On a visit to London twenty or so years ago, I notice that virtually all
the pubs in the city were festooned with huge banners advertising that they
now have...Budweiser! I thought that it was perhaps an attempt by the
government to offset the lack of restaurants serving traditional British
food by promoting sad lifeless beer. But then I realized that it was on the
front end of the craft brewing boom here and it was likely an attempt to
boost sales. About the same time that AB began acquiring craft breweries.
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From: Jan Steinman
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2017 11:37 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Switzerland [was: Donald. (Duck)]
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
And in this country you can sometimes find Velveeta in the gourmet
section.
While living in Switzerland, I once went to a specialty international beer
store — supposedly the best the world had to offer. I looked over the
interesting European offerings, wondering what wonders the US section would
hold. Perhaps an obscure Rolling Rock, from the Laurel Highlands? Maybe a
pedestrian Sam Adams Bock, different enough to be of interest? Woa, maybe a
Deschutes Brewing Company Black Butte Porter?
As I got to the US section, I saw a floor-to-ceiling tower of… Budweiser.
I guess they picked their “best international beer" from the movies or
magazine ads, NOT by tasting it…
:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
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