hank_the_tank66Budweiser is currently cheaper in Germany than in the United States*
BenderRodriguezBudweiser isn’t great, but compared to bottom tier beers it’s drinkable.
Miss me with that Milwaukee’s Best or Busch Light. I’ll drink PBR, but my go to Labatt Blue.
I’ll drink PBR
Instead of a direct advertising budget, PBR just sponsors random shit.
Club sports, events, random shit like that.
I think that’s the whole reason they’ll stick around. It builds actual brand loyalty instead of random forgettable ads that just burn money.
And it’s genuinely cool stuff. They seem like good folks. Probably owned by a conglomerate though. It’s too bad Yuengling is owned by such a Trump cuck. It’s not terrible.
They seem like good folks. Probably owned by a conglomerate though
It’s way more confusing than I thought it would be…
But basically, yeah. Although some dude that’s been in the beer industry a couple decades put it all together and seems to be preventing them from fucking it up.
Kind of rescued the brand even. They had sold and moved to LA, but under current ownership they’ve moved back to Minnesota. Apparently “the good old days” I was thinking of, have all been under current ownership.
Still not as good as an independent brewer
Labatt Blue is good for pairing with Indian food to cleanse and refresh your pallate.
I never said anything about top tier. My top tiers are Bell’s Two-Hearted and Dragonmeade Final Absolution.
That’s why it’s on sale
☂️-Try many and find what you like.
We have laws in Germany to enforce and ensure there are non-alcoholic drinks that are cheaper than beer.
And in the US people get exploited at the supermarket cashier for almost everything anyway.
Yes, the point was more of an example to show how cheap beer is in Germany.
0,5 Liter Oettinger Pils is available for 0,50 EUR.
Leider echt stimmt
It’s not exactly one of the top brands (or even all that well known unless you grew up with the internet, tbh) over here, can’t sell it for much when there are literally dozens of way more popular brand around :-P
Just did a quixk look in Alberta, Canada. Bestprice I could find was $26.99/15, or $1.80/can. That converts to €1.11 per can.
Cabs are 355ml though, instead of the German 330ml.
Oh wow, good catch - I always assumed the 330ml was 12oz, never actually checked.
I don’t know how Canada does taxes in advertised peicing, but if you were looking up USA pricing, make sure to calculate the tax into it, because the advertised price in that german grocery is including taxes.
In Alberta there’s 5% GST added (not included in the advertised price)
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apfelwoiSchoppenMost beer is and always was.
Agreed. I just usually assume the price to import and such would keep the price higher overseas.
Moreso pointing out that we are getting robbed on prices even for our domestic offerings
spankinspinachThat or Budweiser doesn’t get charged duties cuz it’s just that bad, so the govt doesn’t see it as a threat to domestically produced beer 😂
I expect it’s not an import, but produced under license somwhere in Europe. There’s big brewing operations in UK and Croatia that makes it.
Budweiser was bought by InBev, the same company that makes Stella Artois and Beck. That would give InBev the right to make Budweiser anywhere it owns a brewery.
This one is brewed in Germany at the same plant that makes Corona.
(des)mosthenesdoes anyone drink it out there? the branding looks completely different as well lol
Not really. People mostly drink local beer (each city has at least one local brewery) and others buy craft beer. I don’t know anyone who’s drinking foreign beer regularly.
It’s rebranded in a lot of places due to the trademark dispute (there’s another Budweiser beer from the Czech Republic). Can’t speak specifically for Germany but I don’t think it’s really that popular anywhere in Europe despite a no doubt large advertising budget.
It’s rebranded in a lot of places due to the trademark dispute (there’s another Budweiser beer from the Czech Republic). Can’t speak specifically for Germany but I don’t think it’s really that popular anywhere in Europe despite a no doubt large advertising budget.
you mean the beer from budvar? the city called budweis in german? i still am baffled how an american company can offer a beer under the name of a foreign town that has brewed beer for ages…
Well they can’t in Germany evidently, at least. But for better or worse trademark laws typically prioritise who got there first in the market, not necessarily who has greater claim to the name.
It has literally just entered the German market. But it failed twice before so…
cabbageGermans were mocking Budweiser when I visited there 30 years ago.
And well you should!
Many grocery items are cheaper in Germany than in the US.
Of course that’s skewed due to the USD vs EUR cost difference.
People who have tried this and are used to European beer - is it really that bad?
As a naive kid I was kind of a “USA fan”, looking forward to try Anheuser-Busch Budweiser (Light or regular) at least once and thought this to be impossible in Germany due to Budweiser-Budvar holding the trademark here.
I was even recently tempted to buy and try it, although I have been completely and strictly dry since taking SSRIs. Then I remembered multiple sources claiming it’s piss, and decided against it.
Makes me wonder why that stuff is so popular in the USA.
I’ll try to find it and review it. The photo doesn’t really tell me which supermarket it is.
Could be Kaufland by the looks of it, but I think they also have it at Rewe or Edeka
Thank you. Kaufland and Edeka are little far but I can try Rewe and Penny.
They sidestepped the Budweiser ™ issue by naming it Anheuser-Busch Bud. But this requires a licence from Bitburger because of the similarity to Bit ™.
Interesting… makes me wonder even more about what their angle is. Selling it slightly cheaper, but with licensing and shipping fees? Not to mention having to compete against high-quality German beer? Doesn’t seem very profitable to me
They’re new to the German market, and are counting on the World Cup and Olympic sponsorships to provide a sales boost this year. I don’t see where their shipping would be any more than other German beers. They’re small cans.
Budweiser is just launching in Germany, so they have to price low to gain market share.
Would not pay that for earwax flavoured fizzy water in a place where you can get some of the finest ales in the world for about the same price.
AkasazhThe reason is called ‘Bud’ and not ‘Budweiser’ is because there is a Czech town called Budjeovice, or ‘Budweis’ in German. Be from that town is called ‘Budweiser’ as in ‘from Budweis’.
It’s that name Mr Busch used when making a bohemian style lager in the US. Then when the iron curtain fell and the beer from the actual town entered the International market AB InBev made a huge stink, forcing the beer to use a different name in the USA (it’s sold as Czechvar).
But then the European Union responded by honoring the ‘appellation contrôlé’ ruling, where a brand that used a place name is protected, so that only products from that geographical location van use the name.
This is why they have to sell it as bud. But when comparing the beers they should’ve gone with ‘butt’. People know this and don’t buy the shitty American stuff. All budget grade beers in Germany are better than it.