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Anheuser-Busch
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Location	The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...Saint Louis, Missouri The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...USA
Year opened	First brewery 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...1852 Incorporated 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...1875
Annual production	116.8 million See Barrel for other uses. ...US barrels (137 million hectolitres)
Active Beers
This article is about a brand of beer brewed in the United States. ...Budweiser	Lager beers are alcoholic beverages of German and Czech origin, taking their name from the German lagern (to store). Lagers are brewed principally from malted barley (without cane sugar, an adjunct), hops and water at low temperatures (usually between 5°C and 15°C) that cause bottom_fermentation. ...Lager
Bud Light	Light Lager beers are alcoholic beverages of German and Czech origin, taking their name from the German lagern (to store). Lagers are brewed principally from malted barley (without cane sugar, an adjunct), hops and water at low temperatures (usually between 5°C and 15°C) that cause bottom_fermentation. ...lager
Michelob	Lager beers are alcoholic beverages of German and Czech origin, taking their name from the German lagern (to store). Lagers are brewed principally from malted barley (without cane sugar, an adjunct), hops and water at low temperatures (usually between 5°C and 15°C) that cause bottom_fermentation. ...Lager
Busch	Lager beers are alcoholic beverages of German and Czech origin, taking their name from the German lagern (to store). Lagers are brewed principally from malted barley (without cane sugar, an adjunct), hops and water at low temperatures (usually between 5°C and 15°C) that cause bottom_fermentation. ...Lager
O'Doul's	Nonalcoholic
This article forms part of a series on This article is about the drink; for the village in Devon, England, see Beer, Devon. ...beers and A brewery is a facility that produces beer. ...breweries of the world.

Anheuser_Busch ( New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. ...NYSE: BUD  (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=BUD)), the world's third largest brewing company in volume after InBev (NYSE: ABV) is the largest brewery company in the world by volume, , followed by Anheuser_Busch and Heineken. ...InBev and SABMiller is one of the three leading global brewers (alongside Anheuser_Busch and InBev). ...SABMiller, is based in The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...Saint Louis, Missouri, The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...USA. The company brews 35 different beers and malt liquors. Anheuser_Busch's best known This article is about the drink; for the village in Devon, England, see Beer, Devon. ...beers include brands such as This article is about a brand of beer brewed in the United States. ...Budweiser, and the Busch and Michelob families. The company also produces a number of smaller_volume and specialty beers, nonalcoholic brews, Malt liquor is an American term referring to a type of beer that has a high alcohol content and is therefore considered too alcoholic to be called beer. In the UK, similar beers are called super lager. ...malt liquors (King Cobra and the Hurricane family), and flavored Malt beverages are alcoholic and non_alcoholic fermented beverages in which the primary ingredient is barley which has been allowed to sprout (malt) slightly before it is processed. ...malt beverages (e.g. the Bacardi family and Tequiza). "A_B," as the company is often called, owns 12 U.S. breweries.

Contents

1 Holdings 2 Advertising 3 Saint Louis Corporate Headquarters and Brewery 4 See also 5 External links

Holdings

Overseas, Anheuser_Busch owns two breweries including the This article is about a brand of beer brewed in the United States. ...Budweiser Stag Brewing Company Ltd. in the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. ...United Kingdom; in addition, breweries in seven countries produce Budweiser locally. It owns:

• 50% of Grupo Modelo is a large brewery in Mexico. ...Grupo Modelo in Mexico
• 29% of China's Harbin Brewery Group Ltd.
• 9.9% of Past packaging of Qingdao Beer in a display at the Qingdao Beer Museum Tsingtao Brewery (青島啤酒, pinyin: Qīngdǎo píjiǔ ) is Chinas largest brewery. ...Tsingtao Brewery Company Ltd. in China. Under an agreement with Tsingtao, Anheuser_Busch’s interest will increase to 27% during the next several years. A_B has 17 overseas offices.

In November 2004 A_B sold its 20% participation in CCU (Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas) in Chile to a Chilean Bank, in a public bid.

Anheuser_Busch owns Busch Gardens is a chain of theme parks owned and operated by Busch Entertainment Corp. ...Busch Gardens, Categories: United States_related stubs | Amusement parks | Marine parks | San Diego | Texas landmarks | Orlando area attractions | Tourist attractions in California ...SeaWorld, and several other Six Flags New England, an amusement park in Springfield, Massachusetts. ...amusement parks and A resort is a place for holidaying or vacationing. ...resorts, as well as production, transportation and packaging operations related to its beer business.

The The St. ...St. Louis Cardinals baseball team was owned by Anheuser_Busch from the mid Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...1950s until it was sold to a group of private investors in March 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...1996. Busch Stadium in St. ...Busch Stadium, paid for and built by the brewery in the early 1960s, still bears its name, although a new stadium is under construction and the current ballpark will be demolished by 2006. A_B has signed an agreement for the new ballpark to keep the "Busch Stadium" name.

(1) Source: Impact: Global News and Research for the Drinks Executive, Volume 33, Nos. 19 & 20, October 1 & 15, 2003.

Advertising

The company is known in the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...United States for its huge Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ...advertising presence, including a sports marketing division which creates advertising material for the The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, the pinnacle of American football. ...Super Bowl and many other sporting events. Famous Busch television campaigns have included

• The "Gimme a light" spots
• Frogs saying 'bud_wei_ser'. The ad campaign later spawned additional characters: Louie and Frankie the Alternative meanings: Chameleon (computing), Chamaeleon Genera Bradypodion Calumma Chamaeleo Furcifer Brookesia Rhampholeon Chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are small to mid_size reptiles that belong to one of the best known lizard families. ...chameleons and an inept Trinomial name Mustela putorius furo In general use, a ferret is a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo), a creature first bred from the wild European Polecat at least 2,500 years ago. ...ferret A hitman (alternately, hit man) is a hired assassin, often by organized crime. ...hit man
• The annual Bud Bowl
• The "Waazzzup" series
• The "Real American Heros/Real Men Of Genius" series of humorous radio and television ads.

Recently, Miller Brewing is a large American beermaker based in Milwaukee. ...Miller Brewing began a series of commercials which featured "referees" calling "penalties" on people for drinking Budweiser, and they would then take the Budweiser and replace it with Miller. Anheuser-Busch responded with their own "referees" commericals in which referees were taking people's Budweiser and keeping it for themselves. One such commercial showed the "referees" being confronted by the police.

Saint Louis Corporate Headquarters and Brewery

The world headquarters for Anheuser-Busch is in Saint Louis, Missouri. The brewery there, the largest of the Anheuser-Busch breweries, was opened in 1852 and includes three buildings that are on the register of National Historic Landmarks. At the headquarters, near downtown Saint Louis, tours of the brewery are available to the public. The tour takes visitors through the complex, and those of the The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 was passed by the United States Congress as a mechanism whereby all states would become thereafter obligated to legislate and enforce the age of 21 years as a minimum age for purchasing or public consumption of alcoholic beverages. ...legal age can enjoy two free glasses of beer at the end of the tour.

The company keeps a rotation of its famous Clydesdale horses at its headquarters, and visitors to the brewery can observe the Clydesdales in their exercise field and see their places in the carriage house. The bulk of the herd is kept at the company farm in St. Louis County.

See also

• List of Breweries of beer by country and not a list of beers. ...List of breweries
• Ventria Bioscience logo Ventria Bioscience is a biotech company headquartered in Sacramento, CA with a focus on human nutrition and human therapeutics. ...Ventria Bioscience

External links

• Anheuser_Busch Website (http://www.anheuser_busch.com/)
• Anheuser_Bush Web Page on the Saint Louis Brewery Tour (http://www.budweisertours.com/docs/stltour.htm)