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Budweiser Vetos Genetically Modified Rice

Posted by timothy on from the squeeze-in-a-cheap-shot dept.

fishdan writes "Anheuser-Busch the makers of Budweiser and other beers, has stated that they will not buy rice from Missouri if genetically modified crops are allowed in the state. Budweiser is claimed to be the best selling beer in the world Bud Light is the second best selling. I wonder about the stats of Tsing Tao I'm not sure what they're afraid of from genetically modified rice. Do they think their beer could get any worse?"

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  1. Rice? by turtled · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who cares when you are gettin drunk and watching the race!?

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  2. Beer? by Prien715 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All this time I thought Buddweiser only sold water!

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  3. genetically modified rice by wertarbyte · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know which scenario is scarier: modified rice, or rice in a beer!?

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  4. Re:To hear many foreigners talk about US beer by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Exactly. American beers like Bud and Miller are designed to be drunk ice-cold, so you can't actually taste the rankness.

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  5. Re:To hear many foreigners talk about US beer by Exocet · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm like you - I prefer not to be able to see through my beers. Even better if light appears to bend into the the beer's event horizon.

    That being said, I love Red Stripe beer. If you hate most lagers you might like Red Stripe.

    PS: For dark beers, Deschutes Brewery makes Black Butte Porter. Their Obsidian Stout sucks, IMO, but the Black Butte is awesome.

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