Current owner: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Belgian brewers
Don’t be fooled by Budweiser’s re-brand. The cans may say “America” on them, but this beer is now owned by a Belgian company.
Budweiser beer dates back to the 1880s when a German, Adolphus Busch, moved to St. Louis and married the daughter of a local brewer, Eberhard Anheuser. The two became partners, but Busch eventually took over the business and created the light, crisp lager we have today and his brewery became the nation’s largest producer.
In 2008, August Busch IV sold the company to Belgium beer conglomerate InBev for $52 billion.