Anheuser-Busch gets unsolicited bid

Agreed. These sells must be stopped. America needs to take back our country And all the investers who stock in Bud. MUST oppose this sale.

America itself is owned by China and Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates didn't you know that, just who do you think we owe 9 trillion dollars to. The Republicans with their policy of less regulation has set America up to be a Debtor Nation it's going to be funny when other nations have to decide on how much foreign aid the United States can get.

Agreed, if the company is sold , send a message and don't buy any product they sell or any product that Inbev does.

You are soo right

When you have a idiot for a president what did you expect

who started nafta, it was'nt stupid Bush!!!!!!!

Seattle Beer Geek...sounds to me that you like the taste of non quality controlled beers that people seem to think that if they taste bitter and bad, then it must be good. A-B built their beer business on the beer's drinkability, and adherence to quality standards. If the people in this country did not like the taste, they would not buy the product and A-B would not be where they are today. Sure smart marketing helps but in the end, if it does not taste right you won't have sales. Remember what happened to the former lead American brewer (Schlitz) when they decided to lower their quality standards? Their sales dropped overnight and today where are they now? If you should plan a trip to Europe, be sure to drink some European beers here in America before you go...then try the same beers in Europe. That will show you that beer is a perishable product and it tastes allot better when consumed in their home country's then the imported crap they ship over here. Again it all leads back to quality control and this is what A-B does best!

Hmmm...if A-B is the only brewer focused on quality control, why would they have 30% interest in Craft Brands Alliance (Widmer Brothers and Redhook)? Or a 50% non-controlling share of Groupo Modelo? Some might mistake these A-B distributed brands for "bitter and bad." Regarding the statement, "If the people in this country did not like the taste...", don't you think the massive advertising budgets and insistence on monopolizing the beer aisles and reducing consumer choice might have something to do with it? Look how Coke and Pepsi have, and continue to, shape consumer preference through "owning" the retailer with slotting fees, volume discounting, etc.

You might also ask the many former wholesalers who were forced to sell their profitable multi-brand distributorships because August III wanted "share-of-mind" in the early-90's to achieve his goal of owning over 50% of the US beer market, what they think of this "American Icon". Golly, if someone else were to do that..oh, maybe a local software giant..they would end up in court!

India just bought Landrover and Jaguar from Ford

That was probably a good thing that ford did,the land rover is one of the worst suv's on gas,and jag has never been the best seller.

Dont be silly the Board will hold out for a few seats and sell 46 billion is a lot of money for a company

That is the problem anymore today, the money, while we all need it to survive, how much is enough,really,how much is enough....

Would I like to be worth millions/billions,yeah, but not at the expense of others, remember when the American company and product meant something, the pride of starting a business and watching it grow,today it is just mergers or people with money starting another big company.

How long before their is no jobs to pay that pay taxes into the federal government that pay the social security of others,do you think the retired folk are worried, what amazes me is most of them still support this Iraq war,based on lies.

Yes it does make a difference. The profits go to Belgium to keep Belgium strong and America weak. We need strong American companies that bring money into this country not send it out. Budweiser is a very strong company that returns a solid profit every year. This country and our workers should not be punished because the dollar is down. If the dollar was strong we would not even have this discussion. Save Budweiser and America. The rampant buyout of American needs to stop somewhere and Budweiser is a good palce to make a stand.

All those thing are already sold

The Empire building is actually owned by foreign countries.England ,Holland, and others. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and I could go on but why. In the USA most of our culture and land marks are products of otheer countries

Oh the Hollywood sign was originally a realtors conception of hollywood Park, a future town. Guess what the realtor was a immigrant from Europe. The house that Ruth built also built and paid for by immigrants and the architect a eastern Europe immigrant

Actually your pretty faulty on your brewing history. Same with Seattle Beer Geek.

During the 19th century it was very very difficult to get the traditional brewer's 2-row pale malt from Europe to America in a usable form. So American brewer's resorted to the available American 6-row malt, from which it is much more difficult to extract sugars. In order to offset this they employed the great American crop: corn, and while corn is rich in sugars, it is very very difficult to get into the form needed for brewing. Because of this American Lager is actually one of the most difficult beers to make, and one reason why most micro-breweries don't attempt it - they stick to ales which you can make easily at home in about 2 weeks.

Ask any home brewer: they are amazed that AB can crank out millions of gallons of such a difficult beer with such high-quality standards.

Now name disputes aside, Budweiser is not an imitation. It, and the other American lagers, are a testament to the tenacity of immigrants making what they could of what was available in the new world.

Personally I don't care much to drink American Lagers. But that doesn't mean I can't recognize innovation and excellence.

Actually you and Seattle Beer Geek are a little off on your brewing history.

In the 19th century it was very difficult if not impossible to get traditional brewer's 2-row pale malt from Europe to America. Instead brewer's had to resort to American 6-row malt, from which it is much more difficult to extract sugars. In response to this early American brewers turned to the great American Crop: corn, and while rich in sugars, the sugars are very very difficult to extract, which is why American Lager is one of the most difficult beers to make. And one reason most micro-breweries do not touch the style and instead stick to ales, which you can make very well at home in about 2 weeks.

Ask any home brewer: they're amazed AB can crank out millions of gallons of such a difficult brew with such high standards of consistency - and it has nothing to do with technology.

So you see name disputes aside, its not an imitation. American Lager is really a tribute to the tenacity and innovation of immigrants who made the most of what they found in the new world. St. Louis had a high number of German immigrants, so they did what they could to make what they liked at home: lager.

I personally do not drink or prefer American Lager. But that doesn't prevent me from recognizing excellence and innovation.

Its a shame that too many who consider themselves beer advocates/aficionados/experts/geeks dont know more about this very important part of American brewing history.

Now, marketing etc is a different story ....

You can bet McCain wont stand in the way of his wife making a killing off her Anhueiser Busch stock

Four years ago my family visited Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va. for the first time. Since that first visit,,,we've been back each & every summer enjoying this truly beautiful & spotless resort owned & operated by "The Busch Family of Businesses". What really strikes you upon entering the resort or nearby Busch Gardens is the fact that naturally the only beer products served are Bud related. However, wherever you go all you read is how "PROUD" the Busch family is to be owners of the brewery & how all the "other" American icons have been sold to foreign ownership. Personally, I hope Auggie Jr. never sells & Bud remains truly an American beer & Kingsmill remains part of their overall owernship. That said, if they should sell, I will have had my last Bud & my last visit to Kingsmill this August (no pun intended) when we head down yet again. We can always head to the beaches on the East Coast & Sam Adams isn't a bad second choice.

Blame the Republican Party and the Religious Right for worrying about gay and lesbian people more than they did our economic well being

Do you little whining liberals EVER stop your crying?

What is a whineing libarail? A PROUD HUMANE AMERICAIN to people like you.