Comments on: EU Court Rules For Budvar http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=928 What part of beer don't you understand? Mon, 13 May 2013 13:22:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob Marshall http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=928&cpage=1#comment-158239 Bob Marshall Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:51:06 +0000 http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=928#comment-158239 I guess AB Inbev just won't admit that they stole the name in the first place, back in the 1870's before trademarking became common. The story, as I understand it, is that the original Mr. Anheuser sent his new son-in-law, Augustus Busch the 1st, to tour the breweries of Europe to learn as much as he could about brewing before he joined the firm. He came home with a recipe and the name Budweiser from a brewery in the Budejovice region of what was then Bohemia. It became a huge hit in America, and the rest is history. Does AB Inbev really think that this little Czech brewery is a major threat to their existence? Maybe instead of paying millions of dollars to lawyers to fight this, they should have spent that money on brewing a better beer. There is no comparison between AB's Budweiser and Budvar. Budvar is a REAL beer, not a watered-down rice beer. I'm sure the modern Budweiser bears no resemblance to the original recipe brought back from Budweis. I guess AB Inbev just won’t admit that they stole the name in the first place, back in the 1870’s before trademarking became common. The story, as I understand it, is that the original Mr. Anheuser sent his new son-in-law, Augustus Busch the 1st, to tour the breweries of Europe to learn as much as he could about brewing before he joined the firm. He came home with a recipe and the name Budweiser from a brewery in the Budejovice region of what was then Bohemia. It became a huge hit in America, and the rest is history.

Does AB Inbev really think that this little Czech brewery is a major threat to their existence? Maybe instead of paying millions of dollars to lawyers to fight this, they should have spent that money on brewing a better beer. There is no comparison between AB’s Budweiser and Budvar. Budvar is a REAL beer, not a watered-down rice beer. I’m sure the modern Budweiser bears no resemblance to the original recipe brought back from Budweis.

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