Critics of the Budweiser buyout are frothing

How could a bunch of Germans barge into a French community and start making German beer? How could a Kentucky Colonel barge into China and start selling fried chicken? How could a bunch of immigrants barge into Europe and start smoking tobacco in pipes and blowing smoke up the royalties ass? How could we let Barbie be kidnapped and be cloned in a communist country? It just ain't right. I think there's something in the Bible about it.

---------------------- Mexicanos May Save St Louis Brewery-WALL STREET JOURNAL via the St Louis Business Journal

Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. has approached Grupo Modelo CEO Carlos Fernandez about possibly combining A-B with the leading Mexican brewer in an attempt to possibly block InBev's $46.3 billion takeover offer of the top U.S. brewer, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

One strategy A-B could consider to thwart a potential takeover is making a move to acquire the 50 percent of Grupo Modelo, maker of the Corona brand, that it does not already own. Taking on that expense could potentially make an acquisition of A-B too expensive for Belgian brewer InBev, according to analysts.

The Wall Street Journal said it wasn't clear what type of transaction was discussed between A-B and Fernandez, who serves on A-B's board of directors. CNBC reported earlier Friday that A-B may give Grupo Modelo "equal to up to" 19.9 percent in the brewer and cash with a total consideration between $12.5 billion and $15 billion.

Use the method Pennsyvanians used to prevent Rolling Rock from going to New Jersey. Wait a minute, it didn't work.

First off America doesn't own Anheuser-Busch - it's shareholder owned. And they decide who owns the company. Transacting the sale is easy. Just offer a price to shareholders that is well above current market.

sure shareholders own anheuser busch but americans drink it... but not me anymore... it is ok now to ship it oversea because their market share here is gone....

Look at it this way. AB products might actually have flavor now. :D

Americans work for A-B's various breweries, too, y'know. Quite a few Americans.

Because ... ? You think your favorite macroswill is somehow changed because it's now part of a global concern?

It's already sold overseas, but it's brewed either under license or by wholly owned subsidiaries overseas. You don't have problems with foreigners drinking beer from an American-owned brewery, but now that it's part of a multi-national conglomerate, that's all awful and bad?

If so, you need to get out more.

Let's all freak out why don't we!? I don't understand anti buy out idiots. Anheuser-Busch tastes like (edited) anyway. So does Miller, and Coors. I wish more foriegn breweries would take an interest in helping us Americans brew beer better. So far only Samuel Adams has nailed a good tasting one. Why do you think there are so many microbrews out there. Everybody got sick of the top three tasting like (edited). Now if the Germans would just buy Coors, and someone dumb enough would come along to buy Miller and all their homegrown "Best Beer" awards, we can actually get back to drinking GOOD BEER all the way around. Hell, it could end up better for all of us. Maybe these foriegners will bring back something we ALL seemed to forget about. Remember when beer had an "Alcohol Content!" - Matt

Ship it overseas? Isn't it brewed overseas?

Phil

AHAHAHAHAHAH! I knew this deal was gonna happen when I first heard about it. All the vacuous posturing about "Hell no! Bud won't go!" AHAHAHA!!! It's all about the MONEY! No one gives a rat's ass about heritage or family, etc.

And BTW I gave up drinking that AB swill about 18 years ago after attending my first Riddle's Beer Tasting, and discovered there were beers with flavors I actually liked! And NONE were made by AB!! Long live import and microbrew beers!! Anyone who puts rice in beer is a moron!!

J J Eugronus

On 7/14/2008 4:54 PM snipped-for-privacy@aol.com ignored two million years of human evolution to write:

If you think only Samuel Adams has brewed a good tasting beer, you need to get out. Might help if you put down the crack pipe first.

I give up. Why?

Too late. The Canadians already did. Besides, there isn't a German brewer big enough to buy the likes of Coors.

Someone already did: South African Breweries, which is why Miller is part of a large brewing conglomerate called SABMiller.

Do tell. What's the difference in "Alcohol Content!" between the beers "these foriegners" make and whatever you think is brewed in the USA? Explain. If you can stay away from the crack pipe long enough, that is.

Yeah, people like Sam Calagione and the Klisch brothers sure are morons. They wouldn't know good beer if it was dumped on their heads.

Yep...not familiar with Lakefront, but if it's as good as Dogfish Head.....now that's some damn good beer.

Water Barley Yeast Hops

Anything else in it is not beer.

And as for your banal sig. file comment, beers don't stain anything unless you spill them, and I consider that alcohol abuse!! ;-)

J J Eugronus

What proof do you have for that statement?

I have a library full of books that prove you wrong.

So: Bavarian Hefeweizen is not beer. American-style wheat beer is not beer. Belgian witbier is not bier. Lambic, gueuze, kriek: not beer. Belgian Abbey ales and Trappist ales are not beer. Gosebier is not beer. Berliner Weisse is not beer. Oatmeal stout is not beer. Spiced Belgian specialty ales are not beer. All historical beer styles brewed without hops, or with other herbs and spices in addition to hops, are not beer. Beers fermented with addition of Brettanomyces aren't beer. Belgian sour brown and red ales aren't beer either.

Is that what you meant to claim, peanut?

'Cause if it is, you're in need of a slap upside the head with a clue- by-four.