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07.21.2008 4:58 pm

Belgians: Not impressed with Bud

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In a follow-up to Kevin’s “In defense of Budweiser” post last week, I offer this video from the Wall Street Journal.

Belgian beer expert Joris Pattyn — who has sampled over 8,300 different beers in his lifetime — tried out the flagship…

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07.14.2008 1:00 pm

If you think inflation’s bad here…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

500,000,000 dollar Zimbabwean bank note…then check out Zimbabwe, which has the highest rate of hyper-inflation in the world. It’s even gotten to the point that the government will soon run out of the paper it uses to print its currency on.

One U.S. dollar is…

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07.10.2008 1:31 pm

Beer and civilization

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

beer_opt_opt.jpgA friend sent me a link to today’s George Will column, a paean to the great water, malt, barley and hops brew.

Will credits beer with a fundamental goodness that, as food goes, ordinarily is reserved for bread.

He writes: “Beer is…

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06.19.2008 1:48 pm

Opposition to A-B sale grows — humorously

budlineup_opt.jpgOur friends at The Onion have conducted a quick-but-imaginary man in the street poll about growing opposition to the sale of Anheuser-Busch. It may not reflect the opinion of actual men and women on the streets of St. Louis, but…

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06.03.2008 5:41 pm

InBev and AB: A doomed marriage?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

InBev’s pursuit of Anheuser-Busch Cos. is looking more like the prelude to a marriage from hell. This match, if it happens, could produce the corporate culture clash of the decade.

AB makes good beer, but its real talent lies in selling it.…

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