Adolphus' great grand daughter lives right down the street from me... her husband is a golf buddy of mine, and they were recently "Allocated" the bud dist. around here :)
woo woo woo for me... but what a small world! tw On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:41:04 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll do it :) > > Anheuser-Busch started using the name in 1876, long before the nazi's, > and the dispute is over the use of the name not the recipe. > > http://www.american.edu/TED/budweis.htm > Anheuser-Busch was founded by German immigrants, the American brewers say. > Adolphus Busch (a German-born American beer brewer) adopted the name > Budweiser in 1876. He is said to had thought it was a great idea to > give the beer distinct and evocative name --Budweiser - that reminded > him of his old country which already was well-known for its high > quality beer products, and was also to be brewed in the same style the > Czech/German lager-style beers were. > > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:56:50 -0800, Rob Munn wrote: > > As for Budweiser and the Nazis sharing an eagle symbol, I don't think it is > > so surprising that such a coincidence would occur. Budweiser was a beer > > adopted/stolen (correct me here if I'm wrong) from a Chech or German brewer, > > and the people selling Bud probably went looking for a symbol that would be > > sufficiently German looking to support the brand they were trying to create. > > That's my story, anyway, and I'm sticking to it. :-) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149654 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
