The timing of this decision is, ahem, interesting. Can't imagine what might have prompted this "new direction."
Void where prohibited. Some restrictions may apply. Not available in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands...
I'll be curious to know the percentage of American made / produced ingredients in these beers, including aluminum, cardboard, etc. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised
We live in the USA. "America" could be ambiguous when considering the "Americas" (North and South). Mexican, Canadian, and some other imported beers could be labeled "American"? Come to think of it, Gulf of America shouldn't be the new name. It's not clear enough. Call it Gulf of US.
Well said. Homeboy didn't specify which America, so let's role with it. I'm going to go out and get a six pack of some American made Modelo.
Sounds like a ploy to freshen up a tired term used to describe American made macro lagers. A little off topic, but I thought that I would bring this up; if I enter a bar and see domestic beers are discounted for happy hour, my brain thinks that applies to all American made beers. But in reality, that often only applies to certain cheap beers; Miller Lite receives a discount and Lakefront Riverwest Stein does not. Why? They’re both brewed in the same city.
The number one selling beer in Canada is Budweiser. I wonder how the Canadians will feel about drinking their Budweiser beers with new labeling!?! One more motivator to become the 51st state!?! Cheers!
Actually, Modelo in the US is US-owned (Constellation), Mexico-brewed. They might be looking at some stiff tariffs. Labatt US is owned by FIFCO (Costa Rica). They own Genesee, so can brew it all in the US if they choose (some varieties are already).
They moved the brewing of Labatt Blue and Blue Light for the US market to the Genesee brewery this summer.
As for Mexican beers exported to the US, Heineken already brewed some of their Mexican brands in Holland during the Pandemic.
The top 10 owners of ABInbev stock appear to be US based. https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/bud/ownership# It's likely that most financial benefits go to US citizens. American made; foreign managed.
On here, this shitty style of beer is known as American Adjunct Lager. The old joke is “what does American beer and sex in a canoe have in common.” I can’t remember anyone in conversation ever refer to them as domestic lagers, is that term mostly used by beer industry types?
Not sure what’s the most accurate, or Wikipedia may not be updated. Anheuser-Busch InBev is controlled by Belgian families Vandamme, de Mévius and de Spoelberch, who as of 2015 owned a combined 28.6% of the company, and Brazilian investors Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto Sicupiraand Marcel Telles, who owned 22.7% through their private investment firm 3G Capital
You're correct. https://www.ab-inbev.com/investors/share-information/shareholder-structure looks like only 43% of shares are publicly traded.
