We have a saying like 'what you get from far away must be good'.
No surprise then for Heineken being a premium brand everywhere, except in
The Netherlands where they originated...
2017-06-09 19:51 GMT+02:00 Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx>:
> On a visit to London twenty or so years ago, I notice that virtually all
> the pubs in the city were festooned with huge banners advertising that they
> now have...Budweiser! I thought that it was perhaps an attempt by the
> government to offset the lack of restaurants serving traditional British
> food by promoting sad lifeless beer. But then I realized that it was on the
> front end of the craft brewing boom here and it was likely an attempt to
> boost sales. About the same time that AB began acquiring craft breweries.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jan Steinman
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Switzerland [was: Donald. (Duck)]
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>
> From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> And in this country you can sometimes find Velveeta in the gourmet
>> section.
>>
>
> While living in Switzerland, I once went to a specialty international beer
> store — supposedly the best the world had to offer. I looked over the
> interesting European offerings, wondering what wonders the US section would
> hold. Perhaps an obscure Rolling Rock, from the Laurel Highlands? Maybe a
> pedestrian Sam Adams Bock, different enough to be of interest? Woa, maybe a
> Deschutes Brewing Company Black Butte Porter?
>
> As I got to the US section, I saw a floor-to-ceiling tower of… Budweiser.
>
> I guess they picked their “best international beer" from the movies or
> magazine ads, NOT by tasting it…
>
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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