Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:11 am  

Of course it's your own fault if you actually drink this sort of stuff instead of proper beer, but if you think it tastes like water then maybe the reason is a surplus of that substance? We may soon know, as Anheuser-Busch are being sued by US beer drinkerswho allege they have inside information that since they merged with InBev, "Anheuser-Busch employs some of most sophisticated process control technology in the world to precisely monitor the alcohol content at the final stages of production, and then adds additional water to produce beers with significantly lower alcohol contents than is represented on the the label" It is also reported that; "Our information comes from former employees at Anheuser-Busch, who have informed us that, as a matter of corporate practice, all of their products mentioned [in the lawsuit] are watered down," lead lawyer Josh Boxer said. At least there is no suggestion that it may contain horse fluids.

Of course it's your own fault if you actually drink this sort of stuff instead of proper beer, but if you think it tastes like water then maybe the reason is a surplus of that substance? We may soon know, as Anheuser-Busch are being sued by US beer drinkerswho allege they have inside information that since they merged with InBev, "Anheuser-Busch employs some of most sophisticated process control technology in the world to precisely monitor the alcohol content at the final stages of production, and then adds additional water to produce beers with significantly lower alcohol contents than is represented on the the label" It is also reported that; "Our information comes from former employees at Anheuser-Busch, who have informed us that, as a matter of corporate practice, all of their products mentioned [in the lawsuit] are watered down," lead lawyer Josh Boxer said. At least there is no suggestion that it may contain horse fluids.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:23 am  

Beer snobs are only slightly less irritating than food snobs.

EDIT: Poor English on my part.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:25 am  

Budweiser, isn't that American for pi$$ !!

Had a Budweiser (the real one) in Czech Rep once and it was excellent.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:27 am  

kirkstaller wrote:

Beer snobs are only slightly less irritable than food snobs.

I'd say more annoying.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:38 am  

kirkstaller wrote:

Beer snobs are only slightly less irritable than food snobs.

Gospel? I'm struggling to see the connection between beer/food and irritability.

I'm also struggling to comprehend why deprecating the illicit watering down of beer might be in any way connected with "snobbery". We may need JC for this one. Has your rabbit seen him about?

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:54 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Gospel? I'm struggling to see the connection between beer/food and irritability.

I'm also struggling to comprehend why deprecating the illicit watering down of beer might be in any way connected with "snobbery". We may need JC for this one. Has your rabbit seen him about?

Ah, but it's pleasure, doncha know? Or, more to the point, too much pleasure. Dodgy that. Sinful, in fact.

Czech Budvar is excellent stuff, as mentioned above.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:37 pm  

I agree that beer snobs are a joke. The number of times I've gone to the bar for a pint of something for a beer snob rather than a bog standard pint of bitter or whatever and the pub has not had it so I've got the bog standard. Snob then proceeds to say how great his pint is. Always funny when you're in a crowd and you explain theirs is actually the same as yours, which they have previously derided.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:41 pm  

WAsBudweiser ever Watered-up?

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:54 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

At least there is no suggestion that it may contain horse fluids.

I beg to differ...

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:05 pm  

For any idiot who doesn't think there is a difference between a proper cask conditioned beer/ale and AN Other glass of shoite with a famous brand name, then I'd like to introduce you to the sort of shoite we had to put up with when I wor nobbut a lad - pint of Watney's Red Barrel or Whitbread Trophy anyone ?