>
>Is it any good??? Bob, it's the real thing!
>
>Places in Bohemia often have dual German and Czech names. Thuse the Czech
>town Plžen had the German name Pilsen. It is the home of Pilsner beers.
>Likewise Budvar had the German name Budweis . and you can guess the rest.
>
>There was a landmark legal action in UK in the past few years concerning the
>Budweiser trademark. The Anheuser Busch sought to ban the sale of a Czech
>beer named Budweiser (had always been called that since time immemorial),
>and failed. Hence both Budweisers are on sale here under that name. Hard to
>mix them up, though!
>
>http://www1.american.edu/ted/budweis.htm
>
>I believe the Czech beer is marketed in US as Czechvar.
>
So maybe Anheuser Busch could market their inferior product in Europe as
Budloser?
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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