Anheuser-Busch brewery
Anheuser-Busch brewery
Anheuser-Busch began as a small brewery located in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1860, Eberhard Anheuser, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer, became owner of the struggling brewery. Adolphus Busch, Anheuser’s son-in-law, became partner in 1869, and became president when Anheuser died in 1880.
Adolphus Busch was the first U.S. brewer to use pasteurization to keep beer
fresh, the first to use artificial refrigeration and
refrigerated railroad cars and the first to bottle beer extensively. In 1876, Busch introduced America’s first national beer brand:
Budweiser. In 1877, Busch introduced the company's first cola: King Cola.
entrance gates
Anheuser-Busch became the largest brewer in the United States in 1957.
Anheuser-Busch International, Inc. was established in 1981, and is responsible
for the company's foreign beer operations and equity investments. However, after
the InBev takeover, A-BII essentially has been shut down and those respective
operations were transferred to the other InBev zones where the interests are
located.
tour center
As of 2008, it has 48.9% share of beer sales in the United States (by barrels), and produces about 11 billion bottles of beer a year.
Up until 2009, Anheuser-Busch was also one of the largest theme park
owners/operators in the United States, with ten parks throughout the country
through its entertainment division, Busch Entertainment Corporation. On October
7, 2009, parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev announced plans to sell the
division to The Blackstone Group for up to $2.7 Billion USD to relieve debt
brought on by the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch by InBev in 2008.
Anheuser-Busch InBev's North American headquarters are located in St. Louis, Missouri. The brewery, opened in 1852, is a National Historic Landmark District, and includes three buildings listed as National Historic Landmarks. Free public tours of the brewery are given. The tour takes visitors through the complex, and those of the legal age can enjoy two free glasses of any Anheuser-Busch product in the Hospitality Room after the tour. Tourists can see beer being made in a working part of the brewery.
brewery procedure
The company keeps a rotation of its famous Budweiser Clydesdales at its headquarters, and visitors to the brewery can observe the Clydesdales in their exercise field and see their places in the carriage house. Some of the herd is kept at the company farm in St. Louis County. The farm, known as Grant's Farm (having been owned by former President Ulysses S. Grant at one time), is home to a menagerie of animals. Since 2008, approximately half of the Budweiser Clydesdales are kept at the Warmsprings Ranch.
brew kettle
The brewery was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1966. The landmarked area includes 189 structures spread over 142 acres (0.57 km2), including many red brick Romanesque ones "with square crenelated towers and elaborate details."The Brew House, built in 1891-1892, is particularly notable for its "multi-storied hop chandeliers, intricate iron-work, and utilization of natural light".
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the grounds
Mash tanks
Grant
Beechwood Aging Cellars
Brewing Process
bottle line
can filling machine
Busch family of Beers
former school building
pretzels with the beer sample at the end of the tour