I am not sure what beer is being served....
Posted on 04/23/2023 5:58:32 PM PDT by dynachrome
Every year, millions of people travel to the largest volksfest in the world: Oktoberfest. Held in a town called Okto on the Bavarian side of the Swiss Alps, the 6-day party is filled with fair food from across the world and nearly every beer brewed anywhere on the planet.
This year, however, one major brand will miss the festivities: Budweiser. According to festival organizer Joseppi Barrona, Oktoberfest is a time for food, fun, and festivities and not for political posturing.
“We don’t want to turn this into a gay versus straight versus trans versus guy with a red hat American-style issue that ends with dumb boycotts and a mass shooting. We want our Oktans to keep inviting us back.”
“It’s only the controversial brands we’ve asked not to come. Budweiser and Bud Light. They don’t really represent Bavarian brewing, anyway, regardless of what the name suggests.”
According to the official Oktoberfest menu from 2022, Budweiser and Bud Light were listed as “complementary” brews available at self-pour stations throughout the festival. “Due to the low alcohol content and lack of flavor, Anheuser Busch’s flagship products are deemed suitable for children over 16,” the menu stated. The legal drinking age in Bavaria is 9.
“Due to the low alcohol content and lack of flavor, Anheuser Busch’s flagship products are deemed suitable for children over 16,”
” network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery,”
SATIRE
Interesting. There's no town in Germany called Okto, Bavaria doesn't share a land border with Switzerland, and the Swiss Alps are a long way from Bavaria.
The only Budweiser beer that Germans would drink would be the real thing from Budweis, Czech Republic.
Okto Bier.....
I think real Budweiser (made in
České Budějovice, formerly Budweis, Czech Republic) owns the “Budweiser” trademark everywhere in Europe.
Yup. The budweiser made here is considered non-beer.
I've drunk it, even before the Wall fell, when it was hard to find--and even then, it was much better than the brew from St. Louis.
They don’t really represent Bavarian brewing, anyway, regardless of what the name suggests.”Busch stole the name from the Czech breweries of the city of Budweis, which date back to 13th century. Today, AB can't sell "Budweiser" in most of Europe, I believe, although it managed to buy out the trademark in many other markets. It's an ongoing dispute.
That’s what was so bizarre with “Light” beer in the first place. Budweiser historically was an imitation Pils, an ersatz beer made with Rice as an adjunct instead of Barley. It was already a very “Light” beer!
Then, in a marketing genius move, they further diluted it with the addition of filtered water. I tried to explain to people they are paying for a watered down light beer. Budweiser in longneck bottles was OK as a summer lawn-mowing beer, so long as it was ice cold.
Beer? There’s beer in those photos.
Meant to say:
There’s beer in those photos?
If Budweiser is going to do political posturing it better be on the sane side.
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