InBev buying Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by rah
The worst beer I ever had was Wiedemans.
But back in school it was only $1.68 for a case of returnable bottles so it was popular. (yeah yeah, this was 1973)
We called it the beer with the ping because about 3 seconds after taking a sip, you'd feel a ping in the back of your throat. The worst ever, but again, after 8 or 9, what difference does it make.

I bet you remember Carling Black Label, too. Similar price.

[rah]

It was a tab more expensive, right up there with PBR.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Asher
I'm not sure what's worse: a beer snob or someone pretending to be one.

I know what is worse, a jackass who can't understand either.

[Asher]

Originally posted by GePap


I know what is worse, a jackass who can't understand either.

Are you seriously saying I don't understand what a beer snob OR what a poser is?

You fail. Go sit in a corner.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Asher


Are you seriously saying I don't understand what a beer snob OR what a poser is?

Given how self-evident it is from this thread, yeah.

[Asher]

You're so bad at this internet thing.

[The Mad Monk]

I've got lots of people around here who swear they they will never buy an Anheuser-Busch product again because it is no longer "American".

...

It's so stupid I can't even begin to go into it.

[rah]

Those types of comments where quite frequent in St. Louis according to the news.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by GePap


I know what is worse, a jackass who can't understand either.

Attack the post, not the jackass.

[Elok]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
I've got lots of people around here who swear they they will never buy an Anheuser-Busch product again because it is no longer "American".

...

It's so stupid I can't even begin to go into it.

So they complain that InBev will screw over American workers, then boycott the product so InBev will have to start laying off its American workers to keep AB afloat. Self-fulfilling prophecies FTW!

[Arrian]

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by rah
Those types of comments where quite frequent in St. Louis according to the news.

I love it.

St. Louis, a town filled with asshats and idiots, shooting themselves in the foot and getting what they deserve.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
IIRC, this means America's top 3 brewers are all owned by foreign firms; Coors is actually owned by Canadians and Miller by South Africans, I believe.

So what's our biggest home-grown brew at this point? PBR?

Boston Beer Company, which makes Sam Adams.

A beer company for Americans to actually be proud of

[Asher]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


Boston Beer Company, which makes Sam Adams.

A beer company for Americans to actually be proud of

The BBC

[SlowwHand]

I didn't know this was under consideration. Appropriate, given my dislike of these beers.

MillerCoors picks Chicago over Dallas

11:09 PM CDT on Tuesday, July 15, 2008


By SHERYL JEAN / The Dallas Morning News
sjean@dallasnews.com


Dallas has lost out to Chicago as home of MillerCoors, a joint venture between Molson Coors and SABMiller PLC, the company confirmed Tuesday.

The joint venture was completed two weeks ago.

MillerCoors chose Chicago based on the "goal of becoming the best beer company in America by having access to an attractive base of talent, transportation and business resources," president Tom Long said in a statement.

A Greater Dallas Chamber official said Tuesday that the group hadn't been notified of a decision.

MillerCoors spokesman Julian Green confirmed that the company had looked at office space in downtown Dallas, Irving and Far North Dallas.

"It wasn't a question of why not Dallas, but what we were looking for," Mr. Green said.

He noted the importance of Chicago as an international travel hub, given the company's sites worldwide, and its abundance of landmark buildings.

MillerCoors' Web site listed other determining factors: Chicago's "vibrant, 24-hour" central business district, broad options of affordable housing with easy commutes, and economic incentives to help offset "considerable" relocation costs.

Chicago offered tax-increment financing and Illinois offered tax credits and training and business development grants, according to World Business Chicago, the city's economic development group.