# Budweiser Milwaukee **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 21, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512 "2006-06-21T00:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/1 "2006-06-21T00:56:18Z")
I don’t buy Bud (though if you buy me one I’ll most graciously drink it 😃 ). I noticed today at the beer depot cases of Budweiser and Bud Light that on the case said **Budweiser Milwaukee** , as though that were the name of the beer. Huh?😕 To the best of my knowledge it isn’t being brewed here. The clerks in the store had no clue. Anyone here have one? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/2 "2006-06-21T01:03:59Z")
Never heard of this. But an abomination if true. I feel an unnatural anger at just the thought of that crap being associated with Milwaukee. If it was brewed outside Wisconsin, and wasn’t imported from Germany, Denmark or the Czech Republic, it ain’t beer. (End of opinion.) Was this some promotional stunt? A misprint? A guy at the printing warehouse that pulled a prank? This is gonna bug me now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/3 "2006-06-21T01:08:59Z")
Your description leaves a lot to be desired, so I’m not really sure what you’re trying to illustrate here, but I will offer that Budweiser (and many other brewers and other consumer goods makers) does often use seasonal and regionally specific packaging. It wouldn’t surprise me if that was the case here. In Chicago several brands, Bud included, use various versions of Cubs packaging. Bud Light bottles used to have a silhouette of the Chicago skyline in the field behind the logo on each bottle. Still, something just saying “Budweiser Milwaukee” seems to lack enough creativity to make me wonder if there’s a different reason here. Of course if done stylistically, or if the OPs description is just lacking in enough detail, it could be perfectly typical. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/4 "2006-06-21T01:15:28Z")
It’s brewed in Van Nuys, which accounts for it’s lack of taste. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/5 "2006-06-21T01:15:38Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > If it was brewed outside Wisconsin, and wasn’t imported from Germany, Denmark or the Czech Republic, it ain’t beer. (End of opinion.) :rolleyes: Imported beer = Old beer Old beer = Nasty beer Most common “imports” are contract brewed across the US anyways and sometimes only offer a passing resemblance to your beloved “Danish” or “German” beer. One should drink locally (or from a company superior distribution skills with proactive policy towards eliminating out of code beer) if one is to have any credibility on the subject. Of course that still doesn’t mean you should touch the polluted swill Miller produces of course. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/6 "2006-06-21T01:16:29Z")
Perhaps the local distributors were trying to convey that this particular Budweiser was from a local wholesaler, so you’d know it was the freshest Bud available? (Or perhaps in the hopes that the irrational xenophobic hatred exhibited by **duffer** could be lessened if he thought he was supporting a local business)? 🙂 There’s a list of Wisconsin wholesalers [here](http://www.abwholesaler.com/asp/directory/locator.asp). I don’t know WI well enough to know if any cities listed are suburbs of Milwaukee. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/7 "2006-06-21T01:51:53Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Perhaps the local distributors were trying to convey that this particular Budweiser was from a local wholesaler, so you’d know it was the freshest Bud available? > > (Or perhaps in the hopes that the irrational xenophobic hatred exhibited by **duffer** could be lessened if he thought he was supporting a local business)? 🙂 > > There’s a list of Wisconsin wholesalers [here](http://www.abwholesaler.com/asp/directory/locator.asp). I don’t know WI well enough to know if any cities listed are suburbs of Milwaukee. I grew up in New Berlin, and unless they made a massive renovation they store Bud, they don’t brew it. And my xenophobia is always rational. The only irrationality is directed to virulent anti-smokers. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-milwaukee/361512/8 "2006-06-21T02:16:19Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I grew up in New Berlin, and unless they made a massive renovation they store Bud, they don’t brew it. I meant fresh as in recently brewed and recenty distributed > [@](#): > > And my xenophobia is always rational. The only irrationality is directed to virulent anti-smokers. 😛 ::Takes drag, nods approvingly::