Great International Beer & Cider Competition Results

November 13, 2009 — Providence, RI

Two hundred forty-seven beers and ciders from 53 breweries and cideries representing 15 states and four foreign countries entered the Great International Beer & Cider Competition this year in Providence,RI.

The event was sponsored for the 13^th year by Yankee Brew News. Forty-five professional brewers and beer industry journalists acted as judges in a blind tasting format. First, second and third place awards were presented in 20 categories of ales, lagers and ciders.

WHEAT BEER — BELGIAN

1) Southampton Double White, Southampton Brewing, Southampton, NY

2) Redhook Schmidty’s Vice, Redhook Ale Brewery, Portsmouth, NH

3) Blue Moon Belgian White Ale, Coors Brewing, Golden, CO

WHEAT BEER — GERMAN & AMERICAN

1) Samuel Adams Dunkleweizen, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

2) Rogue Somer Orange Honey Ale, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

3) Sierra Nevada Kellerweis, Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, CA

LIGHT ALES

1) Offshore East Chop Lighthouse, Offshore Ale Co., Oak Bluffs, MA

2) Trinity Kölsch, Trinity Brewhouse, Providence, RI

3) Redhook Slim Chance, Redhook Ale Brewery, Portsmouth, NH

ENGLISH PALE ALE/BITTER

1) Martha’s Exchange McGann’s London Ale, Martha’s Exchange, Nashua, NH

2) Jasper Murdock’s Old Slipperyskin, Jasper Murdock’s Alehouse/Norwich Inn, Norwich, VT

3) Boston Beer Works (Fenway) King’s Chapel Imperial ESB, Slesar Brothers Brewing, Boston, MA

AMERICAN PALE ALE

1) Redhook Long Hammer IPA, Redhook Ale Brewery, Portsmouth, NH

2) Jasper Murdock’s First Pick, Jasper Murdock’s Alehouse/Norwich Inn, Norwich, VT

3) Gardner Chair City Pale Ale, Gardner Ale House, Gardner, MA

AMERICAN AMBER ALE

1) Ithaca CascaZilla Red Ale, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca, NY

2) Rogue American Error! Contact not defined., Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

3) Cricket Hill American Ale, Cricket Hill Brewing, Fairfield, NJ

INDIA PALE ALE

1) Willimantic Junk Mail IPA, Willimantic Brewing, Willimantic, CT

2) Trinity IPA, Trinity Brewhouse, Providence, RI

3) Boston Beer Works (Fenway) Slash & Burn Double IPA, Slesar Brothers Brewing, Boston, MA

BROWN ALE

1) Jasper Murdock’s Famous Sidekick, Jasper Murdock’s Alehouse/Norwich Inn, Norwich, VT

2) John Harvard’s Nut Brown Ale, John Harvard’s Brew House, Manchester, CT

3) Milly’s Castlefield Northern English Brown, Milly’s Tavern, Manchester, NH

PORTER

1) Southampton Imperial Porter, Southampton Brewing, Southampton, NY

2) Rogue Mocha Porter, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

3) Long Trail Imperial Porter, Long Trail Brewing, Bridgewater Corners, VT

STOUT

1) Pike 5X Stout, Pike Brewing, Seattle, WA

2) Rogue Chocolate Stout, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

3) Rogue Shakespeare Stout Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

LAGER

1) Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

2) Kingfisher Premium Lager, Saratoga Brewing, Saratoga Springs, NY

3) Rogue Kell’s Irish Lager, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

AMBER LAGER

1) Cambridge House Ominous Forecast, Cambridge House, Granby, CT

2) Boston Beer Works (Canal Street) Black Rider, Slesar Brothers Brewing, Boston, MA

3) Harpoon Munich Dark, Harpoon Brewery, Boston, MA

OKTOBERFEST

1) Samuel Adams Octoberfest, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

2) Olde Saratoga Lager, Saratoga Brewing, Saratoga Springs, MY

3) Rogue Maierfest, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

STRONG BEER — OTHER

1) Trinity Imperial Red, Trinity Brewhouse, Providence, RI

2) Lake Placid Ubu Ale, Lake Placid Brewing, Lake Placid, NY

3) Watch City Pazuzu Ale, Watch City Brewing, Waltham, MA

STRONG BEER — IMPERIAL IPA

1) Gardner Face-off Double IPA, Gardner Ale House, Gardner, MA

2) Rogue I²PA, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

3) Ithaca Alphalpha, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca, NY

STRONG BEER — LAGER

1) Samuel Adams Double Bock, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

2) Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsner, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

3) Boston Beer Works (Canal Street) Double Bock, Slesar Brothers Brewing, Boston, MA

STRONG BEER — MIXED STYLES

1) Samuel Adams Imperial Stout, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

2) Olde Burnside Ten Penny Ale Reserve, Olde Burnside Brewing, East Hartford, CT

3) Southampton Abbot 12, Southampton Brewing, Southampton, NY

FRUIT/SPICE — LAGERS & BELGIAN ALES

1) Southampton Cuvée des Fleurs, Southampton Brewing, Southampton, NY

2) Southampton Saison, Southampton Brewing, Southampton, NY

3) Trinity Belgian Pumpkin, Trinity Brewhouse, Providence, RI

FRUIT/SPICE: ALES

1) Watch City Beejeezus Hop Crisis BPA, Watch City Brewing, Waltham, MA

2) Trinity Baltic Porter, Trinity Brewhouse, Providence, RI

3) Boston Beer Works (Canal Street) Cherry Bomb, Slesar Brothers Brewing, Boston, MA

CIDER

1) Original Sin Pear Cider, Original Sin Cider, New York, NY

2) Woodchuck Draft Cider Oak Aged, Green Mountain Beverage, Middlebury, VT

3) Tulip Valley Red Barn Fire Barrel Cider, Tulip Valley Vineyard & Orchard, Mount Vernon, WA

source: allaboutbeer

Homebrewing

Homebrewing is highly rewarding. There is nothing like the satisfaction of flipping the tap and drawing a tall, sparkling brew, tailored to the season, the only beer of its kind on the planet, tasting the pleasures of self-gratification. And of course, it’s even better if you can pass it around. Sharing a homebrewed beer is an act of kindness, grace, and civility.

Passive entertainment is out. People want to do something, not just sit around and have their experiences spoon-fed to them. It’s time to get our hands dirty and make things. This cuts across all types of cultural activities; beer certainly falls into that bucket.

This desire to make something and share it has created an industry―craft brewing―successful enough to shake the foundations of beer in this country. Sometimes, if you just believe in something and keep pushing and going where the spirit takes you, amazing things happen. Craft beer is still a long way from being the top dog in the market, but who would have thought it would get to where it is? For sure, it’s here to stay.

So, if you’ve been thinking about brewing, get busy. Start thinking about what you’re going to brew, beer by beer, season by season. Picture a great tasting beer that you brewed, foamy and cool in your hand. It’s way worth it. Set a date, buy a kit, get a good book and start brewing.

The process is simple. Beginners use malt extract syrup or powder as the base, which skips the more complex and time-consuming mashing process. To this are added small amounts of various specialty grains and then at different times during the boil, bittering and aromatic hops are added. When cooled, yeast is pitched and fermentation takes place. A few weeks after that, the beer is bottled. It’s not that hard. You can do it in a kitchen in an apartment, and you don’t need to learn to weld. Not for a while, anyway.

You will need to learn the basics of cleaning and sanitation, because everything else rests on them. Beyond that, the rest of the science, technology, culture and art behind brewing is rich and fascinating, well worthy of pursuit. You don’t necessarily need to learn it all―in fact you can make perfectly fine beer without it―but the background stuff will enrich your brewing and yourself.

Making beer is the best way to learn about our favorite beverage, and gives you insight you can’t get anyway else. Cooking up a recipe for a kitchen-brewed beer is pretty much the same as at a craft brewery. You’re trying to coax 900 flavors out of a pile of grains, a handful or two of hops and some yeast. You’re going to get an education in tasting, too. When you brew, you know for sure where all those flavors come from and you’ll become more aware of the subtleties in your―and everybody else’s―beers. You will learn to be especially vigilant of flaws and off-flavors that can ruin all your hard work.

As you grow as a brewer you will learn to concoct a recipe that will give you just the profile you were looking for. After a few batches, you may want to step up to all-grain mashing. It takes more time and a little more equipment, but gives you total control of the recipe, since it’s just a scaled down version of commercial brewing. You might find difficult brewing techniques like decoction and Belgian slijm mashing worth a try. You could grow your own hops, malt your own barley and, yes, even weld up some of your own equipment. You may, like many, decide to keep things very simple. There is no one way to pursue homebrewing.

source: allaboutbeer

Budweiser Freaks

A Crown for the king




A fan that deserves to be in every beer-freak's home


Friends + Budweiser = Fun


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Cheers to all Budweiser freaks:


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so fuck the world
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Budweiser India

Crown Beers India, the joint venture between Anheuser Busch and Crown International, has launched the first locally produced Budweiser in southern and western India.

The medium-bodied lager, which retails in 330-ml and 650-ml bottles, is brewed using a blend of imported and classic American aroma hops as well as barley malts and rice. "As the Indian beer market continues to experience tremendous growth, our goal is to best position Budweiser as leading brand in the premium category," said Stephen Burrows, CEO and president, Anheuser-Busch Asia Pacific Operations. "Brewed locally, Budweiser will distinguish itself with Indian consumers as a great-tasting beer with unmatched quality and freshness."


Budweiser is currently sold in hotels, retail outlets and bars in Andhra Pradesh and Mumbai. Crown Beers said it plans to expand Budweiser's distribution across southern and western India throughout the summer. Budweiser's launch follows the joint venture's May introduction of Armstrong, a new premium strong beer, which contains 7% alcohol by volume. The brand is sold in 650-ml bottles at retail outlets and bars across southern and western India. "Strong beers account for nearly two-thirds of beer sales in India, and the segment continues to grow at a rapid pace," said KVD Prasad Rao, chairman, Crown Beers. "This incredible segment growth provides Armstrong with an opportunity to become the brand of choice for Indian consumers who want a stronger beer with a distinct taste and a premium look."


Last February, Anheuser-Busch International and Crown International formed a joint venture to brew, market and distribute Budweiser and other brands in India. The joint venture includes the new 500,000-hectoliter Hyderabad brewery completed in March. Both Anheuser-Busch and Crown International each have 50% ownership of the joint venture and collaborate on all local management, marketing and sales decisions.


Budweiser arrives in North India too


NORTH India just got a new beer to guzzle, ­ the American Budweiser.

The world's largest beer brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev has already introduced the beer in the southern part of the country including in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka ­ after InBev bought out USbased Anheuser-Busch (AB) in November 2008 in a $52 billion transaction.


Over 1.5 million cases of Budweiser were sold in 2008-09.

The American lager was only available as an import in hotels before its launch in south India.

Budweiser would compete with Copenhagen's Carlsberg and Tuborg beers, which retail for Rs 35 a pint. The price difference between these foreign-origin beers may benefit Budweiser.

"Pricing is a factor that may help Budweiser eat into other beers' market share that are priced in the same segment," says Sandeep Verma, director of Delhi-based Institute of Bar Operations and Management. He added the international acceptance of the beer will soon create a different segment altogether in the Indian market.


AB InBev India sells beers like Stella Artois, Beck's, Leffe and Hoegaarden, among others at the moment.

These beers are brewed in Hyderabad along with Budweiser, where the company has a brewery.

The company is expected to ramp up production of the beer, following its launch in north India on Wednesday.

Bars are also optimistic about Budweiser's acceptance among beer guzzlers.

"Foreigners coming into the bar will opt for Budweiser when they see it listed on the menu. The young crowd too, which opts for beers Carlsberg and Kingfisher will start settling for a Budweiser once its available," said Nikhil Davda, assistant manager for marketing at Galaxy Entertainment, a company that owns Gurgaon-based The Sports Bar. The bar would price a pint of Budweiser at Rs 129.


“As the Indian beer segment has witnessed double digit growth year-on-year, the country offers an important market with immense potential.The launch of Budweiser in north India will further enhance our influence in this crucial market,” said Anheuser-Busch India chief executive Raja Mukherji.

The announcement comes after the successful integration of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Indian subsidiaries, which was initiated following $52-billion acquisition of the American beer giant Anheuser-Busch by the European brewing major InBev last November.

Anheuser-Busch InBev India currently owns and manages three breweries with a total capacity of more than 700,000 hectolitres — Regent breweries in Madhya Pradesh, Bangalore-based Dasappa and Crown brewery in Andhra Pradesh.

The brands Budweiser and Tennent’s Super are manufactured locally.

The company invests on an average about $10 million year-on-year in its breweries, Mukherji said, adding that “Indian laws on alcoholic beverage are cumbersome. The industry is to fighting to get simpler norms and hope we achieve that.”

Source: santabanta.com

Budweiser

Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch) is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. Budweiser is made with a large proportion (up to 80%) of rice in addition to hops and barley malt. Budweiser is produced in various breweries located around the United States and the rest of the world. It is a filtered beer available in draught and packaged forms. In the USA, it has 5.0% alcohol by volume and 145 calories per 12 oz., except in Utah, Minnesota, Kansas and Oklahoma where a 3.2% alcohol by weight (4.0% by volume) strength is available due to state laws. Minnesota and Colorado require 3.2% alcohol by weight beer only at select public events and beer being sold in grocery stores and gas stations.

Name origin

In 1876, Adolphus Busch and his friend Carl Conrad, a liquor importer, developed a "Bohemian-style" lager, inspired after a trip to the region. Brewers in Bohemia generally named a beer after their town with the suffix "er." Beers produced in the town of Pilsen (Plzeň), for example, were called Pilsners. Busch and Conrad had visited another town, only 104 km (65 miles) south of Pilsen also, known for its breweries: Budweis (or Böhmisch Budweis). Beer has been brewed in Budweis since it was founded as Budiwoyz by king Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1245. The name Budweiser is a locative, meaning "of Budweis." In most European countries American Budweiser is not labelled as Budweiser but as Bud or Anheuser-Busch B, and the name Budweiser refers to the original Czech beer. The United Kingdom is the exception to this, and both companies use Budweiser there.

Anheuser-Busch has a market share in the United States of 50.9% for all beers sold. This is primarily composed of Budweiser brands. In 2008 Budweiser/Anheuser-Busch sold the majority of their stock to Belgian-Brazilian beer giant InBev, to create the largest brewing company in the world. The company's 2005 annual report cites figures which demonstrate Budweiser brands are proving to be quite successful in markets outside of the U.S. including China, and Canada, where Labatt Brewing Company brews and packages Budweiser and Bud Light for the Canadian market.

Budweiser is also widely available in Mexico due to Anheuser-Busch's half-ownership of Grupo Modelo, through which Budweiser and Bud Light are distributed. In Ireland, Budweiser is one of the leading lager brands; it is brewed, marketed, and sold by Guinness. Budweiser is also available in Italy, UK, Brazil, Argentina, Finland, Germany, Panama, Paraguay, Japan, India and Russia because of partnerships Anheuser-Busch has with major brewers there.

Budweiser, under the name "Bud," is also available in Belgium and is imported by Corsendonk breweries and is distributed by Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world.

Budweiser was recently launched in India, where it is slowly gaining market share from the leading Kingfisher, Fosters and Royal Challenge.

Dispute over right to use the name

Anheuser-Busch cites prior registration of the trademark in the US and battles for the right to use it worldwide in many legal disputes against the Europe-based companies in several countries. The Europeans wish to maintain or regain their right to market their beer under their traditional trademark. Bürgerbräu has marketed its beer as Budweiser Bier since 1876, while Budvar has marketed its product this way since 1895. The two companies in Budweis point out that Budweiser is not a generic name, but refers to a beer actually made in the city.

The existence of several beers with similar names has caused problems in some markets. In 1907 the US and Czech brewers made an agreement that Anheuser-Busch could market its beer as Budweiser only in North America, while the Czech brewers had the rights to the European markets. Anheuser-Busch markets its product as "Bud" (in France and elsewhere) and "Anheuser-Busch B" (in Germany), where the beer brewed in the original city retains the rights to the name. The United Kingdom is one of the few places where both Anheuser-Busch and Budvar beer are sold under the name "Budweiser." In the U.S., the original beer from Budweis is sold under the name "Czechvar".

In 2007, Anheuser-Busch announced it had signed a deal with Budejovicky Budvar, the maker of the Czech Republic's Budweiser, to import Budvar Budweiser into the United States and sell it under the name Czechvar.

In 2009, the European Court of First Instance upheld a ruling that refuses AB InBev, the new owners of the US Budweiser brand, permission to register the Budweiser brand as a trademark. After the ruling, AB InBev decided to keep the Budweiser or Bud name in 23 of 27 European countries. In the U.K., courts have ruled both companies can call their beer Budweiser. In Germany, Budvar has exclusive control over the Budweiser brand name.

Marketing

Budweiser emphasizes humorous advertising campaigns, such as the "Real Men of Genius" radio and television commercials for Bud Light.

The Budweiser from Budějovice has been called "The Beer of Kings" since the 16th century. Adolphus Busch is said to have changed the slogan to "The King of the Beers". The Czech Budweiser is sold in some countries as "Budejovicky Budvar" but is known as Budweiser throughout.

Some Bud advertising campaigns have entered the popular culture in the United States. They include a long line of TV advertisements in the 1990s featuring three frogs named "Bud", "Weis", and "Er" (The commercial is often listed among the best Super Bowl advertisements in history, ranking at #5 at MSNBC's list.), and a campaign built around the phrase "Whassup?". The company is known for its sports sponsorships, video game sponsorship Tapper (a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer and collect empty mugs and tips.), and humorous advertisements. Advertising campaigns have also included a nude Ganymede (a divine hero in Greek Mythology whose homeland was Troy. He was a Trojan prince, son of the eponymous Tros of Dardania, and of Callirrhoe, and brother of Ilus and Assaracus. Ganymede was the most attractive among mortals, by reason of which he was abducted by Zeus in the form of an eagle to serve as cupbearer to the gods and as Zeus's beloved.) grasping a beer bottle and borne aloft by a bald eagle, lizards impersonating the "Bud-weis-er" frogs, and a team of Clydesdale horses commonly known as the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Budweiser has a vast presence in motorsports, from Bernie Little's Miss Budweiser hydroplane boat to sponsoring the Budweiser King Top Fuel Dragster driven by Brandon Bernstein. Budweiser has sponsored the CART championship, is the official beer of NHRA and was the official beer of NASCAR until 2007. Budweiser has sponsored top NASCAR teams such as Junior Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports and DEI . In 2008, Budweiser became Kasey Kahne's primary sponsor. Budweiser has also sponsored many races, including the Budweiser Shootout, and previously The Bud at the Glen, Budweiser 500, and Budweiser 400.

Budweiser is 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. Budweiser is also an official sponsor of the English Premier League.

In the early 20th century, the company commissioned a play-on-words song called Under the Anheuser Bush, which was recorded by several early phonograph companies. Budweiser continues to use popular music in advertisements. Some commercials feature the song "Galvanize", by The Chemical Brothers.

In August 2009 the company partnered with popular Chinese video-sharing site, Tudou.com for a user-generated online video contest. The contest encourages users to suggest ideas that include ants for a Bud TV spot set to run in February 2010 during the Chinese New Year.

Containers and packaging

Containers

Over the years, Budweiser has been distributed in many sizes and containers. Through the early-1950s Budweiser was primarily distributed in just three packages—kegs, 12-ounce bottles and quart bottles. Cans were first introduced in 1936.

From 1936 to 1955, cans were slow to catch on. In 1955, August Busch Jr. made a strategic move to expand Budweiser's national brand and distributor presence. Along with this expansion came advances in bottling automation, new bottling materials and more efficient distribution methods.

These advances have brought to market many new containers and package designs. Presently, 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). In smaller consumption volumes, Budweiser is distributed in eight, ten, 12, 16, 22, 24, 32 and 40 US ounce containers. Smaller containers may be made of glass, aluminum or plastic.

Packages are sometimes tailored to local customs and traditions. In St. Mary's County, Maryland, ten ounce cans are the preferred package. Budweiser drinkers in the western stretches of Ottawa County, Michigan prefer the eight ounce can. This Ottawa County preference for the eight ounce can may stem from a long-standing blue law held in many Western Michigan cities that prohibit sale of beer and wine on Sundays. In response to this blue law, brewers and distributors presented the eight ounce can as a smaller alternative.

Budweiser has introduced many can designs with co-branding and sports marketing promotional packaging. Today, most of these promotional programs are represented only on the 16 ounce aluminum bottle container. However, many major league baseball and NFL teams also promote 24 ounce cans marked with team logos.

Bottle

The Budweiser bottle has remained relatively unchanged since its introduction in 1876. The top label is red and currently reads "Budweiser". The top of the main label is red with a white banner with a pledge on it, which has changed three times. Below the banner is a coat of arms of sorts, which features an Anheuser-Busch stylization. Below that is a large white box.

Beer

Budweiser is brewed using barley malt, rice, water, hops and yeast. It is lagered with beechwood chips in the aging vessel which, according to Anheuser-Busch, creates a smoother taste. Rice is used to produce a "clean finish." While beechwood chips are used in the maturation tank, there is little to no flavor contribution from the wood, mainly because they are boiled in sodium bicarbonate [baking soda] for seven hours for the very purpose of removing any flavor from the wood. The maturation tanks that Anheuser-Busch uses are horizontal and, as such, flocculation of the yeast occurs much more quickly. Anheuser-Busch refers to this process as a secondary fermentation, with the idea being that the chips give the yeast more surface area to rest on. This is also combined with a krausening procedure that re-introduces wort into the chip tank therefore activating the fermentation process again. By placing chips at the bottom of the tank, the yeast remains in suspension longer, giving it more time to reabsorb and process green beer flavors, such as acetaldehyde and diacetyl, that Anheuser-Busch believes are off-flavors which detract from overall drinkability.

While some drinkers prefer the lightness of beers like Budweiser and consume it as a refreshment or for its inebriating effects, some beer writers consider it to be bland. The beer is light-bodied with faint sweet notes and negligible bitterness, leading to reviews characterising it as a "...beer of underwhelming blandness". Based upon sales, however, it is the most popular of the American Style Lagers among North American beer consumers.

Budweiser and Bud Light are sometimes advertised as vegan beers, in that their ingredients and conditioning do not use animal by-products. Some might object to the inclusion of genetically engineered rice and animal products used in the brewing process. Recently, Anheuser-Busch has brewed a version of Budweiser with organic rice, for sale in Mexico. They have yet to extend this practice to any other countries.

Anheuser-Busch was one of the few breweries during Prohibition that had the resources and wherewithal to convert to "cereal beer" production—malt beverage made with non-fermentables such as rice and unmalted barley and rye, and able to stay under the 0.5% limit established by the Volstead Act. Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the major breweries continued to use unmalted cereal grains to provide the full body and mouthfeel of a "real" beer while keeping the alcohol content low.

Budweiser brands

In addition to the regular Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch brews several different beers under the Budweiser brand, including:

Bud Light

Budweiser's flagship light beer with 4.2% ABV and 110 calories per 12 ounce serving.

Bud

A version of Budweiser available in Europe.

Budweiser Select

Budweiser Select, or Bud Select, a light pale lager that contains 4.3% ABV and 99 calories per 12 ounce serving. Anheuser-Busch aggressively promoted Budweiser Select. Its slogan was "The Real Deal". It hired Jay-Z as a spokesman for the brand. Bud Select is featured alongside Budweiser and Bud Light in most of the family advertisements and point-of-sale material.

Budweiser Select 55

A version of Budweiser Select that contains 55 calories per 12 ounce serving is "a direct counterstrike to Miller's MGD 64" according to Annheuser-Busch officials. Budweiser currently claims that it is the lightest beer in the world. The calories in both Miller's MGD 64 and Budweiser's Select 55 have been reduced simply by lowering the fermentables content. MGD 64 has only 2.8% alcohol content and Select 55 has an even lower 2.4%, by comparison, while most beers have around 5%.

Bud Ice

Introduced in 1994 as "Ice by Budweiser", it has more alcohol (5.5% ABV) than Budweiser. It is best known for an advertising campaign that involved a malevolent penguin that stalked Bud Ice drinkers and stole their beer.

===Bud Ice Light=== Bud Ice Light contains 5.0% ABV and 115 calories. It undergoes fractional freezing, which Bud Light does not undergo.

Budweiser Brew Masters' Private Reserve

Budweiser Brew Masters' Private Reserve is an all-malt lager with a honey color and robust taste. It is based on a Budweiser brewmaster holiday tradition of collecting the richest part of the brew as it is tapped to the brew kettles to toast the holiday season."

Bud Dry

Bud Dry was introduced nationally in the U.S. in April 1990 with the slogan of "Why ask why? Try Bud Dry." It was originally successful in test markets and was expected to be a popular beer with the rise in light lager popularity. However, with the introduction of Bud Ice in 1994, Bud Dry wasn't as heavily marketed. It has declined in mainstream popularity and no longer receives commercial attention.

Bud Silver

An attempt to appeal to the tastes of beer drinkers in the United Kingdom, this specially brewed beer contains 4.1% alcohol by volume.

Bud Extra

A beer with caffeine, ginseng, guarana and alcohol. It contains 6.6% ABV as indicated on the label. It was marketed as a caffeinated malt beverage, similar to Sparks. On June 26, 2008, Anheuser-Busch announced that it would remove the caffeine and guarana from the beverage in response to concerns that the product was being marketed to consumers under the age of 21.

Budweiser/Bud Light Chelada

A blend of Budweiser or Bud Light and Clamato. This beverage became available nationally in late 2007.

Budweiser American Ale

American Ale debuted in September 2008. The beer claims to offer complex taste without much bitterness. Budweiser American Ale has a distinctive hoppy flavor. Budweiser American Ale is the first beer under the Budweiser name that is brewed as an ale (brewed with top-fermenting yeast) rather than a lager. The beer's darker color is a departure from the other Budweiser brands.

Budweiser NA

Non-alcoholic version of Budweiser developed for the Middle Eastern market. Also available in Green Apple and Tropical Fruits versions

Bud Light Lime

Bud Light with lime flavor added. It has 116 calories. Released in May 2008.

Bud Light Golden Wheat

On October 5, 2009 Budweiser officially released Bud Light Golden Wheat, a response to the increase in the amount of golden wheat obtained from craft brewers around the country. This beer has 118 calories, 8.3 grams of carbohydrates and 4.1% alcohol by volume. It is an American version of the hefeweizen wheat which is based on German hefeweizen style beers. German wheat beers are also referred to as weizen ("wheat") aka hefeweisen beers.

source: Wikipedia