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ProjectGuard
As of Feb 13, 1996, Coors is owned by Anheuser/Busch inc
YUENGLING beer is the oldest independently owned brewery in America. A/B owns about a dozen or so other brand names. One I remember is Michelob. Of course Bush, Miller and the others are pretty much the top ten most popular brands.

MAFury
ProjectGuardList is long for Busch..Obviously, Anheuser-Busch peddles Budweiser, Bud Light, and other Bud brands, as well as the Busch brands of beers.
But here are some brands you might not have known are owned by the company:
The Michelob brands... View More

MAFury
ProjectGuard Does not own Coors
Anheuser Busch does not own Coors. Coors is owned by Molson Coors Brewing Company , which is a joint venture between the U.S.-based MillerCoors and the Canadian-based Molson. Anheuser Busch is the largest beer manufacturer in the United States, but it does not have ... View More

WaldoJPeabody
Gentle Friend, Point of Order, Coors , as of 2005, is a subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company. That said, they have their own issues. ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coors_Brewing_Company#Minority_issues
Coors Brewing Company - Wikipedia
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ProjectGuard
THANK YOU for that!

ProjectGuard
I'm sorry, A/B DID own Coors. The date in my post is from the Public record. verifying the purchase and registering the transfer of the Coors patents. Molson was acquired by A/B 13 Feb 1996 for approx $12B. Essentially a lone while Coors reorganized, modernized, and redesigned their beverage artwork... View More

WaldoJPeabody
ProjectGuard It is indeed a tangled mess. SABMiller was involved, SABMiller had to divest themselves of their joint venture holdings in MillerCoors in order to do their merger with A/B InBev. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MillerCoors
MillerCoors - Wikipedia
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ProjectGuard
Tangled mess INDEED!

WaldoJPeabody
ProjectGuard It was a heyday of Mergers and Acquistions driven by InBev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_InBev . Coors has a couple of other holdings, it would be interesting to see what patents AB was given access to in 1996.
AB InBev - Wikipedia
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ProjectGuard
Strange, but four 20 or 30 years I've been saying a beer, is a beer, is a beer. They all taste same. And if you'll think back, there have been no hidden brand taste tests on just about anything.

WaldoJPeabody
ProjectGuard The interplay between InBev and AB is an interesting read. Basically, the fall from quality American Brand to cheap forigen ownership. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch#Prohibition_to_last_years_of_independence
Anheuser-Busch - Wikipedia
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WaldoJPeabody
ProjectGuard I do remember the scandal that broke out when it was found out that a brewer was using rice instead of barley or wheat to reduce production costs.