Budweiser () is a 5 % abv American-style lager produced by the Belgian-Brazilian beer conglomerate Anheuser – Busch InBev, introduced in 1876 by Adolphus Busch and one of the highest selling beers in the United States.

Budweiser is produced in various breweries located around the world.

Budweiser Brewery is a landmark seen from Newark Liberty International Airport | Newark Airport

The name Budweiser is genitive, meaning " of Budweis.

" In most European countries American Budweiser is not labelled as Budweiser but as Bud, and the name Budweiser refers to the original Czech beer, Budweiser Budvar, except for Ireland and the United Kingdom, where both beers are sold as Budweiser.

This is primarily composed of Budweiser brands.

Anheuser-Busch uses what is in many jurisdictions a legally-protected mark-of-origin indicating Czech provenance and humorous advertising campaigns to promote Budweiser, such as the " Real Men of Genius " radio and television commercials for Bud Light.

The Czech Budweiser is sold in some countries as Budejovicky Budvar but is known as Budweiser in many other countries throughout the world.

The Budweiser brand is promoted in motorsports, from Bernie Little's Miss Budweiser hydroplane boat to sponsoring the Budweiser King Top Fuel Dragster driven by Brandon Bernstein.

Budweiser is the official beer of NHRA and was the official beer of NASCAR until 2007.

Budweiser is distributed in four large container volumes: half-barrel ( 15. 5 US gallons ), quarter-barrel, 1 / 6 barrel and beer balls ( 5. 2 gallons ); and in smaller 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32 and 40 US ounce containers.

The top label is red and currently reads " Budweiser ".

Its current sponsored name is the FA Cup with Budweiser.

In České Budějovice, most of the old town is under more than a foot of water, and the Czech Budweiser breweries are shut down.

The brewery became part of Scottish Courage, and is now leased to Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd and produces Budweiser pale lager.

It appeared to be a favorite of advertisers, as several songs from it were used in American television commercials including those for Ask. com, Comcast, Payless ShoeSource, Nissan Motors, Budweiser, Pontiac Motors, Wendys, as well as in the trailer for the film Thank You for Smoking and for a promotional disc for the film Grindhouse which was available prior to the film's release at Hot Topic stores.

Anheuser-Busch has placed Budweiser as an official partner and sponsor of Major League Soccer and Los Angeles Galaxy and was the headline sponsor of the British Basketball League in the 1990s, taking over from rival company Carlsberg.

The same product is also sold elsewhere under the names " Budvar " and " Czechvar " due to legal disagreements with Anheuser-Busch over the Budweiser brand.

While it has been claimed that the Budweiser Rocket did briefly break the sound barrier, it could not gain any official titles because standard ground speed record regulations measure an average speed over a measured distance ( either one kilometer or one mile ( 1. 6 km ), depending on the particular sanctioning body's rules ).

Because of such disputes, Budvar is sold in the United States and Canada under the label Czechvar and according to the verdict of Court of Justice of the European Union in July 2010, Czech Budweiser Budvar has exclusive control over the Budweiser brand name in the whole European Union.

The accident took place in Thousand Oaks near the Myers ' residence. While on bereavement leave, John Roberts took over for him for NASCAR on Fox coverage of the Budweiser Shootout and the 2012 Daytona 500, which was postponed to Monday night and ran into early morning Tuesday due to a two-hour long red flag.

From 1986 – 1988, while in college, Rochon was one of the " Spudettes " featured in over 30 national spots for the Spuds Mckenzie Budweiser / Bud Light TV commercials.

* Adolphus Busch's brewery, Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis, Missouri, first markets Budweiser, a pale lager, as a nationally sold beer.

Anheuser-Busch introduced this lager in 1876 under the brand name Budweiser.

Budweiser and Anheuser-Busch enjoyed two decades of growth before the onset of prohibition in 1920.

Anheuser-Busch had to suspend brewing of Budweiser during prohibition and launched a range of non-alcoholic products.

When prohibition came to an end in 1933, Anheuser-Busch began brewing Budweiser again.

The company dared consumers to drink Budweiser for five days, and if on the sixth day, if they still preferred the taste of other beers they could go back.

Growth was limited by economic conditions caused by the great depression but thanks in part to the introduction of the metal can in 1936 Budweiser ’ s sales began to climb again.

After the war Budweiser and Anheuser-Busch entered into an era of rapid growth.

The Budweiser from Budějovice has been called " The Beer of Kings " since the 16th century.

Advertising campaigns have also included lizards impersonating the " Bud-weis-er " frogs, and a team of Clydesdale horses commonly known as the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Jr .' s Budweiser car in 2007

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