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According to the Busch brewery in Jacksonville, neither Mr. Anheuser nor Mr. Busch were brewers. One was a businessman, the other a salesman of equipment to breweries. <BR>
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Their goal was to create a single beer that <BR>
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- would offend the fewest number of people<BR>
- hence could be brewed in the largest quantities, and shipped over large distances by rail. <BR>
- to maximize economies of scale. <BR>
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Hence the "beechwood aging" to remove ...... taste. <BR>
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OTOH, Guiness managed to brew strong beers which they distributed via ship. <BR>
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On Thu, 2018-03-22 at 14:42 -0400, Sean Kilpatrick via Ale wrote:
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Why Americans are so hooked on bland beer:
<A HREF="https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-03-21/why-bland-american-beer-here-stay">https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-03-21/why-bland-american-beer-here-stay</A>
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