Anheuser-Busch pulls millions from controversial NIH alcohol study

Enlarge Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev is pulling millions of dollars in funding from a controversial study overseen by the National Institutes of Health that aimed to assess the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption, according to a report by The New York Times. The 10-year, $ 100 million study had faced mounting criticism and was […]

Anheuser-Busch just bought 800 fuel cell Nikola trucks

Enlarge / A mockup of a Nikola truck with the Anheuser-Busch logo. (credit: Anheuser-Busch) On a quarterly financial call Wednesday afternoon, Tesla CEO Elon Musk briefly spoke about a new lawsuit filed by Nikola Motor Company, a Salt Lake City-based hydrogen fuel cell truck startup. Musk said it was a “laughable lawsuit from some company […]

Anheuser-Busch orders up to 800 Nikola hydrogen-fueled big rigs

Budweiser beer maker Anheuser-Busch said on Thursday it reserved up to 800 hydrogen-fueled semi-trucks from Nikola Motor Company as part of plans to convert its dedicated long-haul fleet to renewable powered trucks by 2025. The order would be large when compared to pre-orders so far for Tesla Inc’s all-electric Semi and is further evidence that […]

Craft beer’s argument for not selling out is totally flawed — and it’s great news for Anheuser-Busch and Heineken

REUTERS/Javier Galeano Despite craft brewing fans’ battles against industry giants, most Americans don’t really care who makes the beers that they drink. Forty-five percent of American drinkers believe that independence does not matter when picking a craft beer, according to UBS evidence lab’s third annual survey of roughly 1,200 US alcohol consumers. In other words, almost […]

People are furious that this craft brewer ‘sold out’ to Anheuser-Busch — here’s why the founders say they’re wrong

Wicked Weed It’s a tale as old as time — or at least as old as craft beer.  Scrappy homebrewers start a craft beer company. The beer catches on, becomes a cult classic, and gets noticed by a multi-million dollar company, which then acquires the craft brewer. Customers grow furious, and vow never again to drink the […]