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[Anonymous No.3753372]

What's the deal with Americans calling one of their most popular beers Budweiser?

Is it similar to the Czech Budweiser? The latter is produced in Budweis, so the name makes sense, where did the American one come from?

[Anonymous No.3753380]

The miracles of wikipaedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_%28Anheuser-Busch%29#Name_origin_and_dispute

[Anonymous No.3753382]

They both come in bottles. Water is a key ingredient in both.

Beyond that, not much in common.
American Budweiser adopted the name as a marketing gimmick.

[Wikipedia No.3753384]

let's check WIKIPEDIA!

Beer brewing in České Budějovice (or Budweis) dates back to the 13th century.[1] A few hundred years later, two breweries were founded in the city that made beer which they called "Budweiser," both being beers from the city of České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic. In 1876, the US brewer Anheuser-Busch began making a beer which it also called "Budweiser". This led in 1907 to the "Budweiser trademark dispute" between beer companies claiming trademarks rights to the name "Budweiser".[2]

The three companies are:

Budweiser Bier Bürgerbräu, founded 1795 by German-speaking citizens of České Budějovice, which began exporting Budweiser Bier to the US in 1875. The company was expropriated by the state in 1945, when they changed the name of the company. However, the company reacquired the old naming rights in the 1990s after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia.
Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), made by Anheuser-Busch in the United States, was first marketed in 1876 as "Budweiser" in the United States and Canada.
Budweiser Budvar, a brewery founded in 1895 by Czech-speaking citizens of České Budějovice.


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[Anonymous No.3753385]

>liking lagers

American style lagers are slightly less shitty than yuro ones though.

[Anonymous No.3753388]

Your daily reminder: IPAs taste like shit

[Anonymous No.3753390]

>>3753388

Macro swill drinker detected. When I was a child I couldn't handle real flavor either.

Enjoy you're blue moon.

[Anonymous No.3753395]

>>3753390
>>3753388
I never understood the anglo-saxon fascination with IPAs and ales in general. Obviously better than the mass produced lagers (not a hard feat), but there's nothing like a good hefeweizen or bock.

[Anonymous No.3753398]

>>3753390
>you're blue moon
no I'm not

[Anonymous No.3753402]

>>3753395
You either like hops or you don't. Personally, I love stuff like Weyerbacher Double Simcoe, has both a strong malt and hop flavor.

[Anonymous No.3753406]

>>3753395
>hefeweizen
Fruity Bavarian detected.

[Anonymous No.3753417]

>>3753395

a hefe is an ale

they're top fermented

[Anonymous No.3753436]

>>3753417
English and German customary definitions may be different, but aren't ales supposed to be barley beers?

Here wheat beers are generally considered a category of their own.

[Anonymous No.3753448]

>>3753436
ale/lager just refers to the type of yeast used (top or bottom fermenting)

[Anonymous No.3753450]

>>3753395
America makes some excellent hefeweizen too

[Anonymous No.3753458]

>>3753448
also, lagering is a process of cold aging

[Anonymous No.3753462]

>>3753458
well yeah because lager yeast ferments at cooler temperatures

[Anonymous No.3753467]

>>3753448
In English terminology, I suppose. Since we're talking in English I guess I've been imprecise though.

In Germany we just call beers top/bottom fermented, and "ale" would refer to typically British in origin pale/mild/stock/etc. ales; but certainly not to stuff like Kölsch, Roggen or indeed Weizens. This was the meaning I intended here >>3753395

[Anonymous No.3753471]

>>3753462
except lagering is done after the fermentation is complete and is done below temps that any yeast would go dormant in

[Anonymous No.3753487]

>/ck/ - Alcoholism general

[Anonymous No.3753490]

>>3753487
go back to the south

[Anonymous No.3753505]

I appreciate the work that goes into German/Belgian beer but they're just not my thing. Too hop-y for my taste. That's why tend to stick to UK beer.