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.”
When Esso changed it’s name to Exxon, there was talk of changing America to Nixxon.
That’s kind of a difficult thing to categorize these days.
Many folks on FR would tell you a Japanese or German brand car produced largely in the US is fine.
I think a lot of beers fall into that category.
You might even find that one of the few American owned and produced brands uses a fair amount of Canadian grains in production.
Somewhere, in my boxes of junk... I have a button that says "Nixxon... we've changed our name but the gas is still the same".
You got that right!
One ping only? Must be a Russian thing.
Winner!
LOL!
Nixxon, and “we’ll shoot this dog if you don’t buy this magazine,’ is what I remember of National Lampoon.
Reheinsgebot ehr ist nicht, das ist treue!
CC
You still haven’t gotten over it?
#NeverTed
“Make Budweiser Taste Like Beer again!”
CC
>>Nothing like drinking a Belgian-owned beer to inspire good old-fashioned American patriotism!
It’s made by Americans in the United States of America using American products. Even their cans are made in America. Their pension plan is in company stock.
Changing the name sucks and so does the beer.
Why not name beer "Canada".It is how I feel anyway.
"America" is also the English word for what began as the American colonies of England, later the United States of America.
foundersbrewing.com
Farm superior.
YO!
And if you drink enough Budweiser you wll be incontinent!
And Schlitz will give you the sh*ts!
CC
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.