I have been gone for awhile.  I have been in mourning.  Budweiser sold out to InBev, a Belgian company that owns 200 of the largest selling beers internationally.  For close to a century and a half, Budweiser was America's everyday beer.  A working man's beer. 

Once the sale is finalized, one more piece of America will be lost.

I have spent my time in mourning.  I will not wait for the sale to be finalized.  I just drank my last Budweiser.  The last 24-can case is gone.  None will follow.

Three everyday American beers that I will now drink are Pabst, Grain Belt, and  Schlitz ( owned by Pabst).  In fact, Schlitz just changed its formula back to what it was in the 1960's.  Although it is actually brewed in a brewery owned by Miller Coors (another foreign company), it is owned by Pabst which is still an American company. 

As for a special occasion beer, I will be drinking Samuel Adams, maunfactured at several locations by the Boston Brewing Company and Fat Tire beer, manufactured in by New Belguim Brewing in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

So we have alternatives.  No longer will one of my alternatives be any beer manufactured by Anheuser Busch.

With a tear in my eye, I have to say...so long, good friend. This Bud is no longer for me.