Does anyone know anything interesting about Anheuser-Busch?

Question

I am doing a report for school and I was wondering if anyone who worked for the company could give me some insight into interesting things within the company.

Answer 1

Thought I would throw this in here along with some of the other very awesome information you have here.

In Oklahoma Anheuser-Bush and other domestic beer's sellers pulled their "6 point" (actually 4.9 percent alcohol by volume) out of our "3 point" (actually 3.2 percent alcohol by volume) state and they refuse to sell it here even at liquor stores. The reason is is that Oklahoma has a law against distributing to competing franchises. What it boils down to is people believed that if liquor stores (the only people allowed to carry anything stronger than 3 point beer) were to sell 6 point beer or cold beer to the public then it would run the smaller businesses (such as convenience stores) out of business so instead of messing with it they told Oklahoma to shove it and pulled their 6 point market state wide.

So, if ever in Oklahoma, you hear people say, "We're going to Texas, want us to bring you some beer?" You'll know what they are talking about!

P.S. Because of the same law liquor stores in Oklahoma aren't allowed to carry anything nonalcoholic either including; nonalcoholic drink mixes, margarita salt, bottle openers or cork pullers, cigarettes or tobacco products, ice or anything else that you might expect.

P.S.S. I noticed that someone else mentioned that AB owns %50 controlling interest in Grupo Modelo...I'm not sure if you know or not but that's the maker of Corona, the most imported beer in the U.S. Thought you would like to know...

Answer 2

1. The company brews over 65 different beers and malt liquors
2. Currently maintains the largest Clydesdale herd in the world
3.The beer recipes from Budweis were carried around the world - including by Busch and Conrad - and in the late 1800s there were several breweries producing beers called Budweiser. Miller and Schlitz both produced Budweisers but, as the name became so strongly associated with Anheuser-Busch, they stopped it. In the US the last other Budweiser producer was DuBois Brewing, which stopped making the brand only in the late 1970s. These are facts that are readily found on the internet. I knew someone who worked for a "beer" company and I'll tell you like they told me - you sign a contract that you will not reveal 'inside secrets' so I'm not sure you'll get anyone to tell you anything that the company does not want the 'general public to know'. Sorry...

Answer 3

Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD, the world's third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, and the largest in the USA. The company is based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States and brews over 65 different beers and malt liquors. Anheuser-Busch's best known beers include brands such as Budweiser, the Busch and Michelob families, and Natural Light. The company also produces a number of smaller-volume and specialty beers, nonalcoholic brews, malt liquors (King Cobra and the Hurricane family), and flavored malt beverages (e.g. the Bacardi family and Tequiza). "A-B", as the company is often called, owns 12 U.S. breweries

Overseas, Anheuser-Busch operates 15 breweries - 14 in China and one in the United Kingdom; In China, A-B operates Budweiser Wuhan International Brewing Company, Ltd. and Harbin Brewery Group Ltd which A-B fully acquired in 2004. Chinese production of AB products in china started, in Wuhan, after their purchase of a local brewery in 1997. In the United Kingdom, the Budweiser Stag Brewing Company Ltd. produces and packages Budweiser.

In addition, A-B supervises locally brewed Budweiser in seven other countries: Argentina, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Spain. A-B has 18 overseas offices.

A-B strategic equity investments include:

* 50% of Grupo Modelo in Mexico
* 27% of Tsingtao Brewery Company Ltd. in China.

In November 2004 A-B sold its 20% participation in CCU (Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas) in Chile to a Chilean Bank, in a public bid. Following the sale, A-B retains a non-controlling 10.8% stake in CCU-Argentina.[1]

Anheuser-Busch owns Busch Gardens, SeaWorld, and several other amusement parks and resorts, as well as production, transportation and packaging operations related to its beer business.

The St. Louis Cardinals baseball team was owned by Anheuser-Busch from the mid 1950s until it was sold to a group of private investors in March 1996. Busch Memorial Stadium, paid for and built by the brewery in the early 1960s, was recently demolished and replaced by a new ballpark. A-B signed an agreement for the new ballpark to retain the "Busch Stadium" name on the new building.

(1) Source: Impact: Global News and Research for the Drinks Executive, Volume 33, Nos. 19 & 20, October 1 & 15, 2003.

The world headquarters for Anheuser-Busch is in St. Louis, Missouri. The brewery there, the largest of the Anheuser-Busch breweries, was opened in 1852 and includes three buildings that are on the register of National Historic Landmarks. At the headquarters, near downtown Saint Louis, tours of the brewery are available to the public. The tour takes visitors through the complex, and those of the legal age can enjoy two free glasses of beer at the end of the tour.

The company keeps a rotation of its famous Clydesdale horses at its headquarters, and visitors to the brewery can observe the Clydesdales in their exercise field and see their places in the carriage house. The bulk of the herd is kept at the company farm in St. Louis County.

Answer 4

Never worked there.

But......if you go to St Louis and go on the tour (free) you get three beers at the end that you have to chug in 15 minutes.
The horses are beautiful and are kept in PREMIER stables. Only "work" once or twice a year for about 2 hours or so, usually filming commercials for Superbowl.
Tell your teacher about the free beer. Maybe you'll score an A

Answer 5

When Pete's Wicked Ales first opened, it had a drawing of Pete's pit bull on it's six pack holder.

SEVERAL YEARS LATER.... Budweiser started the Spuds MacKenzie campaign. They took Pete's Wicked to court for copyright violation. The court through the case out as Pete used the pit first.

A few years back, Anheiseur Busch took the makers of Budvar (in Germany) to court, claiming that Budvar us using their name. AB lost because Budvar was brewed centuries before Budvar was (in Budweis, Germany).

Anheiseur Busch is in the habbit of taking the little guys to court, over stupid things, hoping to bankrupt them with legal fees.

Answer 6

Largest brewery in the USA, 3rd largest in the world.... 65 different brands.... based in St.Louis Missouri (1852), 15 breweries overseas, owns SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, owned the St,Louis Cardinals from 1950-1996, they still own the name for Busch Stadium in St.Louis....

Answer 7

The Clydsdales that they use in the parades and when they are used in public were originally used to pull the beer wagons and became notary when this breed is one of a kind, just like the beer.

Answer 8

They have recently released a new drink called B-to-the-E (like B to the power of E in math).

It has ginsing and caffeine. It is trying to market itself as a hybrid energy drink and alcoholic beverage.

It is pretty bad.

Answer 9

I know that you can take a tour of their NH operation. What a cool Father's day or boyfriends birthday idea.


http://www.nhliving.com/attractions/budweiserbrewery/index.shtml

http://www.budweisertours.com/

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