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.”
Damn you autocorrect.
That would be far, not farm.
Buttwiper would be more appropriate.
Be that as it may it still fails to live up to the label of ‘beer’.
Does this mean the Czechs finally won the lawsuit?
Racist!
Stupid
The most popular beer in America will not increase sales. It will “New Coke” Budweiser.
Now Obama will hate Budweiser too.
How utterly absurd.
#Make America Budweiser Again!
I haven’t heard about that.
My son likes Budweiser. My husband and I couldn’t drink it. It gave us literally headaches
They changed their recipe and it tastes like crap now. I drink Busch when I don’t want to spend big money on better beer.
Es tut mir leid, aber ich verstehe kein Wort.
I’ve got one of those. I just don’t remember if it’s still full or if it froze and emptied. I’m sure I didn’t open it and drink it.
In 1972 when Esso changed to Exxon, National Review did a spoof about America changing to Nixxon, parodying the argument Exxon used, e.g., “There are many different names for our country (America, the United States, the USA), so to simplify things, we’re changing to one name for all our brands — Nixxon.”
Billy was a fun guy, totally distinct from his brother.
I really wondered if one of the Obama half siblings would show up in the states and kind of fill a similar comic role but I guess the Chicago Mob said no way.
I hadn’t even heard of National Review in 1972
Shown is an American.
Also available in Ameribottles.
Sorry, meant to say National Lampoon, not National Review.
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