Sad Day for St. Louis

[Tony_SS]

It appears that storied St. Louis brewer, Anheuser-Busch is no longer an American Company.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/anheuser_inbev_agreement_dc

Just another sign of the times I guess.

I'm going to buy my last case of Natural Light, drink all but one, and never purchase another InBev product again.



At least we still have Schlafly.

[funbnme]

So if Honda Accords & Acuras are considered import cars, does that mean the Budweiser is now an import beer and the bars will jack up the price of it?

Will you get more sips per bottle compared to domestics?

Will it last longer than other domestic beers?

Think it will become one of the biggest import beers in terms of sales over the competing US brands?

[rocketrod]

A very sad day indeed!!

[shmoov69]

I was just passing a Bud truck the other day and saw the big logo that said American owned and operated.......guess they will have to pull those off. How 'bout the eagle on the emblem or the red, white and blue?
Sucks nontheless!

[dropit69]

so do they also get ownership of the Cardinals ??? or am i wrong that they are owned by the Busch's that own budweiser?

[Tony_SS]

Darrin, I'm not exactly sure. The Cardinals play in Busch stadium, soon to be InBev stadium? They are a huge sponsor of Cardinal baseball. I'm not sure how things will play out on that end.

[bigvegan]

$50 Billion's a hard sum to turn down.

I was going to recommend PBR, but their beer is made under contract with Miller, which is owned by SABMiller, and the SAB stands for South African Breweries.

Maybe we each need to kick in a few bucks and have a local microbrewery whip us up a few cases of PT Pilsner.

[Boyd]

Hope they don't stop making two of my favorite beers- Budweiser Select and Ziegenbock (a beer made and sold only in Texas).

[Damn True]

Note:

The name BUDWEISER and the recipe were blatantly stolen from a Czechoslovakian brewery. So the "American" beer you thought you'd been drinking..........not so "American" after all.

[72NovaSS]

DAMN! My fav beer Shock Top is made by them!

[absintheisfun]

Hope they don't stop making two of my favorite beers- Budweiser Select and Ziegenbock (a beer made and sold only in Texas).

I got some Shiner right off of a Miller distribution truck last week and about had a coronary...The driver told me that they own Shiner now.

Anyone in Texas know if this is true? Last time I checked Shiner was still a local brewery in Shiner, TX and was only sold regionally.

I abandoned Bud about a decade ago when I moved back to Texas...Sucks to see all of these great historic US companies going to foreign pockets

Chrystler, Busch...I know there are more, but its early and my brain is tired...

$50 Billion's a hard sum to turn down.

50 Billion to us, is not 50 Billion to them. Foreign companies are taking huge advantages of the fact that the US Dollar is so incredibly weak right now compared to their own currencies.

[Jim Nilsen]

Traitors, that's what they are .I say put a tariff on it and price it right out of the country, I never liked it and will never miss it. Sam Adams is looking better all of the time.

[EFI69Cam]

Note:

The name BUDWEISER and the recipe were blatantly stolen from a Czechoslovakian brewery. So the "American" beer you thought you'd been drinking..........not so "American" after all.

So wrong.

The name was bought, and the rice-beer is nothing the Czechs would even wash their car with.

[rob07002]

I must say I don't agree with this deal as well. I know it's business, but some things should stay American.

I wonder what foreign company will buy the Liberty Bell???

[bigvegan]

Sam Adams is looking better all of the time.

Except that much of their beer is produced under contract by Miller, which is a subsidiary of a South African company.

http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/mil...29/daily8.html

As for the Liberty Bell, well, I'm afraid I've got bad news...

[monza]

auuuh... the beer/s sucked anyways!!! (running away with my flame suit on now)

[rocketman]

You can't tell me A-B wasn't making a killing, I think the grandkid owners seen a quick sell. They have to make a several billon a year anyway..

[Cyclone]

Here is a screenshot of Buds' homepage as of this morning.......

"THE GREAT AMERICAN LAGER"

[Happyfunballs]

Sad day indeed. AB doesn't own the Cards, but they do "own" naming rights to the stadium and have since '66(?) However they do own Busch Gardens, Grants Farm, etc and have given 13 million to charitys annually.

Adolphus III will make around 90mil(if you believe the media) from his stock at the $70 per share price. This morning it was selling at $67.04 per share.

InBev is know for "lean" manufacturing and they have no record of giving money to charity. Lot's of things are going to be cut and sold outta this deal, include blue and white collar jobs.

(just a little more than you wanted to know about the deal)

[6'9"Witha69]

I got some Shiner right off of a Miller distribution truck last week and about had a coronary...The driver told me that they own Shiner now.

Anyone in Texas know if this is true? Last time I checked Shiner was still a local brewery in Shiner, TX and was only sold regionally.

I have bought shiner in SoCal for over 8 years.