Chesapeake
Posts: 1,603
Apr 3, 2010 4:22pm
Heard a Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" commercial on the radio about an hour ago and instead of saying Anheuser-Busch St. Louis, Missouri they said Anheuser-Busch Columbus, Ohio.
Did they move headquarters to Columbus?
I knew they had a brewery in Columbus for several years but didn't hear of the whole operation being moved to Columbus.
Anyone else heard this at the end of the commercial?
Did they move headquarters to Columbus?
I knew they had a brewery in Columbus for several years but didn't hear of the whole operation being moved to Columbus.
Anyone else heard this at the end of the commercial?
End of Line
Posts: 6,867
Apr 3, 2010 4:30pm
All I know of is that, there's just a brewery.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Apr 3, 2010 4:32pm
there's a giant regional office building too.The_Crosby_Show wrote: All I know of is that, there's just a brewery.
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Apr 3, 2010 4:54pm
My guess is that since the inbev takeover they are playing down the role of St. Louis in the enterprise. I haven't seen the brewery in Columbus but you can't miss the one in NJ driving from NYC to Newark Liberty Airport.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Apr 3, 2010 4:55pm
They've been doing that with their commercials for awhile now. I think A-B only has 12 breweries in the US, so to have one here in Columbus is obviously something they want to pride themselves on here in the Ohio market.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Apr 3, 2010 4:57pm
They were mentioning Columbus, OH even before InBev bought them out.Manhattan Buckeye wrote: My guess is that since the inbev takeover they are playing down the role of St. Louis in the enterprise. I haven't seen the brewery in Columbus but you can't miss the one in NJ driving from NYC to Newark Liberty Airport.
You can't miss the brewery here in Columbus either if you are up near the 71N/270 area.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Apr 3, 2010 4:57pm
If it's a humid day with the wind blowing just right I can smell the brewery all the way at my office on Polaris parkway.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Apr 3, 2010 6:49pm
I love the smell of rancid swill in the morning.LJ wrote: If it's a humid day with the wind blowing just right I can smell the brewery all the way at my office on Polaris parkway.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Apr 3, 2010 7:10pm
I've head that numerous times in those commercials... its nothing new
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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Apr 3, 2010 8:27pm
I took a factory tour in st louis last weekend and their hqs are defitley still there. If you ever get a chance go there the place is huge and has alot of history and at the end of the tour you get 2 free beers but really you can go up 3 or 4 times and try all their beers. I had a stella, some blueberry beer, and a bud light wheat. The tour is free as well and take about an hour
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Apr 3, 2010 8:36pm
Just a regional moniker. Similar to how Subway or Time Warner Cable has commercials specific to states and even regions of states (TWCNEO,etc). Makes it seem more personal. But no, they didn't move the headquarters.
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Apr 3, 2010 8:44pm
I love buying beer on the born on date.
BORIStheCrusher
Posts: 1,893
Apr 3, 2010 8:44pm
I'm sorry to hear that.LJ wrote: If it's a humid day with the wind blowing just right I can smell the brewery all the way at my office on Polaris parkway.
Go_Fast_Sports
Posts: 390
Apr 3, 2010 9:34pm
Fact: Ohio State campus consumes more A-B products than any other college campus.
Makes me think that's why they use C-bus in the commercial.
Makes me think that's why they use C-bus in the commercial.
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NOL fan
Posts: 376
Apr 5, 2010 7:02pm
Exactly. I imagine all of the 12 breweries have their own tag line like for the commercials in their region.I Wear Pants wrote: Just a regional moniker. Similar to how Subway or Time Warner Cable has commercials specific to states and even regions of states (TWCNEO,etc). Makes it seem more personal. But no, they didn't move the headquarters.
When in GA I heard a "real men of genius" commercial end with "Anheuser-Busch - Cartersville, Georgia"
sonofsam
Posts: 2,052
Apr 5, 2010 7:27pm
Has anyone ever seen the "canned water" that Busch makes? LOL We had a water outage at school back in the HS days and they brought it in by the truck load. It was in a solid white can with the A-B logo at the bottom and in big bold black letters in the middle of the can it said "WATER". The stuff tasted like they canned it right from the toilet lol
BORIStheCrusher
Posts: 1,893
Apr 5, 2010 7:59pm
With the stuff they do, it wouldn't surprise me.sonofsam wrote: Has anyone ever seen the "canned water" that Busch makes? LOL We had a water outage at school back in the HS days and they brought it in by the truck load. It was in a solid white can with the A-B logo at the bottom and in big bold black letters in the middle of the can it said "WATER". The stuff tasted like they canned it right from the toilet lol
mcburg93
Posts: 3,167
Apr 5, 2010 8:15pm
I have a few of those cans still. It was the worst tasting water ever.
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FairwoodKing
Posts: 2,504
Apr 5, 2010 8:27pm
Mentioning Columbus is just a marketing gimmick. I get Canadian TV where I live and it always amazes me that McDonald's tries to show that it's a Canadian brand. They put the maple leaf on their golden arches.
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Apr 6, 2010 1:04am
I could drink all the beer in that brewery in less than an hour.