Quick Hits: Budweiser Brewed in Ireland, Irish Unimpressed
Posted on September 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM EDT
Raise your glass to Budweiser brewed in Ireland. No kidding. Guinness the Irish beer behemoth is returning to its roots. It plans to build a new brewery west of Dublin in the town of Leixlip where Arthur Guinness first brewed his dark-brown stout in 1755. Brands to be produced at the new brewery will include Smithwicks ale Harp larger as well as foreign brands produced under license including Carlsberg of Denmark and believe it or not Budweiser. (You know - the one with the Clydesdales.) Belgian brewer InBev agreed to buy Anheuser-Busch (BUD) for about $52 billion last summer. ...