# Budweiser king of.... Belgians... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 14, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443 "2008-07-14T04:44:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/1 "2008-07-14T04:44:11Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/anheuser.inbev.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/anheuser.inbev.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Firehawk853](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/firehawk853/32/7607_2.png) [@Firehawk853](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Firehawk853)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/2 "2008-07-14T04:50:18Z")
No good, our company does a lot of work for AB. We have know about it for a while. Not a good thing, more like a hostile takeover. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/3 "2008-07-14T07:06:08Z")
Soooo… when can we get waffle flavored beer? ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/4 "2008-07-14T07:08:47Z")
Labatts FTW. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/5 "2008-07-14T07:12:59Z")
Labatt \> Budweiser. but seriously, how many people around here drink bud anyway? Cross post to NYFbody? ---
**Author:** ![copperlegend](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copperlegend/32/7445_2.png) [@copperlegend](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/copperlegend)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/6 "2008-07-14T07:51:57Z")
I was just in St. Louis and visited their brewery. One of the guys on the tour asked about the takeover and he was brushed off. Neat brewery, though. I didn’t know they bottled a lot of other beer. ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/7 "2008-07-14T08:07:57Z")
Belgian beer is the best in the world. However InBev seems to be the ‘Bud’ of Europe anyway (Stella is regarded as the lowest on the totem pole to European beer snobs). However its still miles better than Budweiser. The merger (if it even happens) would only serve to boost InBev’s revenues. I doubt they’d mess with the beer itself or the employees. The only thing that would change is probably more specialty beers coming out of AB’s breweries, or Stella and Becks being brewed and bottled in the US for US distribution. ---
**Author:** ![benji86](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/benji86/32/7309_2.png) [@benji86](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/benji86)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/8 "2008-07-14T08:18:05Z")
Eh, doesn’t bother me at all. I never drink bud anyways… its fucking piss water. Blue FTW ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/9 "2008-07-14T08:21:32Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > Labatt \> Budweiser. > > but seriously, how many people around here drink bud anyway? Cross post to NYFbody? one of the largest, oldsest american companies… also one of the best selling… yea, who cares? :roll: ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/10 "2008-07-14T08:30:33Z")
wasn’t talking about the business perspective. I was talking about the actual Budweiser brand in this market. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/11 "2008-07-14T08:31:53Z")
Man is this the 80s again or what. Foreign investors are cutting us up like woah. I suppose it’s a good time to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/12 "2008-07-14T08:33:31Z")
:lol: When do you think Tata will buy GM? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/13 "2008-07-14T08:42:05Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > Man is this the 80s again or what. Foreign investors are cutting us up like woah. I suppose it’s a good time to do it. With the currency discount, you’re damn right it is. In the late 90’s/Early 00’s when the latin american currencies crashed, we enjoyed international travel and shopping there for pennies on the dollar. Now Europe gets to do that to us. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/14 "2008-07-14T08:58:36Z")
Im just thinking back to when the Yen was soo strong and japanese investors came in and bought up all they saw. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/15 "2008-07-14T09:00:23Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > Labatt \> Budweiser. > > but seriously, how many people around here drink bud anyway? Cross post to NYFbody? 👋 i love budweiser and i was really unhappy when i heard about this. > [@Nikuk](#): > > one of the largest, oldsest american companies… > > also one of the best selling… > > yea, who cares? exactly, man who the fuck gives a fuck? /sarcasm ---
**Author:** ![traumadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@traumadog](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traumadog)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/16 "2008-07-14T17:34:53Z")
Now that Belgian InBev has bought Anheuser-Busch… [http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/busch.reax/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/busch.reax/index.html) > **[InBev says it won’t cut back on Budweiser ads](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25680892/)** > > The King of Beers, the folks who spent lavishly to bring you the Bud Bowl, the Talking Frogs, the Whassup Guys and the Clydesdales, is being swallowed by a Belgian brewer known for its frugality. The last of the mega-breweries has now gone into foreign hands, following SAB (South African Breweries) Miller, and Molson-Coors… And though both companies above have merged their American divisions (now to be called Miller-Coors), they’re still foreign-owned. ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/17 "2008-07-14T17:44:18Z")
edit nvm too much personal info ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/18 "2008-07-14T17:54:33Z")
Sam Adams better stay American…fucking krauts ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/19 "2008-07-14T20:19:19Z")
> [@j\_espo1](#): > > Labatts FTW. Ummm, InBev owns Labatts too ---
**Author:** ![Harvey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvey/32/5069_2.png) [@Harvey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Harvey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443/20 "2008-07-15T04:45:21Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > Ummm, InBev owns Labatts too Yea, they have for a couple years now. They waited about 6 months to downsize at Labatt corporate. The corporate engineering group took the biggest hit, which is what’s expected to happen at Anheuser-Busch. Labatt is a completely different company to work with now. PITA I hope that AB doesn’t end up they same way. I’ve been to almost every major brewer (and brewery) in North America and nobody takes quality, cleanliness, and consistency as seriously as A-B. I can’t imagine InBev letting them continue to spend money like they do. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/budweiser-king-of-belgians/51443.md?page=2)