10 Fun Facts about Budweiser!!!!!

As a huge fan of Budweiser I find this interesting and i never knew this before. Read and enjoy.
10. Anheuser-Busch continued to brew Budweiser during Prohibition. The brand was tradition brewed and aged and then de-alcoholized in accordance with the law.
9. It takes about 40 billion yeast cells to ferment the equivalent of one bottle.
8. Rice freshness is important to Budweiser. Rice is milled, polished, graded and transported immediately to the brewery for Budweiser brewery. Budwieser rice is never stored after milling and polishing.
7. Budweiser is lager. Lager is a German word that means “storehouse” or “resting place.” Lagering began in 1410 when a German brewer determined that placing beer in a cool “lagerhaus” for a period greatly improved his beer.
6. For Budweiser, a blend of ten distinct hop varieties is brought together from hop growing religions all over the world
5. An Anheuser-Busch hop specialist hand evaluates every individual lot of hops for appearance and aroma. He looks at more than 1600 hop samples each year at harvest and selects only the best hops for Budweiser.
4. A sample of every load of rice for Budweiser is cooked and tasted by a brewing Budweiser.
3. Barley that is blended for Budweiser malt is gatheres from seven states and three providences across the North American prairies.
2. Each batch of Budweiser is tasted by our Brewmasters at least five times during its life at the brewery.
1. Beechwood chips used for Budweiser are cooked and tasted before use in lagering.

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