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Belgian Company Buys Budweiser

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This isn't the first time. Miller was long ago bought out by SAB, aka South African Breweries. Heineken is a Dutch company. Many of what are called "craft beers" in America were LONG AGO bought out by Anheiser or other large corporations.

Who owns your beer?

Some "craft beers" origins.

Here's a list of what, around the world, InBev owns. Info from Wikipedia, take it for what that's worth.

InBev, the largest beer company in the industry, has over 200 beer brands produced and sold throughout the world.


The flagship brands that you will mostly come across in the U.S. are Stella Artois, Brahma, Beck's, Leffe, Boddingtons, Hoegaarden, Labatt, L?wenbr?u, St. Pauli Girl and possibly Tennent's.


The brands:


? Absolut Cut (Sweden)
? Alexander Keith's (Canada)
? Andes (Argentina)
? Antarctica (Brazil)
? Apatinska pivara (Serbia)
? Jelen pivo
? Pils Light
? Aqua Fratelli Vita (Brazil)
? AstikA (Bulgaria)
? Baisha (China)
? BagBier (Russia)
? BagBier
? BagBier Classicheskoye
? BagBier Krepkoye
? BagBier Nashe
? Bass (United Kingdom)
? Beck's (Germany)
? Belle-Vue (Belgium)
? Belle-Vue Kriek
? Belle-Vue Kriek Extra
? Belle-Vue Framboise
? Belle-Vue Gueuze
? Bergenbier (Romania)
? Boddingtons (United Kingdom)
? Bohemia (Brazil)
? Bohemia Pilsen
? Bohemia Escura
? Bohemia Weiss
? Bohemia Royal Ale
? Bohemia Confraria
? Borsodi S?r (Hungary)
? Boomerang (France)
? Borosty?n (Hungary)
? Brahma (Global)
? Breda (The Channel Islands) Still Available
? Cafri (South Korea)
? Caracu (Brazil)
? Castlemaine XXXX (owned by Castlemaine Perkins Pty Ltd.)
? Chernigivske (Ukraine)
? Chernigivske Svitle
? Chernigivske Premium
? Chernigivske Mitsne
? Chernigivske Temne
? Chernigivske Bile
? Chernigivske Bila Nich
? Chernigivske Bagryane
? Chernigivske Fitness+
? Diebels (Germany)
? Diekirch (Luxembourg)
? Diekirch Grand Cru
? Diekirch Grande R?serve
? Diekirch Exclusive
? Dimix (Germany)
? Dommelsch (Netherlands)
? Dommelsch Pilsener
? Dommelsch Ice
? Dommelsch Dominator
? Double Deer (China)
? E-Generation
? Premium Light
? Dry Beer
? Dutch Gold (Holland)
? Franziskaner Weissbier (Germany)
? Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Hell (Germany)
? Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel (Germany)
? Gilde Ratskeller (Germany)
? Guaran? Antarctica (Brazil)
? Guaran? Brahma (Brazil)
? GuoGuang (China)
? Haacke-Beck (Germany)
? Hasser?der (Germany)
? Hertog Jan (Netherlands)
? Primator
? Oud Bruin
? Grand Prestige
? Tripel
? Dubbel
? Winterbier
? Bockbier
? Meibock
? Hoegaarden (Belgium)
? Hougaerdse Das (Belgium)
? Jinlin (China)
? Jinlongquan (China)
? Draft
? Refreshing
? Julius (Belgium)
? Jupiler (Belgium)
? Jupiler N.A.
? Jupiler Blue
? KK (China)
? Kamenitza (Bulgaria)
? Klinskoye (Russia)
? Klinskoye Svetloye
? Klinskoye Zolotoye
? Klinskoye Lux
? Klinskoye Redkoye
? Klinskoye Arriva
? Klinskoye Samurai
? Kokanee (Canada)
? Kokanee
? Kokanee Gold
? Kokanee Light
? Kokanee Frost
? La B?casse (France)
? La B?casse Kriek
? La B?casse Raspberry
? La B?casse Gueuze
? Labatt Family (Canada) Acquired in 1995
? Labatt Blue
? Labatt Blue Light
? Labatt .5
? Labatt Lite
? Labatt 50
? John Labatt Classic
? Labatt Genuine
? Labatt Extra Dry Lager
? Labatt Wildcat
? Labatt Ice
? Labatt Sterling
? Lakeport (Canada)
? Leffe (Global)
? Liber (Brazil)
? L?wenbr?u (Germany)
? L?wenbr?u Original (Germany)
? L?wenbr?u Oktoberfestbier (Germany)
? Marathon (Brazil)
? Mousel (Luxembourg)
? Pivara Trebjesa (Montenegro)
? Nik Cool
? Nik Gold
? Nik?icko pivo
? Nik?icko tamno
? Noroc (Romania)
? OB (South Korea)
? Oranjeboom (Netherlands)
? Oranjeboom Premium Pilsener
? Oranjeboom Oud Bruin
? Oranjeboom Premish Malt
? Original (Brasil)
? Permskoye Gubernskoye (Russia)
? Permskoye Gubernskoye Svetloye
? Piedboeuf (Belgium)
? Piedboeuf Blond
? Piedboeuf Brown
? Piedboeuf Triple
? Quilmes (Argentina)
? Red Shiliang (China)
? Rifey (Russia)
? Rogan (Ukraine)
? Rogan Lehke
? Rogan Tradytsiyne
? Rogan Tradytsiyne
? Rogan Monastyrske Temne
? Rogan Veselyi Monach
? Rogan Bezalkoholne
? Rogan Kampai
? Rogan Arriva
? Safir (Belgium)
? Santai (China)
? Sedrin (China)
? Sibirskaya Korona (Siberian Crown)(Russia)
? Skol (Brazil)
? Spaten (Germany)
? St. Pauli Girl (USA)
? St. Pauli Girl Lager
? St. Pauli Girl Special Dark
? St. Pauli Girl Non-Alcoholic
? Staropramen (Czech Republic)
? Stella Artois (Global)
? Artois Bock
? Peeterman Artois
? Sukita (Brazil)
? Taller (Ukraine)
? Tennent's (United Kingdom)
? Tennent's Super
? Tennent's Ember
? Tennent's Extra Lager
? Tennent's Light Ale
? Tennent's Pilsner
? Tennent's Special
? Tennent's Velvet Ale
? Tennent's Stout (Export)
? Tennent's 1885 Lager (Export)
? Tennent's Scotch Ale (Export)
? Tinkov Russian Lager (Russia)
? Tolstiak (Russia)
? Tolstiak Dobroye
? Tolstiak Svetloye
? Tolstiak Zaboristoye
? Tolstiak Krepkoye
? Tolstiak Grechisnoye
? Vieux Temps (Belgium)
? Wolters (Germany)
? Whitbread (United Kingdom) (purchased from Whitbread Group plc in 2001)
? Yali (China)
? Yantar (Ukraine)
? Zagrebacka pivovara (Croatia)
? Bo?icno Pivo
? O?ujsko Pivo
? O?ujsko Cool
? O?ujsko Izzy
? O?ujsko Strong
? Fresssh by O?ujsko
? Tomislav
? Zizhulin (China)
? Zhujiang (China)
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Hm, an interesting little bit of speculation in an article on Reuters about this sale.

Adding another dimension to any deal was Mexico's No. 1 brewer Grupo Modelo, which is 50 percent owned by Anheuser. Modelo, which makes Corona, said it was in talks with InBev.
BEER CONSOLIDATION
After the merger InBev will regain the world brewing top spot it lost last year to SABMiller, which was boosted by strong growth in China and the purchase of Grolsch.
It is also the latest mega deal in the fast consolidating beer industry, with Scottish & Newcastle having agreed to be broken up by Carlsberg A/S and Heineken NV.
Analysts believe SABMiller will now look at possible deals with Mexico's Modelo or FEMSA, Foster's or Molson Coors, with whom it has agreed to merge U.S. operations.
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The Czechs have their own Budweiser which has an interesting history that is tangentially related to American Budweiser. It will be interesting to see whether this European switch leads to any further competition between the brands.

Bud?jovický Budvar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Czech kind is pretty popular among my German friends, who always ask if someone wants a Budweiser, then when they receive confusing looks clarify "no, the Czech one, not the American one."
 
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scooter1369;1204919; said:
The fact that half of Americans drink that panther piss is most certainly about taste, or lack there of.

Budweiser is a very popular beer.

Not unlike the Backstreet Boys. Very popular, but if America sold them to China, we'd be better off in the long run. Don't you think?
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I like Budweiser because of its lack of taste. When I want to get completely fucked up, what do I buy? Budweiser. It's cheaper for the most part, and easier to drink in large quantities.

When I want a beer with a meal, I certainly won't buy Budweiser.

They'd be stupid to change the formula.
 
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OCBucksFan;1205120; said:
I doubt they are going to change anything, Lagers are pretty cheap to make, and Bud is basically a cash cow.
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I would think that ales would be cheaper to make than lagers since you need to cold ferment a lager for a few weeks, then store it for a month or so at near-freezing temps before it's ready to be consumed. An ale can be fermented and kegged in about two weeks. But Bud is cheap to brew not only because of AB's economies of scale, but because they add rice as an adjunct and use so few hops (which have risen in price significantly in the last year or so along with barley prices).

But I seriously doubt that there will be any recipe changes. This is a financial transaction, I'm sure InBev isn't motivated by wanting to change the taste of Bud.
 
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mercer_buckeye;1204915; said:
This isn't about taste, it's about Americana. I love imports and microbrews but if your working outside all day with a couple of guys on a hot ass day and you drink anything but Bud your a fag I'm sorry :)
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:tic:


That's you're opinion.
 
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