Our own St. Louis, Missouri Budweiser is on The Atlantic today in an article, pointing out "The 8 Beers Americans Don't Drink Anymore." Not only that but regular Bud is number 8 while their own Michelob (no. 1 on the list), Michelob Light (no. 2) and "Bud Select" (no. 3)--which I'd never even heard of--were also on the list. If you're counting, that's 4 of these 8 beers Anheiser Busch makes that are on the list. Anheiser Busch, it sucks to be you. One more of many, many things that are just changing in America and the world. So it goes. Link to original article: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/the-8-beers-americans-dont-drink-anymore/245073/#slide6
Premise number one: Beer is brewed with hops, yeast, barley malt and water.
ReplyDeletePremise number two: Budweiser is made with rice and high-fructose corn syrup (like Coors & Miller, regular or lite)
My conclusion is Budweiser makes malt beverages and not beer.
They can all use the moto: Tastes as good coming up as going down.
According to Cliff's sister and her husband, most folks in St. Louis started boycotting Bud when a foreign company bought it.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't surprise me, Donna, and I'd heard of just such a boycott, too. I didn't know how strong or widespread it is in St. Louis, though.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for that, "Orphan".
ReplyDeleteFor years, I've heard nothing good about the taste of Budweiser, at least from people who say they "know beer", you know? And then these specialty microbrews pop up like our own Boulevard and there you go.