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Budweiser Changing Its Name to America
Townhall.com ^ | May 10, 2016 | Justin Holcomb

Posted on 05/10/2016 1:34:28 PM PDT by Kaslin

Anheuser-Busch InBev has filed for approval with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to change its name to "America."

The limited-edition label will be on 12-ounce cans and bottles from May 23 through the end of election season in November to “to inspire drinkers to celebrate America and Budweiser's shared values of freedom and authenticity.”

The label change will include replacing "Budweiser" with "America" and adding phrases like "Land of the Free," "Home of the Brave" and "From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters this land was made for you and me." Other new cans and bottles will feature a view of the Statue of Liberty's torch.

"Budweiser has always strived to embody America in a bottle, and we're honored to salute this great nation where our beer has been passionately brewed for the past 140 years," said Ricardo Marques, vice president of Budweiser. "We are embarking on what should be the most patriotic summer that this generation has ever seen.”


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To: Kaslin

It’s the rice. Budweiser uses rice as a grain instead of more expensive (and traditional) grains like wheat and barley. I personally think their choice of hops (or amount thereof) makes for a skunky brew.

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61 posted on 05/10/2016 2:18:04 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Kaslin
Someone else is going to have to drink my beer. My first and last was half a can of Coors in June of 1971, in Marysville, CA.
62 posted on 05/10/2016 2:20:03 PM PDT by Battle Axe (Repent: for the coming of the Lord is soon.)
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To: thulldud

Yes, “America” could be the United States of America. But Chile is America, too.


63 posted on 05/10/2016 2:22:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MeganC

>>Be that as it may it still fails to live up to the label of ‘beer’.

But people still drink it. They lack your worldly educated palate. They probably work with their hands and sweat on the job. Barbarians! Not the kind of people that America needs, for sure.


64 posted on 05/10/2016 2:30:35 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Del Rapier

Bud Lite —> Canada


65 posted on 05/10/2016 2:39:55 PM PDT by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: MeganC

These Bud folks are smart. They’re getting on board early on the Trump Train.


66 posted on 05/10/2016 2:44:03 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: Kaslin

Really? none of it?

CC


67 posted on 05/10/2016 2:47:20 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Kaslin

All the private label, independent breweries are eating into InBev’s market, so of course they are reaching for anything to market more of their lousy beer.


68 posted on 05/10/2016 2:47:57 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: nascarnation

Billy was caught working as an unregistered foreign agent for Moamar Qadaffi. Not so unlike his brother after all.


69 posted on 05/10/2016 2:49:13 PM PDT by piasa
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To: Kaslin

Maybe Shiner Bock can name themselves “Texas.”


70 posted on 05/10/2016 2:50:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin

This strikes me both as offensive exploitation and subversive propaganda. I hope it is disallowed.

On a lesser note, Olympia used to use the slogan, “It’s the water.” I always thought that Budweiser should have used the slogan, “It’s water.”

I will go without before drinking Bud.


71 posted on 05/10/2016 2:51:27 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: Yaelle

Someone enjoying our American economy and you want to play schoolteacher? VOTE TRUMP!


72 posted on 05/10/2016 2:53:08 PM PDT by dontgivein
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To: Kaslin

Will it still taste like Clydesdale urine? (No, I don’t know what Clydesdale urine tastes like, I’m just guessing)


73 posted on 05/10/2016 2:54:13 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Kaslin

Still won’t change the taste....unfortunately.


74 posted on 05/10/2016 2:54:18 PM PDT by Shamrock-DW
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To: MeganC

Nothing like drinking a Belgian-owned beer to inspire good old-fashioned American patriotism!

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Especially when they elect to use the words from a song written by a the communist Woodie Guthrie.


75 posted on 05/10/2016 2:55:20 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: MeganC

Another thing it isn’t: beer.


76 posted on 05/10/2016 2:57:06 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: nickcarraway

But, only one Country


77 posted on 05/10/2016 2:58:31 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Kaslin

It still is a very unpalatable brew.


78 posted on 05/10/2016 2:58:31 PM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: Kaslin
The label change will include replacing "Budweiser" with "America"

They should also replace "Budweiser" with beer.

79 posted on 05/10/2016 3:01:09 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

You probably meant Reinheitsgebot which translates to Purity Law. I am not sure if you mean Ehre which translates to Honor. Or you meant er as in he. Das ist Treue translates to: That’s loyalty


80 posted on 05/10/2016 3:04:37 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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