. IPA is very bitter, and for someone not use to it - it taste like pine sap. The first time everyone drank coffee - it was awful. The first time everyone tasted wine - it was awful.
Instead, there are a lot of "Transitional" beers out there...beers that are real (craft) that is mild.

I prefer not to drink a beer that I know the brewer adds non beer ingredients (called adjuncts) for the sole purpose to reduce flavor and make a beer that taste the most like water they possibly can - and then market the shit out of it, or put it in cool blue bottles so Americans will buy it up.

I still have not tasted a craft beer that I liked. Saying I should have does not make it so. I used to drink Guiness, so bitter does not really bother me. Although , prefer a lager on the sweet side. My favorite is Tigerr beer from Thailand.

 

[depotoo]

I imagine because they have lost market share. They have tried to do away with some of the traditions of Budweiser that made it an American iconic beer. Changing its name will only worsen its image under the new owners. They don't understand Americans.

Why do they need to inspire drinkers? I know of many that need to be UNinspired!