First they came for our pisswater, and we said nothing...

ValkyrieIsAboutToDie · 07-14-2008, 12:12 AM

InBev chugs Anheuser-Busch

All hail our new European overlords. The weak dollar has led to an even weaker beer company being snatched up by foreign hands. Part of me is saying "Good for them -- anything to jar some members of this country out of the complacent haze they're living in," and another part is screaming, "Noooooooo! Don't take our crappy beer!"

A sign of things to come if the American economy keeps on its current path or merely a strange, unique situation?

I, for one, am eagerly awaiting New York to turn back into New Amsterdam so I can buy pot brownies down the street.

AngryGerbil · 07-14-2008, 12:20 AM

People are going to go apeshit around here. AB has such a huge cultural footprint in St. Louis.

I, for one, mostly don't care. I mean, I guess it sucks, but all the good shit AB does for this city isn't going to go away if InBev's CEO is to be believed, so who cares. It will be interesting though. I know a bunch of people around here said they'd swear off AB forever if this thing went through. Kinda dumb considering the big brewery is right here and you'd only be hurting the locals that work there, but who said people have a clue?

I suspect Schlafly will see a nice spike in sales in this town though. =)

Burf · 07-14-2008, 12:47 AM

Does this mean Busch Gardens is going to change its name to InBev Gardens?

Soriak · 07-14-2008, 01:07 AM

... then they came for your buildings: Abu Dhabi bought 90% of the Empire State Building... shopping spree, wee!

Kiely · 07-14-2008, 02:22 AM

Good for them. Inbev have some of my favourite brands (Leffe, Staropramen & Becks and the original Budweisar (budvar?)).

Itzena · 07-14-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieIsAboutToDie

I, for one, am eagerly awaiting New York to turn back into New Amsterdam so I can buy pot brownies down the street.

Now why would that happen?
York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

spronk · 07-14-2008, 07:04 AM

Whats interesting is that this happened in the 80s and 90s too, a bunch of Japanese companies bought a bunch of US real estate and companies when the yen was very strong.

Years later, the dollar got strong and the yen weak, and most stuff got sold back to US companies at much cheaper prices.

Of course nothing says this will repeat itself, the systemic problems in the US economy seem more widespread this time.

The Ancient · 07-14-2008, 08:03 AM

I'll be worried when they buy Sam Adams. Busch is meaningless.

GrobbeeTrull2.0 · 07-14-2008, 08:14 AM

I think you underestimate how much beer Anheiser-Busch produces, and the possible consequences the NASCAR folks might enact if they want to drink "American" beer.

Burf · 07-14-2008, 08:22 AM

Well, they're getting somewhat broken in with Toyota having cars, so they'll get over the Bud buyout eventually. Just imagine what would have happened if Jr. was still driving the #8. Could you imagine him in an InBev #8 car? Oh, the humanity!

Xequecal · 07-14-2008, 08:44 AM

Don't really care about the beer angle, but this means an even larger trade deficit every year and more wealth flowing out of the US, which is obviously bad.

Etoille · 07-14-2008, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by The Ancient

I'll be worried when they buy Sam Adams. Busch is meaningless.

Actually, Busch owns a lot of the little micro's now. They've been buying em up for the past few years because they recognize the market is shifting back to pre WWII times where beer actually had *gasp* taste. Was pretty sad when they bought out Old Dominion a year or two ago

That being said, anyone who knows wtf beer should taste like is doing cartwheels right now because of the distribution channels it opens up for overseas brands.

Bring on the Leffe blonde while its still summer time!

Soriak · 07-14-2008, 09:08 AM

Oh, I didn't know they were the guys behind Leffe... cool, I love that beer. (the dark one though - Leffe brune)

The Ancient · 07-14-2008, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Etoille

Actually, Busch owns a lot of the little micro's now. They've been buying em up for the past few years because they recognize the market is shifting back to pre WWII times where beer actually had *gasp* taste. Was pretty sad when they bought out Old Dominion a year or two ago

That being said, anyone who knows wtf beer should taste like is doing cartwheels right now because of the distribution channels it opens up for overseas brands.

Bring on the Leffe blonde while its still summer time!

Yeah, and the ones they don't own, they are contracted into distributing for.

I was referring to American Symbols though. ;-)

Mimirswell · 07-14-2008, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itzena

Now why would that happen?
York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Because New York was originally a dutch colony called New Amsterdam before it went into English possession after the third Anglo-Dutch war?

07-14-2008, 12:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
ValkyrieIsAboutToDie Needs food badly Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,314 +16 Internets	First they came for our pisswater, and we said nothing... InBev chugs Anheuser-Busch All hail our new European overlords. The weak dollar has led to an even weaker beer company being snatched up by foreign hands. Part of me is saying "Good for them -- anything to jar some members of this country out of the complacent haze they're living in," and another part is screaming, "Noooooooo! Don't take our crappy beer!" A sign of things to come if the American economy keeps on its current path or merely a strange, unique situation? I, for one, am eagerly awaiting New York to turn back into New Amsterdam so I can buy pot brownies down the street.

07-14-2008, 12:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
AngryGerbil zero signal Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 3,546	People are going to go apeshit around here. AB has such a huge cultural footprint in St. Louis. I, for one, mostly don't care. I mean, I guess it sucks, but all the good shit AB does for this city isn't going to go away if InBev's CEO is to be believed, so who cares. It will be interesting though. I know a bunch of people around here said they'd swear off AB forever if this thing went through. Kinda dumb considering the big brewery is right here and you'd only be hurting the locals that work there, but who said people have a clue? I suspect Schlafly will see a nice spike in sales in this town though. =) __________________ Doesn't speak the language. Holds no currency.

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Kiely He who dares, wins Rodders. Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 +2 Internets	Good for them. Inbev have some of my favourite brands (Leffe, Staropramen & Becks and the original Budweisar (budvar?)). __________________ Ban deep thought.

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Xequecal Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,278 -6 Internets	Don't really care about the beer angle, but this means an even larger trade deficit every year and more wealth flowing out of the US, which is obviously bad. __________________ "I imagine that at this point, Al Gore rues the day he invented the electoral college."

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07-14-2008, 12:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
Burf Kneel before Zod! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,317 +2 Internets	Does this mean Busch Gardens is going to change its name to InBev Gardens?

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Soriak Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,686 +29 Internets	... then they came for your buildings: Abu Dhabi bought 90% of the Empire State Building... shopping spree, wee!

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spronk nerd Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,425	Whats interesting is that this happened in the 80s and 90s too, a bunch of Japanese companies bought a bunch of US real estate and companies when the yen was very strong. Years later, the dollar got strong and the yen weak, and most stuff got sold back to US companies at much cheaper prices. Of course nothing says this will repeat itself, the systemic problems in the US economy seem more widespread this time.

07-14-2008, 08:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
GrobbeeTrull2.0 Proud Communist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 2,319	I think you underestimate how much beer Anheiser-Busch produces, and the possible consequences the NASCAR folks might enact if they want to drink "American" beer.

07-14-2008, 08:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
Burf Kneel before Zod! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,317 +2 Internets	Well, they're getting somewhat broken in with Toyota having cars, so they'll get over the Bud buyout eventually. Just imagine what would have happened if Jr. was still driving the #8. Could you imagine him in an InBev #8 car? Oh, the humanity!

07-14-2008, 09:08 AM	#13 (permalink)
Soriak Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,686 +29 Internets	Oh, I didn't know they were the guys behind Leffe... cool, I love that beer. (the dark one though - Leffe brune)