Anheuser-Busch halts beer production to give water to Harvey victims

[shortylickens]

I think the joke here is fairly obvious, so I wont say it. I'm just glad somebody in corporate America is doing something nice for a change.

 

[Paratus]

I think the joke here is fairly obvious, so I wont say it. I'm just glad somebody in corporate America is doing something nice for a change.

But I will!

How could you even tell it was water and not Bud!

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Bud smells like piss in addition to looking like piss.

 

[pcgeek11]

They have done this several times before...

 

[ViRGE]

I've always wanted to try water in a can...

 

[lxskllr]

I've always wanted to try water in a can...

There's a new local water brand that sells purified water, and some of the marketing claims how environmental it is. It comes in a tetrapak. Hard to recycle, slow to break down, uses lots of chemical processes; Perfect! :^S

I think a can would be great. It's the opposite of a tetrapak aside from the energy required to make aluminum. Never had pure water in a can though, only flavored seltzer. It might affect the flavor.

 

[allisolm]

They have done this several times before...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anheus...nd-water-to-houston-hurricane-harvey-victims/

Anheuser-Busch says it has provided over 76 million cans of clean emergency drinking water during disasters since 1988. In 2016 alone, the company sent water to Flint, Michigan, California communities plagued by wildfires, and victims of Hurricane Matthew.

Beer is a necessity of life, but water is good, too.

 

[pcgeek11]

Hell yeah, Beer is almost bread.

 

[sdifox]

Hats off to a company that is doing something to give back.

 

[ViRGE]

There's a new local water brand that sells purified water, and some of the marketing claims how environmental it is. It comes in a tetrapak. Hard to recycle, slow to break down, uses lots of chemical processes; Perfect! :^S

I think a can would be great. It's the opposite of a tetrapak aside from the energy required to make aluminum. Never had pure water in a can though, only flavored seltzer. It might affect the flavor.

What exactly is a tetrapak? Google image search isn't being especially helpful here.

 

[lxskllr]

What exactly is a tetrapak? Google image search isn't being especially helpful here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra_Pak

You see it on ultrapasteurized milk, coconut milk, and stuff like that. It looks more or less like an old school milk carton, but has high tech construction. It keeps stuff a long time, but it's hard to deal with when you're done due to the multiple materials used in construction

 

[sdifox]

What exactly is a tetrapak? Google image search isn't being especially helpful here.

Think juiceboxes. Single serve drinks used to come in three sided pyramid (tetrahedron) paper plastic foil packaging.

 

[ViRGE]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra_Pak

You see it on ultrapasteurized milk, coconut milk, and stuff like that. It looks more or less like an old school milk carton, but has high tech construction. It keeps stuff a long time, but it's hard to deal with when you're done due to the multiple materials used in construction

Huh, I didn't realize those had a special name. I just always filed them under "carton".

 

[Worthington]

I used to have a 6 pack of Bud water cans from when I went through hurricane Andrew back in 1992. Looked almost exactly like your typical can of Bud except for a few places that said "water". I had kept them as a memory of the hurricane. Sadly, at some point through my college career dear mother went through my room and threw them away (along with a pretty decent, and now valuable comic collection).

 

[MtnMan]

I've always wanted to try water in a can...

Their Bud Lite beer is pretty damn close.

 

[MtnMan]

Hats off to a company that is doing something to give back.

Anheuser-Bush has plenty of idle capacity since loosing market share to craft beer has idled some breweries. Other breweries such as Oskar Blues has suspended production to can water to send to Texas.

https://www.brewbound.com/news/oskar-blues-halts-production-can-drinking-water-texas

"
LONGMONT, CO – In immediate response to the recent flood devastation in Texas, Oskar Blues Brewery and Ball Corporation teamed up with the CAN’d Aid Foundation to can and ship 220,200 cans of clean drinking water to the residents of Houston, TX.

Oskar Blues Brewery halted beer canning on August 29th to fill cans of water. 88,800 cans of fresh, safe water will arrive Friday, September 1, and 131,400 additional cans are set to be filled and shipped over the weekend."

 

[sdifox]

Anheuser-Bush has plenty of idle capacity since loosing market share to craft beer has idled some breweries. Other breweries such as Oskar Blues has suspended production to can water to send to Texas.

https://www.brewbound.com/news/oskar-blues-halts-production-can-drinking-water-texas

"
LONGMONT, CO – In immediate response to the recent flood devastation in Texas, Oskar Blues Brewery and Ball Corporation teamed up with the CAN’d Aid Foundation to can and ship 220,200 cans of clean drinking water to the residents of Houston, TX.

Oskar Blues Brewery halted beer canning on August 29th to fill cans of water. 88,800 cans of fresh, safe water will arrive Friday, September 1, and 131,400 additional cans are set to be filled and shipped over the weekend."

Idle capacity or not, they still have to choose to do it.

 

[tommo123]

Never had pure water in a can though

isn't pure water bad for us? leeches minerals etc from our bodies on top of tasting vile!

 

[sdifox]

isn't pure water bad for us? leeches minerals etc from our bodies on top of tasting vile!

Still a lot better than flood water.

 

[lxskllr]

isn't pure water bad for us? leeches minerals etc from our bodies on top of tasting vile!

Bad choice of words. Should have typed plain or unaltered water.

 

[Fenixgoon]

I think the joke here is fairly obvious, so I wont say it. I'm just glad somebody in corporate America is doing something nice for a change.

not to rip on AB, but this isn't anything new. they've done it before. nonetheless glad to see many companies helping support a devastated community.

 

[shortylickens]

Still a lot better than flood water.

Yup. You could always add in some salt packets or whatever to make it less dangerous.

 

[Darwin333]

As much as I dislike their beer, damn good on them to be helping out in the best way that they can.

 

[Matthiasa]

isn't pure water bad for us? leeches minerals etc from our bodies on top of tasting vile!

Bad for us in and off itself not really... It does however have a bad habit of leaching chemicals from whatever it is being it stored in.