Is water more important than beer? Not if you’re Anheuser-Busch, brewer of Budweiser and other brands of mass-produced frosty adult beverages. But Anheuser-Busch’s Georgia brewery nonetheless halted beer production late Wednesday to churn out 50,000 cans of water for flood victims in Texas and Oklahoma. “It’s something we’re uniquely positioned to do in a very timely period,“ brewery manager Rob Haas told NBC News. And we say–good on you, A-B!! 🙂
As a reminder, at least 25 people have died in heavy storms in the Southwest in the past week, with enough rainfall to fully reverse a five-year drought in the region…
Anheuser-Busch Halts Beer Production to Provide Water for Texas, Oklahoma Storm Victims – NBC News: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anheuser-busch-halts-beer-production-provide-water-texas-oklahoma-storm-n366361