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Sauce NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/world/europe/germany-budweiser-beer.html
Jul 9, 2026 1:33 PM
SlippeyPetey2000
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What's your dad joke?
Sauce NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/world/europe/germany-budweiser-beer.html
foxpotate
I'm never forgiving those piss water peddlers for destroying America with the heritage Foundation.
GxWxK
With soo many established beer brands in Germany every "new" brand is going to have a hard time...
kuscheck
Why should we buy Budweiser when we could buy Budweiser instead?
alexw04
Well, it is pretty shitty beer. Perhaps they should learn how to make real beers.
youreathing
There's a lot of good German brands. They don't need Bud.
lightfoot2
Kind of dumb, they already have Budweiser (the czech beer which is pretty good to be honest)
ongabonga
"There is an ongoing series of trademark disputes between Anheuser-Busch and the Czech company Budweiser Budvar Brewery over the use of the name. Usually, either Anheuser-Busch or Budweiser Budvar is granted the exclusive use of the Budweiser name in a given market. The Anheuser-Busch lager is available in over 80 countries, but is marketed as "Bud" in areas where Budvar has use of the Budweiser name."
bourbonandbaddecisions
Germans know it’s shit.
MithridateEupator
Which is funny, because Budweiser was originally sold in the US as a German beer. They had all the right lineage and recipes from the Anheuser side of the family, and Busch side was also highly regarded Germans.
Idontspellcheck
How is drinking Budweiser like ssx in a canoe? They're both fucking close to water.
GrumpyMe
Bud is made with RICE
imjustagurl87
Germans don’t like watered down piss.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
They want their piss *pure* and undiluted.
daguq
Bud, Heineken, Kronenbourg = beers for people who don't like the taste of beer.
ItsaBeemer
And in Europe you can drink the original witch is an excellent beer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_Budvar_Brewery. I enjoyed it very much.
Grimlinnan
Piss water, bottled directly from a urinal.
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
Called 'Bud' in Europe because there's already a real budweiser in Europe
copperdomebodhi
Citizens of Budweis, Czech Republic say the founder of Anheuser-Busch was born there. Also, that he emigrated in shame because his beer tasted like crap.
Relictivity
Assholes made the Czech brewery label it as Czechvar in the US.
insanitycontinuum
Really??? That pisses me off and makes me laugh at the same time.. Americans are so good at ruining everything lol
Relictivity
https://czechvar.com/blog/product/czechvar-original/
thevoiddancer
And it's fucking good, as opposed to this shit.
rcgom
people are extremely opinionated about beer, seemingly offended at the existence of beers they don't like. its comic
Clockworkdancerobot
Having tried several German beers, I can tell why no one wants The American stuff.
danstu
Having tried several american beers, I can tell you why Germans don't want Budweiser.
blahblahbushes
American beer is like sex in a canoe. It's fucking close to water.
SneakyTrojan
Is pish
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
It can't be the stuff they sell in the US, they wouldn't legally be allowed to call it bier there, so it must be different
Tarmaccian
[citation needed]
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
Fair enough, it's been quite a while since I lived there and my most recent memory of attempts were that they were completely blocked until the mid 90s, then if I remember correctly they were the beer of the 2006 world cup and Germans were quite miffed by that. I should say it's a labeling standard as far as what they can market it as. Bud has some complications because budweiser isn't their trademark in europe and the fact that they use a lot of rice in their brewing, imports may have exception
hfctom
Reinheitsgebot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot
Problemwoodchuck
There's a ton of good beer in the US being made by regional/local breweries though
Imademyselfsquirtle
No there is notm
Eyeetsass
Yeah, but we’re talking about corpo white trash bullshit. Not craft beer.
FishieStardust
Expensive though. Got a beer garden coming up and it's a local brewery and delicious, and I will be treating myself
astrangehop
On mug club days its 3.50 to fill up my 26 oz mug at my local brewpub. They have a cask bitter that's divine.
Kargathia
They tried this in The Netherlands as well, with a big marketing campaign declaring it "the king of beer". It's hard to overstate how badly they misread the room in a place where any given supermarket stocks a variety of genuinely excellent beer.
DaffydeDick
AB InBev, a Belgium company, owns Budweiser. To put it bluntly, most Germans view Budweiser with a mix of utter bewilderment and deep culinary offense. If Belgian beer pushes the boundaries of German tradition by being too complex and experimental, Budweiser offends them by being the exact opposite: watery and flavorless.
samanthadlcruz
Budweiser is crap.
AyatollahBahloni
Warum sollte ich einfach Elefantenpisse saufen?
SpartaWolf117
you can't sell pisswater in europe and call it beer.
spangolio
well, a surprising number of German beers are really crap. not as bad as this shit of course, but you can better than Bud and still suck.
crateo
There is, actually, ample room between budweiser and the point of "not sucking"
rolliefingers
Don't piss in my ear and tell me the phone's ringing
Evenmoreuselessname
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yInMdTjegfU
QuitLookinAtMineAim
Cheaper than in the states. Fuck we get ripped off on everything
neithermenoryou
Beer (as well as soft drinks) in germany is one of the few markets where capitalism has actually worked purely because every single attempt to create a monopoly failed. We have way too many breweries here that are all forced to be competitive with each other which keeps prices pretty low. Every part of the market, from the cheapest shit to the high quality stuff, is already saturated with dozens of options. And most of our breweries are older than the US and know what they're doing.
QuitLookinAtMineAim
I only visited a few times, but I really liked how the beer selection was very local and kind of a low key point of pride in a way. I frickin love me some German beer the most...And it's not even close
Horus175
That's how cheap they have to make it to sell any. In the EXTREMELY unlikely event that it ever took off in Germany of all places, you'd see the prices start to climb after that.
QuitLookinAtMineAim
Agreed. They'll raise the price any time they can, obviously.
ThatOtherGirlYouKnow
US beer is terrible. Not the local regional stuff but the big beer companies just can't make beer well.
DarwinsAgain
To be fair, that's probably a reasonable statement about the 'export' beer made in any country although I agree that American mass produced beer is very bad indeed. It seems to me that the bigger a beer company is, the more bland and boring the beer becomes. Heineken, Fosters, Asahi, Corona; all fine examples, some admittedly a bit better than others. I blame accountants - the anonymous bean counters who work hard to enshitify products by using cheaper components and increase profit.
ThatOtherGirlYouKnow
The US lost a lot of beer making expertise during Prohibition and settled on 'fuck it, its cold' once it was repealed.
JackingMeHoff
What do Coors Light and making love in a canoe have in common? A: They’re both next to water.
ThatOtherGirlYouKnow
'They're both fucking close to water.'
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1c3plNmRtdjJ0ZGo4bDFsanRhZjh2bWRrZW94eWFsanUxNmZ1dWcwaiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/26ueYUlPAmUkTBAM8/200w.webp
ButtscratchMcPherson
Pretty sure that shit water isn't Reinheitsgebot compliant.
youreathing
It isn't. Bud and Bud Light use rice.
Evenmorehorrifying
It's not even American any longer. Much like everything else in this hell, it's owned by a massive conglomerate, InBev.
bad1080
Evenmoreuselessname
I prefer... Wharmpess https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yInMdTjegfU
Sigge1981
I forget. Is that from GTA or Saint's Row?
bad1080
gta
CallMeMcGyver
lol… I was just looking for that one
BlindGardener
Budwiser is the La Croix of beer.
MelfsAcidArrow
Ok so Lagunitas brewing actually sells “Hoppy Refresher” which is a very tasty “lacroix of beer” that is great when I want some beer taste but not to drink a beer (like it’s 2pm and I am working) https://store.lagunitas.com/products/hoppy-refresher-12pk-original
ButtscratchMcPherson
La Croix is ok but over priced. I wouldn't even let Budweiser in my damn house.
sv1rr
Nah. I strongly prefer la croix over bud.
Bojovnik84
Accurate as hell. Water with a hint of beer, that came from a dirty rag cleaning the bar where it was spilled.
Targe0
Someone drank a really good beer.
Then pissed it out, drank that, then pissed that out and that's basically what is in Budweiser.
CelestialSea
What do Budweiser and sex in a canoe have in common?
They're both fucking close to water.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
It's as if someone yelled beer at a can of piss a couple times
justheretocommentonce
Remy LaCroix is good, no need to diss her so badly. /s
YuffieK
More like Flint, Michigan tap water
HandoB4Javert
Level21Magikarp
duoplicity
Why would Germans drink Bud when they have Kölsch?
CandidGamera
Why would I drink either if I can drink non-watery beer (aka "beer")? (Greeting from a non-Kölsch region of Germany <3)
DarwinsAgain
Why would Germans drink Bud when they have beer?
Baxteen
Just that one beer and the regional arguments are why a genetic American 'beer' will never ever work.
American beer, cheese and chocolate are all fucking terrible and Americans are too stubborn to begin to understand why. Instead of defending the American way find out why we mock you.
Don't defend the new highway, understand the walkable city.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
American cheese is can be good. I say this as someone who hates America and wishes it to Balkanize yesterday. But the mass-produced stuff is just not good.
omgzwtfs
We have plenty of amazing beer, you guys having to experience shit like Bud and being told it's representative of our market is a shame
Baxteen
Small batch local beer doesn't count.
When you compare the good beer to the big batch beers from my country it won't be close. I'm not saying that a black label will be able to compare to a ipa. But beer is not the same as ale.
SeeYaLaterMethamphetaGator
as a Canadian, have you ever had Steam Whistle? It holds up to Stella IMO.
ChloePrice
The thing is the local/regional small breweries are all essentially derived from Germans and Czechs who came to America. They might be a little spiced up as places get gentrified and trends sweep across demographics but fundamentally, the best you have you is what we already know just fine.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
I'm sure you do. Major breweries just don't make good stuff. The shit exported to other nations are the major breweries, so we only experience the pisswater. It's like if you only experience with Canadian beer is Labatts Blue. You'd think we have no tastebuds.
For stuff like beer (at least in North America), you can't go for the big stuff. Find local brands. Even larger independent ones like Steam Whistle are MILES better the Blue.
omgzwtfs
I wanna try more Canadian beers but it's slim pickings here. Unibroue is excellent, then we have Labatt, Molson and Moosehead. I can't hate on Moosehead because it's in the upper range of mass produced cheap lagers and my uncle brings it to crab feasts
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Yeah Moosehead is a solid mass produced option. Never tried Unibroue. I mostly stick to local stuff here in Ontario. I'll have to check them out if I see them!
Creemore is also solid. Not sure if I'd say it's excellent but it's my usual go-to. Tastes good and isn't expensive.
wherethehorriblethingsare
Like trying to push Olive Garden on Italians.
InfocalypseRising
man I haven't had Olive Garden since I was a kid and I'm sort of curious to go now and see what I think of it
azimir
Or the times Taco Bell opened locations in Mexico.
LeekofLegend
Or frozen sushi on the Japanese
SarcasticComment
salmon sushi was pushed frozen onto the Japanese in discount stores and they loved it. In the 80s, Norway had a huge surplus of frozen salmon. they tried/failed to enter Japan's premium market with it. they then tried hitting hitting every day bargain shoppers willing to take a risk for affordability. It being at the discount store made the fish more approachable and feel less forign/exotic.
SarcasticComment
/2 the problem with salmon is that it was seen as having the wrong color/taste that Japanese consumers were used to. It was very pink and has a strong distinct flavor. that made it unpopular until they were able to position it as something approachable. Norwegian suppliers took a risk, sold it for next to nothing to the bargain stores who could then sell it very cheaply. Once it became a success, salmon found it's way into premium settings.
VibratingNipples
or like trying to sell American pizzas in Italy
Malak224
If there’s any American Pizzerias still in business in Italy they must be pretty decent compared to what we get state side..
I’ve seen some abominations.
Thorketil
The difference between pizza in the USA and in Italy is huge. To Americans, Italian pizzas seem far too thin from the crust to the toppings. Italians tend to view American pizzas more as a sort of cheese and salami casserole.
bippityboppitybuttsex
So, they used to have a braised beef with tortellini that was actually amazing... they stopped making it.
fformulaa
Tgif's had a jack daniels glazed pork hock that was devine! They stopped making that too
bippityboppitybuttsex
Yeah, people slam these places cuz of their mass-market appeal, but there was seriously good food on those menus back in the day.... hell, even the base salad at Olive Garden was really good (I still make that thing at home).
GuitarGeorge
Everything tastes good when you add 2000mg of sodium to it. But it was good, wasn’t it?
bippityboppitybuttsex
It was really good... and now I make my own... and it is even better.
Problemwoodchuck
Cardboard with miracle whip alfredo was .05% more profitable
bippityboppitybuttsex
Wait till you see what Private Equity did to Ruth's Chris.
DWolf
I had no idea that happened. Geez, an overpriced, upscale steakhouse run by idiots where increased profit is the bottom line?
bippityboppitybuttsex
They used to have an amazing carpaccio and I had the most amazing bone-in filet in Boston (and a raspberry gimlet that got me rickety-rickety wrecked)... now, their steaks are just grizzled nightmares... I have had better steaks at local diners.