On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:42:47 +0000, Joel wrote:

> Craig Bergren > wrote:
>>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:27:25 -0800, dgs wrote: I never wrote
>>that Bud was un-American, only that Miller is more American. If we take
>>into consideration hops, Bud is loses even more All American points
>>because not only do they use more grains that didn't originate in the US,
>>they use hops that aren't even grown here.
>
> That makes the unstated presumption that Miller only
> uses US-grown hops. Is that true?
> Incidentally, I've used Elk Mountain Saaz in my homebrew.
> grown in Idaho (izzat correct, Lew?) on an A-B owned hop farm.

It's reasonable to assume that Miller uses domestic hops. I didn't find
any evidence that they were buying a significant portion (8%) of an entire
country's (Czech Republic) production as is the case with Bud.