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Belgian Brewer Buys Anheuser-Busch

Well, it's official. Now when your beer snob friends sneer at you for drinking a Bud, you can tell them it's a Belgian beer. Anheuser-Busch took the $52 billion takeover offer from Belgian brewer InBev....

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Tagged: Anheuser-Busch, beer, business, InBev

Anheuser-Busch to Stop Selling Alcoholic Energy Drinks

Mixing energy drinks with alcoholic beverages has come a long way since the simpler days of DIY Red Bull-and-vodka concoctions, with companies like Budweiser and Miller creating drinks containing energy-boosting elements of taurine and ginseng, in addition to the caffeine. Now facing pressure from state officials, Anheuser-Busch has agreed to stop selling alcoholic energy drinks: The attorneys general and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have threatened to sue A-B and Miller Brewing Co., charging that their alcoholic energy drinks are marketed to underage drinkers and also pose health risks.A-B, while maintaining that the beverages are legal and not marketed to underage drinkers, nonetheless notified CSPI that it would agree to stop marketing alcoholic drinks with energy supplements...

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7 Comments | Posted by Emily Koh, June 29, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: alcohol, Anheuser-Busch, beverages, energy drinks

Whose Beer Blog Is This?

brewblog.com Anheuser Busch and Miller have historically fought over the beer market, with the former ahead by nearly 30 percent of sales. Beer blogging, however, could change all that. Enter Brew Blog, the brainchild of two Miller communications consultants who created the web media arm as a source of daily-updated beer industry analysis. It's not trying to be Miller-centric, but instead cover beer news, with topics ranging from new Australian craft beers to those Heineken mini-kegs and Costco's creation of a generic-brand German lager. There are, however, a bunch of Miller press releases sprinkled in between. The site doesn't hide its Miller affiliation, showcasing the "brought to you by..." message prominently on the homepage, but corporate blogging asks an interesting...

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4 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, April 29, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: Anheuser Busch, beer, blogging, Brew Blog, Miller