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With Anheuser-Busch being bought by a Belgiam company some of my friends have decided to switch what they drink.  However, they seem to be having trouble finding something that isn’t brewed or distributed by Anheuser-Busch.  I find all this to be quit funny myself as I don’t tend to drink much beer.  I am more of wine or rum fan myself.

Anheuser-Busch brews over 40 different beers and malt liquors, which
have won 12 World Beer Cup awards.

Budweiser Family
Budweiser (World Beer Cup Bronze Medal, 1996)
Bud Light
Budweiser Select
Budweiser American Ale (available October 2008)
Bud Dry
Bud Ice
Bud Ice Light
Budweiser Brewmaster’s Private Reserve
Bud Light Lime
Budweiser & Clamato Chelada
Bud Light & Clamato Chelada
Bud Extra

Michelob Family
Michelob
Michelob Light (World Beer Cup Bronze Medal, 2006)
Michelob Honey Lager
Michelob AmberBock (World Beer Cup Bronze Medal, 1998)
Michelob Golden Draft
Michelob Golden Draft Light
Michelob Bavarian Wheat
Michelob Porter
Michelob Pale Ale
Michelob Dunkel Weisse (available Late 2008)

Ultra Family
Michelob Ultra (World Beer Cup Bronze Medal, 2004)
Michelob Ultra Amber (World Beer Cup Silver Medal, 2006)
Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus
Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry
Michelob Ultra Tuscan Orange Grapefruit

Busch Family
Busch
Busch Light
Busch Ice
The Natural Family
Natural Light
Natural Ice

Specialty Brews
Bud Extra
Bare Knuckle Stout
Anheuser World Lager (discontinued)
ZiegenBock
Ascent 54 (Colorado only)
Redbridge (gluten-free)
Rolling Rock
Landshark Lager
Shock Top (Formerly Spring Heat Spiced Wheat)
Skipjack Amber Lager (Mid Atlantic Only)
Wild Blue

Seasonal Beers
Sun Dog (New in 2008) (spring)
Beach Bum Blonde Ale (summer)
Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale (fall)
Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale (winter)

Non-alcohol
O’Doul’s (World Beer Cup Gold Medal, 2006)
O’Doul’s Amber (4 World Beer Cup Medals)
Busch NA
Budweiser NA (Saudi Arabian Market)
Budweiser NA Green Apple (Saudi Arabian Market)

Energy Drinks
180 Blue
180 Sport Drink(discontinued)
180 Energy
180 Red
180 Blue Low Calorie
180 Sugar Free

Specialty Organic Beers
Stone Mill Pale Ale
Wild Hop Lager
Specialty Malt Beverages
Bacardi Silver
Peels (discontinued)
Tequiza
Tilt

Spirits and Spirits Distribution Alliances
Jekyll & Hyde
Bluecoat Vodka
Cape North
Hammer and Sickle Vodka
Ku Soju
Margarittaville Tequila
Purus Organic Wheat Vodka
Vermont Spirits

Malt Liquors
Hurricane Malt Liquor
Hurricane Ice
King Cobra (World Beer Cup Silver Medal, 2004)

Minority ownership brands
Red Hook Brewing
Widmer Bros. Brewing
Craft Distribution Alliances
Goose Island Beer Co.
Kona Brewing Co.
Ray Hill American Pilsner
Starr Hill Brewing
Fordham Brewing
Dominion Brewing

In addition to brewing its own beer, Anheuser-Busch also is
responsible for the importation and distribution of the following
international beers in the U.S.:

Harbin Lager
Tiger Beer
Kirin
Bass Ale
Boddingtons
Beck’s
Hoegaarden
Leffe
Stella Artois
Löwenbräu
Tennent’s Ale
Budvar Czechvar

Specialty beverage distribution deals
Borba Skin Balance Water
Monster Energy Drink
Lost Energy
Rumba Energy
Icelandic Glacial Spring Water

All of these brands can be verified by visiting this link.

Found this article while surfing the news today.
Credit: By Mark Jacob, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Why did the Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock instead of pushing on to Virginia? Well, for one thing, they were nearly out of beer. A Mayflower passenger’s diary reads: “We could not now take time for further search or consideration; our victuals being much spent, especially our beere.”

In the 1600s and 1700s, midwives in Europe and Colonial America gave delivering mothers “groaning ale,” which was fermented for seven or eight months and tapped when contractions began. After the birth, the child might even be bathed in the ale, because it was likely to be more sanitary than the water then available.

As president, James Madison proposed creation of a national brewery and appointment of a “secretary of beer.” But Congress wouldn’t go along. If such a Cabinet position existed today, who might fit it? Actor George Wendt of “Cheers,” perhaps?

Beer can kill, but it usually doesn’t do it nine at a time. The exception occurred in London in 1814 when the rupture of a brewery tank sent a giant wave of 3,500 barrels of beer cascading upon nearby residents. Two houses were demolished, and nine people died.

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 devastated the local beer industry, allowing Milwaukee brewers to swoop in and seize market share. After grabbing a strong foothold in Chicago, Schlitz and other Milwaukee companies took advantage of Chicago’s railroad hub to purvey their products across the country.

“The Guinness Book of World Records” was begun in 1955 at the suggestion of Guinness Brewery’s top executive to settle gentlemanly disputes, such as those that would arise over mugs of beer.

Joe Charboneau, who played outfield for the Cleveland Indians in the early ’80s, used to open beer bottles with his eye socket and drink beer through a straw in his nose.

During Prohibition, only “near beer” (less than 0.5 percent alcohol) could be sold. Such beer was sometimes illegally turned into high-octane “needle beer” when alcohol was injected into the barrel. The opposite of near beer might be called severe beer, such as Samuel Adams’ Utopias. At 25 percent alcohol, its kick is equivalent to drinking five Buds at once. Reportedly, it tastes like cognac. It is so alcoholic that it violates the laws of 14 states.

You’ve heard of “beer goggles”—the idea that someone who has had a few quaffs finds members of the opposite sex more attractive. A study at Glasgow University in 2002 confirmed the effect. Tipsy students were 25 percent more likely to rate a person as sexually attractive than students who were sober.