On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:58:33 -0700, "Steve Jackson"
wrote:

"Paul Sherwin" wrote in message
...

I guess the big brewers like A-B and Coors don't export beer, they own
subsidiaries who brew beer for local markets. Any beer sold in the EU
has to have the ABV stated on the bottle (and the 'Best before' date).
US craft brewers are obviously interested in selling beer in
international markets so use ABV.

Label requirements are different for different countries, anyway, so they're
likely to have separate labels for the foreign markets. For instance, A-B
isn't allowed to call Bud "Budweiser" in most of Europe, so they have to
have containers that simply say Bud.

A-B own plants all over the place, and also have beer contract brewed
for some markets. They own the old Watneys brewery at Mortlake, West
London where they brew UK 'Budweiser' (ABV 5%, a bottled beer). They
also brew Irish 'Budweiser' in Ireland (ABV4.3%, a draft beer).

Best regards, Paul
--
Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk