Only time i'll ever give props to Anheuser-Busch

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/03/anheuser-busch-halts-beer-to-make-water-for-sandy-victims/

Not sure what they mean by halting beer production to make water... Its all fizzy beer flavored water to begin with but its a very nice gesture for those in need.

Wow. Agreed. Cheers to Bud.

They did the same with the floods in Iowa, still a couple cans for sale in town.

PR stunt?

Tiber_Brew said:

PR stunt?

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I doubt it. More like a PBR stunt.

Hammy71 said:

I doubt it. More like a PBR stunt.

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From my observation, "PBR stunts" start with chainsaws and beer, and end with ER visits.

Tiber_Brew said:

PR stunt?

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This is excellent (and cheap) 'Good' PR. And it's needed, so win/win

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This is excellent (and cheap) 'Good' PR. And it's needed, so win/win

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No arguments here!

Are they selling the water they are making?

Admittedly, I didn't read the cited article, but in what context are they "making" water?

My initial assumption would be that they are treating a municipal water supply to optimize for drinking.

The article states they are canning water to be shipped up to the NY area. Says it's not the first time they've done this. I'm assuming it's free water for relief. If they are charging for it...then I guess I'll take back my praise.

Edit: Yeah it's free...Good for them.

http://drugstorenews.com/article/anheuser-busch-donating-drinking-water-plus-100k-help-sandy-victims

Some things are beyond politics and beyond everything else. It is human nature to want to help when you see human suffering. It's the sort of thing that gives ya hope for thew future.

Brilliant.

Cool. I had some canned water before, that was commercially sold that way. A bit weird but tasted fine. It's probably pretty easy for them to can up a bunch of water.

They donate a ton of canned water to the Red Cross as well.

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No, they've been doing it for EVERY North American disaster, and many world wide disasters since the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. The first time I ever heard about it was 9-11.

It makes sense for a brewery to do it. They have sanitary bottling/canning lines.

They actually also bottle water in real Budwieser cans and bottles for certain entertainers who may be sponsored by them, or have a rep for being hard drinking, but who don't drink any more, or don't want to drink during shows. George Thorogood back in the 80's and 90's with the song "I drink alone" actually wasn't drinking booze (I don't know if he was in recovery or what) yet would be expected to crack open a beer during that song. In reality it was plain old water.

I have never considered AB to be any better or any worse than any other huge corporation. I have no concerns about what they do to people. I'm just worried about what they do to beer.