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Old 03-18-2008, 10:57 AM
CA-Rick CA-Rick is offline
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Originally Posted by SwampYankee View Post
It's kind of ironic that all of the big "American" beer companies were started by German immigrants (Busch/Budweiser, Miller, Coors, Pabst, Schlitz, Hamms, etc.) who came here to brew their style beer yet are generally poo-poo'd by beer afficianados.

I wonder if the beer has changed over the centuries? Was Schlitz in the late 1800's THE beer to drink or was it the novelty?

Didn't an american company steal the name Budweiser and there is still litigation over the use of it in america?
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