Budweiser Is Changing Its Name To 'America' Because Of Course It Is

[OhioChick]

1:00 PM, May 10, 2016

Soon, Budweiser won't be Budweiser. Until the presidential election in November, the beer company is changing the name on its cans to "America."

While the design is largely staying the same, pretty much every reference to the company's real name is being substituted with the overtly patriotic moniker. Even a banner that used to describe the brewing process will now simply be lyrics from "The Star-Spangled Banner." Dare we say we're not surprised?

Budweiser has been making patriotism the theme of its summer cans for a while now. The "America" marketing ploy is no throw-away, though. From a sales standpoint, summer is the most important season.

But here's the best part: Even though Budweiser is made in the U.S., it's actually owned by a Belgian-Brazilian conglomerate. We're guessing three national anthems are a little harder to fit on the can.

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/national/budweiser-is-changing-its-name-to-america-because-of-course-it-is

[onehandle]

1. They still make Budweiser?

Who knew?

[former9thward]

21. I'm sure people who avoid the dirty masses would not know that.

Beer snobs always show up in these threads.

[Egnever]

23. If you prefer pbr to bud

Are you still a beer snob?

Bud is OK when it is first opened pulled fresh from the freezer but after that first drunk it turns to complete crappie pretty quickly

[former9thward]

25. I really doubt the poster I replied to likes PBR.

They would have contempt for any beer which has mass appeal. I drink pbr and miller light and I don't like bud for the reasons you suggest. But a lot of people do.

[doc03]

33. They still make that, haven't seen it in years? n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

37. About 50 years ago, Pabst Blue Ribbon was a big seller in the USA

When I was a kid, my dad owned a bar, where PBR was very popular.

[doc03]

43. Back in the 60s early 70s was pretty popular in these parts n/t

[moonbabygo]

47. don't forget schiltz nt not sure of the spelling

[LanternWaste]

46. So do people who pretend a like or dislike of a thing is snobbery.

"Beer snobs always show up in these threads..."

So do people who pretend a like or dislike of a thing is snobbery.

[uppityperson]

2. I thought this had to be a joke. wtf, it isn't

[truebluegreen]

3. Not the Onion? Wow.

[mitty14u2]

4. Budweiser Mud Water Owned by Foreigners Who Don't Care about America!

After the November 18, 2008 InBev takeover, several cost-cutting measures were implemented that, according to some sources, which negatively affected the flavor of the beer. Whole rice grains were been replaced by broken ones, and the high quality Hallertauer Mittelfrüh hop was phased out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑnɦɔi̯zər ˈbuʃ ˈɪmbɛf], abbreviated as AB InBev) is a multinational Belgian-Brazilian beverage and brewing company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.[3] It is the world's largest brewer and has a 25 percent global market share.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev

November 18, 2008 InBev takeover

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=ABI.BR+Interactive#symbol=ABI.BR;range=my

Drinking Budweiser just sends money out of this country by the billions like all multinational Monopoly, Power and Greed sent Bud overseas by Republicans, the GOP and lets not forget the Tea Party farce!

[ohnoyoudidnt]

15. They made that shit taste worse?

Wow. I guess anything is possible.

[lpbk2713]

18. That's why they keep the Clydesdales around.

It's the horse piss that improves the flavor.

[Glamrock]

39. Jinx!

I've been saying that for years....

[pintobean]

16. They employ a lot of Americans

many union jobs. Here in St. Louis, their production people are union, and they build, retool and maintain with union labor. I've earned a lot of good pay checks there.

[fizzgig]

22. they have a plant just out of my city

keeps union jobs here.

[scscholar]

30. And might just be the worst union-made product...

out there.

[pintobean]

31. I support union companies

and don't really care what beer snobs think.

[groundloop]

48. Anheiser Bush used to be a great employer for techies like me....not so much anymore

When they were bought out the new owners cut benefits, cut jobs, cut retirement benefits, etc. etc. etc. I'm glad to hear that the union was able to protect most of its' people, but a lot of people in tech jobs got screwed over. Typical corporate BS, increase profits at the cost of employees.

[Fairgo]

5. Actually, not ironic at all

A very fitting metaphor for the united states that works on several levels.
1. Corporate appropriation of cultural language and symbols for profit
2. A multinational Golem desperately fighting the rising tide of superior, grassroots craftsmanship
3. No one's buying this weak beer.

[former9thward]

24. No one buying?

They produce 41 billion bottles of beer a year. You have a strange definition of "no one". The have a 48% market share in the U.S.

https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/2h2lm9/request_how_many_bottles_of_budweiser_beer_are/

[Stallion]

6. Hmm I thought That Would violate trademark, service mark, copyright, incorporation etc laws

certain words can not be used in order to not mislead customers of an affiliation with the United States

[Stallion]

11. Misleading Title-Not Changing Name of Budweiser Company-"Just Changing the Name on its Cans"

referred to as Trade Dress

[GoCubsGo]

7. Yet another reason not to buy that pisswater.

Not that I had any reason to buy it in the first place.

[KamaAina]

8. So I finally have an answer to "Why do you hate America so much?"

[msanthrope]

35. Damn. That won the Internets today. nt

[TexasProgresive]

9. Does this mean the original Budweiser in the Czech Republic will get to use the name?

Talk about feuds — A small brewer in the Czech Republic, Budejovicky Budvar, has been fighting with Anheuser-Busch (now part of AB InBev) over a name that’s very familiar the world over for 106 years. Who knew? It’s an important battle for the small state-owned brewers because AB InBev is no longer so pleased with the last agreement and wants to butt into what had formerly been Budejovicky Budar’s market.

Way back in the days of yore — or 1906 — the two companies began suing each other over the right to tag their beers with the name Budweiser, reports the Associated Press.

Budejovicky Budvar was founded in 1895 in the city of Ceske Budejovice, also known as Budweis then by German speakers in the area. Beer that’s been brewed there has been known as Budweiser for centuries.

Anheuser-Busch was founded in St. Louis in 1852, and dubbed their brew Budweiser because everyone knew the name. So it essentially took the familiar name, but did so officially 19 years before the Budvar brewery was founded.
https://consumerist.com/2012/12/19/anheuser-busch-czech-brewer-continue-100-year-fight-over-budweiser-name/

[FLPanhandle]

10. We should sue for defamation

I don't want the name America associated with that piss water.

[Takket]

12. I'll stick with my Guinness, thanks

[TeamPooka]

13. You don't buy America, you just rent it. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

14. They should change the name to pisswater

Be more honest.

[madinmaryland]

17. Add another vote to change the name to "Piss Water" nt

[meow2u3]

19. That will go over like a fart in church

No American will buy a beer called America, especially when it once was Bud.

What are they going to name their lite beer? The Confederacy?

[oswaldactedalone]

20. Please drink Miller Lite in cans

as my wife's pension depends on it.
Never liked Budweiser, in spite of my roots as a St. Louisan.

[Ron Obvious]

26. Miller: for those who think Coors and Budweiser are too rich in flavour.

I don't include Bud Light in the list of 'beers' that have no flavour, of course. That's because Bud Light is actually filthy.

[madokie]

38. What little beer I drink

now is Lost Lake lite.
before that it was Pigseye lite
before that it was Drummond Brothers.

[Person 2713]

27. Stupid . I suppose it will go good with great

[Trajan]

28. AB INBEV SAM COORS ....

Isn't that one company that now owns nearly every major brewery in the entire world?

I refuse to play that game - In Portland, there are SO many craft breweries ... So many to choose from

When AB INBEV SAM COORS buys one of them, I stop buying that brand and enjoy one of the other local brews ...

What makes a man want to own everything?

[matt819]

29. Huh?

America lite?

America line?

America lite line?

This America's for you.

WTF?

What's the latest? Apart from craft or formerly craft beers, I think there's only one brewer in the world. Snd I'm pretty sure they're making maybe a half dozen different beers under 500 different names. I'm not a big beer drinker, but I buy only what's on tap and locally brewed.

[Tanuki]

32. Gives new meaning to "Make America great again" ; )

[backscatter712]

34. "America". Because "Fermented Dishwater" takes up too much space on the can's label. n/t

[backscatter712]

36. In the end, it doesn't affect me much. Being a Coloradan, I drink real beer.

/me cracks open an Odell Cutthroat Porter...



Yeah, so sue me, I'm a beer snob!

[mitty14u2]

40. M&A activity tops $5 trillion 2015 Pfizer, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Royal Dutch Shell top list

M&A activity tops $5 trillion in record 2015

Pfizer, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Royal Dutch Shell top list, Merger and acquisition announcements topped $5 trillion for the first time in 2015 with just days remaining, according to Dealogic. 

The announced volume surpasses a record set in 2007, when $4.6 trillion in deals were announced. Adjusted for inflation, however, that $4.6 trillion becomes $5.27 trillion in today’s dollars, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ma-activity-tops-5-trillion-in-record-2015-2015-12-28 

Monopoly is the end game for Greed and Power Brokers

[dembotoz]

41. so you spend millions and millions of bucks building the bud brand...super bowl whole 9 yards

then you dump it all to rebrand to a generic name....america????

marketing must be drinking their own swill

i avoid bud as much as possible ....have for over
30 years now....will avoid the new swill too

[Ferd Berfel]

42. I guess that 's so the Belgian owners can tell it from their other beers: France, Italy and England

[edbermac]

44. I'd rather drink Limbaugh's urine sample than Budweiser.

[AntiBank]

45. To call ALL of top 10 best selling beers in the USA piss is to insult piss

Insanely shite taste in beer in America. It's depressingly indicative of the LCD- inspired mass market cultural patterns in the US. None of these turgid brews are even allowed on the market in Germany as they contain adjuncts.