is budweiser a premium beer outside the usa?

[bigbrother8]

someone at work mentioned that budweiser is top shelf stuff in asia. just wondering if he was feeding me a line of XXX?

 

[simple_gifts]

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_26_55/ai_n8592333

 

[simple_gifts]

prolly should include
http://www.budvar.cz/en/web2/Tiskove-cen...ser-Budvar.html

 

[va3ux]

It sure isn't 'top shelf' up here in Canada, although it is available everywhere.

 

[kokopelli]

lol... not even sure it's "top shelf" here in US! eh well, it serves it purpose.

 

[Alternator]

The Czech stuff is good. The American version, not so, IMHO.

 

[heyheylbj]

Huh. Reminds me of a joke a scotsman told me:

What do having sex in a canoe and budweiser have in common?

They're both F-n close to water!

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: bigbrother8
someone at work mentioned that budweiser is top shelf stuff in asia. just wondering if he was feeding me a line of XXX?


I didn't see much bud in Asia actually, but it always amazed me that there would be a Coors girl at some back sub-urban brot..... er karaoke joint. Good gawd it tasted like swine urine. I would stick with the rice wine mixed with water and ice and some weird plums until my bud said they mixed that stuff with toilet water. At that point I just stuck with boiled water or tea.

 

[Shannow]

Bud, Miller, and a couple others are marketted here at the top end ($18-20/6 pack) "premium beers". Every now and then the have a saturation ad campaign.

They are pretty tasteless IMO.

There's another level up of boutique and European beers in the $20-30/6 pack range. They tent to have too much flavour for me.

 

[CivicFan]

Usually, Bud is sold as a premium beer and competes with Heineken in foreign markets. I don't know where they have their factories - do they concoct it in Europe/Asia or do they import it from here.

 

[sprintman]

It's garbage but then Miller is worse imo. Fosters is as bad

 

[Shannow]

sprintman, don't forget "Crown Lager", one of the most tasteless beers that I know of.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: Alternator
The Czech stuff is good. The American version, not so, IMHO.


I was in the Czech Republic last year and couldn't get past the name so I didn't try it even though there is no connection between the two companies.

 

[rriddle3]

Far as I'm concerned, Bud is a premium joke.

 

[Tempest]

Bud as a premium beer is just funny. About the only thing worse is Corona. Foster's is way better that either, IMHO. Heineken Dark is/was good stuff along with several of the micro brews.

 

[sprintman]

Crown Lager is disgusting. Related to Fosters

 

[Lost1]

If it's not a premium then they've got millions fooled.
Discovery Channel had a show about Bud a few months ago on Mega Factories (I think that was the title.) Said Budweiser is the #1 selling beer in North America, Asia, and the UK.

Somebody must think it's premium enough to warrant the factory having to crank out 18 million containers a day...

 

[moribundman]

Quantity equals quality? Okay, then let's look at beer consumption per capit beer consumption per head by country. Ah yes, USA comes in #14 -- clearly no nation of beer experts!

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: Lost1
If it's not a premium then they've got millions fooled.



Quote:


"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -
-- H. L. Mencken

 

[sprintman]

Budweiser the no #1 beer in the U.K? I don't think so, Carling (formerly known as Carling Black Label) holds down top spot. Sold a billion pints in 1999. Fosters (Australian) is no #2 followed by Stella Artois then Carlsberg. No #1 bottled beer in U.K is Newcastle Brown Ale now a trendy beer in Hollywood circles