Anheuser-Busch pauses beer production to send water to Harvey victims

[bathroommonkey76]

Beer production was halted at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Catersville, Georgia on Monday and trucks were sent out with emergency deliveries — truckloads of clean drinking water for Hurricane Harvey victims.

The first shipment arrived at the American Red Cross in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Monday, and two more shipments were sent to Arlington, Texas.

The cans of water — more than 155,000 of them in total — were sent courtesy of the Anheuser-Busch emergency drinking water program. "Putting our production and logistics strengths to work by providing safe, clean drinking water is the best way we can help in these situations," Bill Bradley, Anheuser-Busch's Vice President for Community Affairs, said in a statement.

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[OldHippieChick]

1. Oskar Blues is doing the same in Colorado. eom

[PoorMonger]

2. Best thing they've ever canned!

Ha, it's all love though - I'm glad they are doing it. It's something they've done before and will do again.

[Warpy]

3. OK, that is impressive

Even their water use for 2-3 days will make a big difference when the tankers roll into Houston.

Most people would have preferred free beer, I'm sure, but this is better for them.

[haele]

4. As my spouse commented "all they did was change the lable"...but good on them anyway.

Spouse prefers stouts and dark beers - and those taste best at room temperature - "ice cold" and they're horribly bitter.
He compares most U.S. commercial light beers to having sex in a canoe.

But for what it's worth, my opinion is this is a good thing. Water in cans is probably more "transportable" - even though once you get a can, you have to use it all at once (no cap to keep it from spilling if you're a sipper like myself). And the cans return a lot more money when you recycle them...

Haele

[brooklynite]

5. Better tasting...

[longship]

6. Water... Anheuser-Busch beer... same thing.

As poster above aptly points out, just change the label on the can.

But good for them anyway.

[pfitz59]

7. This sort of program can be arranged with good governance, and industry support

assuming we elect competent leaders

[pintobean]

8. A-B does this all the time.

I still have a few cans of their water from the flood of '93.

[ProgressiveValue]

9. So no change then.

Seriously though, good for them!

Busch, Bud Light, Coors, etc all make me gag because of how watery they are. I need heavy beers like German ones or a Chinese one called Tsing Tao.