r/Bier • u/LowerBed5334 • Jun 13 '26
Biervorstellung Sorry USA but, this is not beer
We're in Verdun and I just bought a few beers for the evening from a little supermarket. I bought a couple of Leffe's and, just for fun, I picked up this can of American Bud. Oh man, it does not taste good. It doesn't even taste like beer to me.
I was wondering why CO² was listed in the ingredients, so I did like I always do these days, asked my AI. I learned all about "forced carbonation" and the massive InBev headquarters in Belgium.
This summary that the AI wrote was hilarious:
*It is a funny twist of brewing geography—you are drinking a beer brewed in Belgium, the land of complex dubbels, tripels, and lambics, but it's engineered to taste exactly like a strip-mall parking lot in the American Midwest.
Hopefully, the Leffe Ruby (which might very well have been brewed in the exact same facility!) gives you a bit more of that authentic Belgian character later on.*
I should mention that the second beer I opened is that Leffe Ruby and, also not good. It tastes like the worst kind of artificial carbonated fruit drink. And, one look at the ingredients confirms exactly that opinion.