Budweiser

While I was in Trier I stopped in an Irish pub with my wife and they had genuine Budweiser in bottles. I already knew about the Budvar/Anheuser Busch dispute but I still wasn't quite ready to see Budweiser offered at a bar in Germany. So I had to order one.

Color was darker gold than most BMC offerings. You could actually smell a bit of hops which was nice. Taste was a bit sweeter, little maltier than BMC. Refreshing.

Overall I'd say that in the battle of the Budweisers, you have to give it to the original Budweiser (Budojevice or something).

Very cool! Are you still there? Hope it is/was a good trip!

That's the only Budweiser I'll drink.

When we lived in Germany we used to drive 2 hours to the Czech Republic. My wife would shop and I would drink waiting for her return...

I actually brought back 2 cases of it when I moved back in 2004.

I've actually spent a couple of weekends in Ceske Budejovice (Budweis - (BOOD-vice) in German).

Can you bring/ send me an empty bottle for my collection?

Isn't that the same as Czechvar is the US ?

Mutilated1 said:

Isn't that the same as Czechvar is the US ?

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Yeah, Budweiser had them change it when imported into the US so we won't get "confused" about which beer they're trying to pawn off, I mean, who's beer we're drinking.

Seems logical that if anyone ever had the "real thing" they wouldn't go back to Buttwiper... I know I haven't had an American Bud since Feb 1975.

Pappers said:

Very cool! Are you still there? Hope it is/was a good trip!

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I'm back. Awesome trip.

Beermaker said:

Can you bring/ send me an empty bottle for my collection?

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Sorry, see above.

If I had wanted to keep every bottle then I would've had 3 extra bags to check on the plane. It kind of sucked that way.

homebrewer_99 said:

Yeah, Budweiser had them change it when imported into the US so we won't get "confused" about which beer they're trying to pawn off, I mean, who's beer we're drinking.

Seems logical that if anyone ever had the "real thing" they wouldn't go back to Buttwiper... I know I haven't had an American Bud since Feb 1975.

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I've had one since then, but I have to say I wasn't born yet in 1975.

Beermaker said:

Can you bring/ send me an empty bottle for my collection?

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I can check to see if I have any Bud bottles if you'd like.

It was still weird drinking beer out of a bottle that read "Budweiser" and legit enjoying it.

I drank loads of the stuff while in the Czech Republic. Great tasting beer and at $0.60 for a 1/2 liter, it makes for a great evening.

bierhaus15 said:

I drank loads of the stuff while in the Czech Republic. Great tasting beer and at $0.60 for a 1/2 liter, it makes for a great evening.

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It was $.52 for a 1/2 liter when I was in Ceske Budejovice in 2004. It was only $.26 for a 1/2 liter when I was there in 1991.

Not sure if they still sell it there, but when I studied there in 2000, you could get Anheuser-Busch Budweiser there. Of course, because of the whole name thing, it wasn't called Busweiser. It's just called "B". That's it. Capital letter B.