# Budweiser Will Call Its Beer 'America' Through the Election **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499 "2016-05-10T18:38:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/41 "2016-05-11T18:25:49Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Hmm…a marketing ploy to rename their biggest product…I’ve got it! When they change the name back, it’ll be New Bud! Or maybe Classic Bud. Considering how it tastes, Ditchweed might be more accurate. ---
**Author:** ![fc1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@fc1114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fc1114)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/42 "2016-05-11T18:30:15Z")
This is very disturbing to me. America is \*\*NOT \*\*the name of a country. The name of the country is the United States of America. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/43 "2016-05-11T19:00:05Z")
funny thing is look how many times they’ve tried to make all the side flavors of coke look like a coke classic can just with “diet” cherry" ect Last time they tried someone who was in a hurry in a wal-mart grabbed what she thought was classic and it was cherry and she turned out to be allergic to cherry and ended up in the er Apparently she popped one in the parking lot and downed half of it before she actually tasted it … (well here it was 109 I july) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/44 "2016-05-11T19:01:30Z")
> [@fc1114](#): > > This is very disturbing to me. America is \*\*NOT \*\*the name of a country. The name of the country is the United States of America. The United States of Budweiser? :dubious: No, still a bad idea. However, like the US of America, AB InBev doesn’t care what I think. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/45 "2016-05-11T19:03:59Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No, we drink actual beer here, not that weak horse-piss. American and Canadian macrobrews have the exact same strength, but both are stronger than what is typical in UK, Ireland, and Australia (for beer, not talking Buckfast). I haven’t really had a good Canadian beer besides Unibroue, and even they are from the part of Canada that the rest of Canada pretends doesn’t exist. But I am quite certain that many Canadian microbrews simply don’t cross the border, and thus I am not going to make circa 1960s canoe jokes out of ignorance. > [@gnoitall](#): > > What, not Beery McBeerface? 😕 What’s wrong with these people? [Mmm, Budweiser Hitler Did Nothing Wrong](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hitler-did-nothing-wrong). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/46 "2016-05-11T21:08:43Z")
You cannot own America. You can only rent it for a couple of hours. And turn it to piss. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/47 "2016-05-11T21:12:00Z")
The new Trump campaign slogan? ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/48 "2016-05-12T00:12:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Canadian beer is not and has never been better. The most popular beers in Canada by sales are Bud, Bud Light, Molson Canadian, Blue, and Coors Light, and if you gave 100 Canadians a double blinded taste test challenging them to taste the difference between Bud and Canadian they’d all fail. Black Horse isn’t bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/49 "2016-05-12T23:05:54Z")
They would change the name to " horse piss" if they thought it would bring in another dollar. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/50 "2016-05-12T23:21:50Z")
Imagine the advertising: “America. You can taste the amber waves of grain.” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/51 "2016-05-13T00:57:24Z")
Puts me in the awkward position of hating “America”. Love my country but, damn, that beer sucks! ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/52 "2016-05-13T01:32:23Z")
Silly. It sounds like something the Bundys were involved in. Bob ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/53 "2016-05-14T20:23:21Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > Neither am I. Then why say brand loyalty would have any relevance to his argument? The only place that would be relevant is if he was saying they’d buy a different beer instead. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499/54 "2016-05-16T18:46:09Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > America? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON! 😃 My gawd it’s been too long, and somehow not long enough, since I saw that. Any word on whether Anheuser-Busch will retain any copyrights to “Budweiser”, or is this an opportunity for the recreational weed industry to snake the name and tinker with it some? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budweiser-will-call-its-beer-america-through-the-election/754499.md?page=2)