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Fun fact: Budwieser means “Budmeadower” or “Budloučňák”. Well, German can be tricky. Like: Weise Wiese, weiße Wiese, Leise Liese, Leib und lieb, Leid und Lied etc… :-D
@@E.L.Bernays Nope. I speak German as well. Is has nothing to do with the word "Wiese" meaning meadow. If anything, it might have something to do with the word "weise" which translates to "wise". So, something that is geographically connected to the wisdom of a certain community.
@@E.L.Bernays I recognize the meanings now, when you point my attention to it. Even when I literally translate it to other languages. But then again, I am currently at my 8th bottle of Budweiser Budvar, so I plead "drunk" and missing the point. (I wonder how I would plead if sober). Oh, now I see it. Weiße Wiese, Leise Liebe, Leib und Lieb, Leid und Lied. Ich verstehe die Worte. Ein sehr durchdachtest Wortspiel, unübersetzbar (damit es Sinn macht). Але будем пісать інакшіе. Снадь то понімаш. По сіедміх півах йа зачнем как хе ані шебе неронімайу, теда нерозуміем. ;-) Пішем аби сом зміатол амеріканских цітательов. 😀
Hi Jen - excellent presentation. My wife was one of the lawyers working on behalf of Czech Bud, and she has some fascinating insights (I am an expat American living in prague, and a bit of a beer geek so this high on my radar! ). To make an extremely long and convoluted story short, it will come as no surprise that the Americans were total b*stards when it came to enforcement of the mutual exclusion agreement. One of many such tales is how a group of Czech workers doing a job at the Czech embassy in Washington removed some bottles of Czech bud and took them off site (presumably to their flat or hotel) where they were “discovered” by American authorities and this was used as grounds to demonstrate the Czechs had broken the agreement. Well you can probably imagine which of the two sides - a government owned enterprise versus a global behemoth - had the greater firepower. This case like many others had no real merit but was thrown up to impoverish and distract the Czechs. Basic bullying. They are not nice people. And I am so happy you mentioned the rice! :) I took a tour to the ceske budejovice brewery a few years back (pre covid) of mostly Americans and I think they all swore off the AB Budcrap… :-) (and Mlada was great! ) Love to raise a pivo or two of this awesome national treasure with u guys!
Hi Gordon, I will raise one for you and your wife at the pub today. Na Zdraví! (Sadly not Budvar, becouse our little village pub have only local Zubr. :)
So.. your wife has no clue? 😂😂😂 the now Czech company is the fake…because AB bought the original German Budweiser brewery.. the Czechs founded another brewery… called it the German name because that name was already famous.. the Czechs just copied the name… The AB Budweiser is a copy.. because Budweiser was famous … and the Czech budjovice is a copy as well… both are fake
Pro zajímavost: Správce dominikánského kláštera v Českých Budějovicích, Ing. Míchal, před lety dohledal dokument, ve kterém Ferdinand I., král římský a český, po návštěvě Českých Budějovic a ochutnání místního piva, v roce 1547 písemně pozval na svůj dvůr budějovického sládka, aby mu vařil pivo „nach Budweiser Art“. Tento dokument je považován za nejstarší známý písemný doklad o použití označení „Budweiser“ pro pivo z Českých Budějovic. To je o 74 let dříve, než „otcové poutníci“ v Americe sklidili první úrodu.
@@MettPitt There was never a German brewery in České Budějovice. There was a brewery owned by citizens of České Budějovice (=Czech Budweis, not German Budweis).
Funny story.. especially as I'm from St. Louis. I never really drank much beer before I went to Prague when I was younger and I loved Budweiser there... so when I came home I went to one of my favorite pubs.. which happens to be quite dimly lit and though I should now try an American Budweiser... after all its made right here in St. Louis. When the waitress brought me the drink, I told her 'no no the beer' thinking she had brought me some sort of fizzy water.. as it looked far too pale to be Budweiser! Also.. side story.. I'm a member of the local Sokol/Czech Hall here and it pains me to tell you a member there was one of the ones who went there to sue on behalf of the AmeriBud ... hmm thats a good name for it.. and it also pains me every time I go to the Czech Hall and they have all these AmeriBud signs there. The never listen to me when I tell them they should take all that down and have more actual Czech stuff. I'll keep trying though! Another great video there... I'll probably have a Czechvar when I got home. Na zdravi!
Hi Jen, it was lovely talking to you and Honza at the brewery. I was waiting for this topic in great anticipation and your video certainly did not disappoint - you made me, a Budvar employee, feel very proud :) Thank you so much for doing such a great job explaining Czech cultural phenomena :)
A little error at 9:27 - The red stamp is not a PGI, or Protected Geographical Indicator. It's the blue one. The red one is a PDO, or Protected Designation of Origin, which means it not only comes from a specific area, but that every step of the process is carried out in the specific area. That includes all the ingredients, which must come from the area as well. For the PGI, only one step needs to be carried out there.
@@salamich1 Dunno, I was forced to try Bud Light and you can really feel the hints of it resembling a beer, I was expecting more foul taste. It's as if you buy the cheapest possible beer, let it get stale, mix it with water 2:1 and add few tablespoons of rice water. It's quite drinkable for someone who never tried the actual beer (I am obviously familiar with CZ beers so ...yea, it wasn't a pleasant experience). Oddly enough, the best beer I ever tried was during my visit of the USA, it was one of the beers from their microbreweries and it was really good.
First of all Jen - you are true outlaw for smuggeling the beer :D hats of to you... Second - I am pretty sure you are the first one who compared a legal battles to "whack a mole" and it works perfectly :) Great job (...again)
I am a Czech living in the USA and make an hour trip to our biggest grocery store Wegmans to buy Budvar. Love the beer. To me less bitter than Pilsner Urquel. You did a great job explaining!!!!
I have to commend you pronunciation of Přemysl at 05:26. Not many non-native speakers manage that, and even locals often struggle with the dreaded Ř in primary school.
I think when Mr Anheuser and Mr Busch first invented Budweiser, they meant it to be a style of beer rather than an exclusive trademark. When the Cxech Republic joined the EU, a lot of non-Czech beers that used to call themselves Pils stopped calling themselves Pils because just as there's a city in the Czech Republic called Budjevice, there's also a place in Czech Republic called Plzn (known in German as Pils). Also, you have to remember, American Budweiser is brewed under licence, so the Yank Bud we get in the UK is brewed under licence in the UK, but the Czech Bud, is made in Budweis. Also, in the UK, we do get the Yank Bud as well, but I do remember a time in the 1990s when Anheuser Busch released a lager simply called B. Anheuser-Busch were anticipating losing the Budweiser trademark because of the end of the Cold War. They managed to keep it in the UK... but so did the Czechs!
Although I've already knew about the story of american Budweiser and Budvar, I learned some new things with your video. Thanks Jen! As a german I like the czech Budvar very much and I also had an american Budweiser to taste, which wasn't a good beer for me. Next time, when I will visit Czech Republic, I definitely want to see the Budvar brewery! ⚒
Hi Jen. Good video! I have just one thing and I hope you find it interesting (I worked for one of oldest brewery here and now sometimes I serve as a guide): The right to brew beer had been given to towns (yes, that´s why it is called town, not village, it comes from their rights) has nothing to do with just brewing the beer but with brewing to be sold. There was a bunch of rights given to towns - the right to have their own fair, the right to have their own executioner, the right to brew a beer for selling and a mile right that said that within 1 mile from the townwalls can´t be any competition to that (it was about 8 kilometers) and some other rights about salt and so on. The beer for selling had to be brewed inside the town, not outside the townwalls. And the right was given to house, not to person - (the system later was more complex). Anybody was allowed to brew beer just for himself but wasn´t allowed to give it to anybody or to sell it without the permission. Those right came to towns only from a king. Beer used to be fast day drink so it was also brewed in monasteries and (I don´t know exactly) there came the right from pope. I know that a Czech St. Vojtěch asked the pope if he could forbid that because in those times they didn´t know pasterization so when someone made some beer they drank till the end and people were drunk and not working. Thanks god that they brewed the beer just cold part of the year (since autumn to spring). Pope denied it. Later those questions were part of so called Svatováclavská smlouva (1517) cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svatov%C3%A1clavsk%C3%A1_smlouva It also settled some new rights for pubs and so on, that lasted almost till 18 century. The history of beer is very interesting. It changes within centuries. BTW: České Budějovice were king´s town, other towns in the area were owned by different nobilities so the king drank the beer from his town.
Luxusní Jen, opět to máte naprosto skvěle připravené. A upřímně, detaily toho sporu jsem neznal, že jde primárně o konflikt trademark vs GI. Mně osobně Budvar nefrčí, je moc sladkej a bolí z něj hlava, ale jak se nám ho snaží někdo ukrást, to mě samozřejmě vždy sejřilo :)))))
To bolení hlavy je pravda, ale je to jen o zvyku. Chodil jsem na Budwar jednou týdně a 5. týden již nebyl ani náznak bolení hlavy. Budwar prostě vyžaduje věrnost. 😉
z piva bolívá hlava pokud je přeoxidované, nebo obsahuje mikotoxiny (Svijany s tím mívali taky potíže, ale dlouho jsem neměl, tak nevím jestli stále mají). Každopádně by z piva hlava bolet neměla (pokud člověk nelemcne 10 kusů a druhej den očekává, že se nic nestane :) )
Bolení hlavy je důsledek dehydratace a je naprosto jedno, jaký alkohol člověk vypije. Dát si 5 a více škopků znamená, že se z těla dostane voda a je třeba ji nahradit. Když si dáš po každém pivu 2dcl vody, tak tě hlava bolet nebude ani z té nějvětší sračky.
I've been championing the Pernstejn Brewery (Pardubický Pivovar) since first visiting Pardubice in 2014, Taxis being my favourite pivo. Without consultation the owner, Staropramen, has now closed the brewery as of this month. 150yrs of brewing finished.
Yep. Very sad. It's the big Chinese beer company, who owns Ostravar/Staropramen group. I visited the brewery in Pardubice in January to have some beer still brewed there.
One got the brand name registered for USA, the other got the brand name registered for Europe. So both cannot extent into others territorries. It's very clear. Usually it's solved by paying a lot of money, but if one side says "no, thank you", you cannot do anything about it.
4:50 "So an American entrepreneur came to Europe, tasted something he liked, copied the recipe, and it became America's most popular... " Oh well, that's how American got the really absolutely authentic genuine original Italian cafe culture experience that's known as Starbucks.
The US Bud thanks to the rice used doesn't taste very well. It's quite "watery" in comparison to the Czech Budweiser. I lived in the US for a while and tasted some of the Czech exported beer there. It was much different than the same beer but in the Czech Republic. I was doing some IT work for Pilsner Urquell and I asked one of the managers there ahout this. He said that based on estimated shelf time (beer sitting on a shelf or in a warehouse) they give it a different amount of pastuerization. The beer that gets consumed very quickly get little to no pastuerization and the beer that may "sit" around for a long time gets the "full lot". Pastuerization does change the taste of beer. So .... that is why Czech beer tastes differently in the US compared to how it tastes in the Czech Republic
Interestingly, Budvar brings around 400 mio CZK each year to the shareholders=Czech state budget. I am glad it was not privatized. Keep up the good work in Ceske Budejovice. Tam by chtel zit kazdy.
Pasáž "Neletíme do Itálie, abychom si dali latte ve Starbucksu, nebo do Francie na haburgr se sýrem." by si měli zapamatovat v Čechách podnikatelé se svými italskými restauracemi a pizzeriemi. Hlavně těmi v turistických centrech, protože i český občan občas ocení cizí kuchyni. Ovšem ta autentická je prostě autentická a kvůli tomu se hlavně cestuje na dovolené.
Sranda je ze pizza je vsude ve svete - a hlavne v Italii - socialni jidlo - levne jidlo pro financne slabsi vrstvy. U nas se to prodava jako luxusni jidlo :/ Totez burgery. To jsme dopadli, na kazdym rohu pizzerie a na kazdym druhym burgrarna :/
Wonderful, you are in Ceske Budejovice, my town! I love it here, so of course, I liked this video, although I knew all about the Budvar/Budweiser wars.
Wow, thanks for a great documentary! I always wondered what the core of the legal issue between the Czech Budvar and the American Bud was. Now I have a clearer picture. Plus points for wrapping up the story with a clear defense of the brand produced in the place where the brand originated from.
Za mého mládí byl v českých hospodách oblíbený Gruzínský koňak, kterému jsme říkali a stále říkáme "gruziňák." Pak se najednou změnila etiketa na láhvi a na ní bylo Gruzínské brandy, protože ani SSSR si nemohl dovolit vyvážet potraviny s názvem chráněné značky. Uvnitř Ruska mezinárodní obchodní právo ignorují, což se zřejmě děje i v USA, ale při exportu to je pro exportéry problém. Tam by mělo platit pravidlo, že výrobek se nesmí jmenovat podle lokality z jiné země. Olomoucké tvarůžky se také nesmí vyrábět v USA... Avšak Američané na ně stejně asi nemají žaludek.
After moving from Hluboká nad Vltavou to Budějce, I lived across the street from Masné krámy. One day while walking out of my flat, I bumped into Vaclav Havel and crew walking out of the pub, hopping in their cars and driving off...........I've seen many interesting folks wonder out of Masné Krámy, my only thoughts were, "Well, you don't see that everyday"..............
GIs is why "Feta" cheese is not called that unless it's from Greece - but the same kind of cheese is made and sold as "Greek inspired cheese" elsewhere.
Interesting. I remember around a decade ago there were some talks between EU and Obama administration in D.C. about creating a single market of EU and the U.S. From European pespective there was a huge consern about U.S.'s food producers overcoming EU's food health standards by court decisions. So before enything was agried Obama got out, Trump got in and talks ended basicly by blink of an eye. The point I'm making is if there would be such a deal the U.S. would have to start recognizing these G.I.s meaning the most popular U.S.'s beer would have to rename itself.
@@DreamPrague It's very ironical. Donald Trump - the most hated U.S. president I remember accually saved a lot of money to a lot of U.S. companies when he entered the office. :D
In Sweden American bud is sold as Budweiser and the beer from Chechia is sold as Budvar Budejovicky. I'm not sure how Anheuser Busch was able to win the legal battle here when they lost in other countries.
Spring 2016... traveled to České Budějovice. Had this beer in the old town square on tap. FANTATASTIC! No comparison to the American version. A lagers go, I found this to be the best lager I've ever tasted. Best Pils I ever tasted is Pilsner Urquell. Had that in Pilsen on tap. Just wow! My favorite beer ever. Then again, I prefer Pilsners and lagers. On a side note... the European version of Guinness is far better than what you get in America. Wow! Loved it.
Meanwhile in Germany: Both are sold as Budweiser to be precise Budvar Budweiser and Bud Budweiser... This is frustrating because I work in a drinks market...
There is old joke. Czech and U.S. lawyers meet by chance in restaurant while having a break in Bud-Budvar case. Americans order Bud with pride. Czechs order Coke. American lawyer asks Czech one: "Why arent you drinking beer?" Czech lawyer replies: "When you arent."
Now I am not sure, what the beginning of US Bud truly is. 2-3 Years ago I read an article on this and it said, that Budvar exported to US for few years in 19th century, but due to some bad harvest it withdrew from US to at least provide it's beer to european customers and did not return the next year, when harvest was fine. Due to it being so good and having good reputation in the US, Mr. Bush began brewing his own version and as you said, he marketed the hell out of it.
This is definitely your best video! ♥ Maybe not the most interesting, maybe not the most important one, but definitely the best. Surely it is one of the best video on youtube, which I've ever seen.
if it concerns water here in the Czech Republic, then 250 km can be a big difference, for example here in the north we have alkaline water and a brewery would never have water sent from a further area, the advantage is precisely that they have their own source of water and you will never replace it with anything
When I was little (before 1989) there used to be small cans of delicious red fish meat in groceries called "drcený losos" - literally "crushed salmon". At one point in the nineties the exact same thing in the exact same looking packaging was suddenly called "solená treska" or "salted cod". And when you looked closer there were smaller letters under that saying "dříve drcený losos" or "used to be crushed salmon". No difference in the product itself whatsoever. From other similar examples we used to have Rum but now it is Tuzemák, because it never actually was rum and I am sure there are many others. I just remember the not-really-salmon one because I found it funny how they felt the need to explicitly admit on the box "we used to lie this is salmon, it is actually cod". I had no idea however that the USA now has the exact same respect for G.I.s as the Soviet block countries used to have. So thanks for making this video, I found it riveting despite the fact that I do not care about beer at all (shocking for a Czech, I know, a bit like meeting an American who is not fat maybe?).
Pěkné! Pro mě jako pro Čecha je více než výmluvné, že přesně ta piva od AB InBev, jak jsou na 7:51 - jsou ta piva, která bych nikdy nepil, protože nejsou dobrá. 😅
No asi takhle, koštoval jsem to. A není to ono. Ale že je základ částečně z rýže jsem neměl ani tušení asi proto bylo tak hnusný. Brrr jsem si na to vzpomněl a mám osypky.
In the first place, I find the American Budweiser unsavory and not only me, so even if it was normally sold here, I suppose that hardly anyone would buy it.
It's just a copyright of brandname dispute. Thank god, the Hamburgers don't sue anybody for copyright infringement. But second: American Bud is not allowed to be called beer, cause it's rice based. This is a food law and that's more serious. It's customer protection to insist on declaration.
Very well informed with a broad insight, especially the historical part. I met a lot of Americans who tend to believe there was nothing prior 1776. Sadly, most of my US friends still consider Bud the real Budweiser
Btw., sipping my 6th bottle of Budweiser Budvar, when I was in Pilsen, where the "Pilsner" is from - but that is not protected, any beer can call itself a "Pilsner" or "Pils" for short - I was quite appalled that the tourist marketing of the city is all about the beer and beer only. I went to the tourist information center to get a fridge magnet with the Škoda works in Pilsen, but they ladies behind the counter asked if I was serious (they thought that a Slovak is lost in Czechia) and told me to go to Mladá Boleslav. I told them that I am not interested in the cars, but I would like to have a fridge magnet with the Škoda works, located in Pilsen, famos manufacturer of many things, e.g. electric locomotives or streetcars (which run in Bratislava too and they are very good, we like them and the operator as well - ask Prague for comparison). The young ladies were confused and baffled. This experience was very disappointing, as they did not know about the industrial history of their own city! And that the marketing of the city was focused solely on the beer.... I left the tourist information center without a fridge magnet, because they had absolutely nothing besides the stupid (and awful) beer. And I do not like their beer anyway! Commercial sewage. There is only one beer, the King of beers. Cheers! Budweiser Budvar is truly the King of beers. Everything else is just "some beer".
@@DreamPrague I wish they would be proud of other and certainly memorable history of their city too. I have nothing against their beer, if somebody likes it (I certainly do not - or to be more precise my colon does not like it - I get diarrhea from drinking it), but Pislen is far more than just he beer that is produced there. It is a shame that Pilsen is known mainly (and only?) for its brewery.
First of all, Pilsener, Pils means Pilsener type of beer, not Pilsener Urquell itself. Everybody knows that, no confusion. Second. You are right about Skoda Works. One of the best European pre war industries. Your opinion about Urquell is your’s, you just don’ know , what you are talking abouť. Urquell is far more popular than Budvar in CZ for reason, although I have other favourites. Marketing is part of everey succesful company and Urquell is famous, that’s it.
@@Petr1331 I had the Pilsener a couple of times, when there was no other option. Only once I really enjoyed its taste, other times it was just "a beer". And I refuse to call Slovak beers even beers. But the diarrhea the next day was less pleasant. So, my body does not tolerate it that well. No problems after Budweiser Budvar. I might have been too harsh when I wrote that Pilsener is commercial sewage, I was drunk, so a little bit more "opened" and what was on my mind, was on my tongue (or fingers in this case). Pislener is a commercial beer, not far from being an "europivo". No wonder that they outsell Budweiser Budvar. I was quite sad when already the third pub in Bratislava switched from Budweiser to Pilsener. The marketing is very aggressive and they spread like cancer, getting Pilsener is easy, they are everywhere. I still know pubs where I can get a good Buweiser Budvar, but the problem is that the kitchen in them is not to my liking, or that they have no kitchen at all and do not serve any warm food, only cold snacks. My favorite is the "Kroužkovaný ležák Budweiser Budvar", unpasteurized yeast beer. Since two of the pubs I used to go to stopped selling it (and a third one closed completely) and the two remaining I know of have a poor kitchen, I did not enjoy a "kroužek" for a very long time. In fact, I only had it when on vacation in Liberec. Not in Bratislava in the last years. The best beer I ever had in my life was "Černý Orel" in Kroměříž, about 15 years ago. Their half-dark 12° was delicious, without any unwanted side-effects on the next day.
@@erikziak1249 Tak právě o Budvárku se traduje, že je z něj druhý den bolehlav a leckdy i srajda. Za sebe můžu napsat, že Plznička od dobrého výčepního z pravidelně čištěných trubek atd., je mnohem lahodnější než sladkej Budvar. A troufám si tvrdit, že poměr Čechů, kteří by si měli vybrat mezi Plzní a Budvarem by byl z většiny pro Plzničku. Asi to budete mít tou zkaženou chutí po Bažantu :D
Hi Jen, by the way - you used logo of Baťa somewhere in this vid. Maybe would be nice idea for some future video to go through the history of this company, while it´s pretty interesting story.
An excellent and accurate review. Americans may love the GI in Europe but most don't travel enough so they know of no geography. That is why GI are weak in the US. The judge may be persuaded that most Americans believe that Budweis the town doesn't exist at all so the existence of the town should not affect the discussions which company abuses the fame of the other. Even here it may be logical to ignore GIs. They look like an EU BS. I personally find most such rules immoral. Champagne is earning billions by deliberately confusing billions of people about the difference between Champagne and sparkling wine. The Champagne must be from Champagne, maybe, but most people were confused to think that it means that the sparking wine has to be from there. The GIs pretend to protect the regional truth but they mostly protect the regional lies. Bohemia Sekt is just great and surely better value than Champagne. The American Bud is an older trademark than Budvar so it makes some sense that it wins legal disputes. In my ten years in America, Czechvar was actually my most frequent beer bought from liquor shop. I was shocked that I could not buy beer in normal Massachusetts supermarkets or drink a can on the street. A machine gun is probably OK. Coors was probably my second beer. Just fine. My smug leftist Harvard colleagues were shocked how a guy from Pilsen might have drunk Coors. This brings me to the final topic. Pilsen. You omitted it. The American borrowed a name but it is probably more important he took the recipe. No important transparent lager was made in Budweis yet, whatever he copied was directly or indirectly copied from Pilsner Urquell. We in Pilsen could have tried to get a regional monopoly over the word pols etc. But we were nicer or stupider and made the recipe public, including the word pils, I guess. The gift that Pilsen gave to the world by sacrificing these potential Champagne like monopolies is unthinkable. Trillions of dollars. I think we ultimately did the right thing. But we should also be praised for that.
Excellent video. It surpassed my expectations wirh all the details about various aspects of the row. Also not only the content, but form as well with the animations etc. is great.
Nejen že Budvar je státní, ale je stále "národním podnikem" a ne "státním podnikem". Má neexistující právní formu jen proto, aby nikdo nezpochybnil jeho kontinuitu. A tím pádem je tak nějak úplně mimo zákony.
I really love your videos. they are so funny, but not all the time straight to your face funny, but subtle way funny but packed with it. You are doing a great job I have to say! Ia m happy it seems to work out really well for your channel :)
Häagen-Dazs was created by an American in the Bronx, New York. At least he made up the name rather than stealing it. Who would want to pay more for ice cream from the Bronx?!?? Bronx ice cream?!?
it never stopped amazed me that US fought soooooo hard to "own" german word for czech crown town, its so hillarious to me as a czech😂 I bet germans laugh at it too..they can do beers too and must know american "budweisser" isnt real beer
An other way to compare taste is, when beer warm up and gets close to room temperature. Good beer still has good taste. Bad beer is more like a piss and water mix. That's why Americans like to drink ice cold beer. They have so many beers in Czech republic and even their worst will taste better than Bud.
As much as I don’t like ABInBev, or large corporations in general, I’m kind of on their side over this, at least as far as American Budweiser being forced to use a different name (Budvar is owned by the Czech government, so they aren’t exactly little guys either). The protected geographical indication/protected designation of origin laws are newer than the time when either brewery began operations or registered a trademark. Budejovice acquired their PGI in 2004, more than a century after Budweiser began being sold in America. For all of that time, there was no provision which would give the Czech Budweiser a superior claim on the use of the name than the American trademark. It’s hard to argue that the American Budweiser’s use of the name was a consciously imitative choice, an attempt to pass off their product as something else, since at the time, import beers in the United States constituted a very small portion of the total market, making the prospect that consumers would be at all familiar with European Budweiser beer doubtful. In the context of the late 19th Century American beer market, it’s hard to imagine the name “Budweiser” would have indicated to consumers anything other than the brewers being of German descent, and therefor probably knowing a thing or two about beer: which was true on both counts. I don’t think it’s legally sound, or fair, to punish a company for using a name on their product that they were using long before the laws prohibiting it existed. Laws that are applied ex post facto are generally an unfair prospect. I also think it’s wrong for Budweiser US to be able to use their trademark to punish Budweiser Budvar when in Czechia, the term in question is a generic regional designation that’s been in use for centuries. Ideally, both brands should be able to sell their product as Budweiser, since the laws that established a protected designation did not come into existence until long after Budweiser US existed, but those laws do exist now, and the US should acknowledge that the Budweiser in Budweiser Budvar is there as a regional designation rather than a trademark.
The global fight must go on! It feeds many lawyers, paras and experts. Most of Asia, including the Beijing politbeero and their proletariat knows that a proper Budweiser Budvar comes in a keg or in a green bottle while the Bud light rice is the wicked pissah in a blue can. What I cannot comprehend is the 2007 US distribution arrangement: AB InBev is supposed to distribute and dutifully supply all 50 states and territories with Czechvar! How is that working out? Like having a coyote watching over a chicken coup, goats in charge of a garden, and burglars as housekeepers. Dear AB wholesaler - you better forget that brand or your Bud bucks will shrink fast! I’m glad we have an understanding… so far it has been 15 years of pain with a lot of suffering.
Again, absolutely fantastic video. The script, the realization, it is just perfect. It's amazing how you always study the given topic. You are truly one of my TOP UA-camrs. Every video of yours is simply wonderful.
Poradím vám. Udělejte si výlet do Budějovic, přímo do pivovaru a objednejte se na exkurzi. Provedou vás výrobou, uvidíte varnu, nerezové tanky, prostě všechno od začátku až do konce, navíc ve sklepě to pivo přímo uchutnáte z kohoutu. A jak skončíte, tak určitě nikam neodcházejte, ale jděte do pivovaru na oběd, nebo večeři. Je tam neuvěřitelně milá a veselá obsluha, pivo kroužek je excelentní a navíc skvělá, ale fakt skvělá kuchyně. Stojí to za výlet a jestli budete v té restauraci, tak pozdravujte Honzu, určitě si na nás vzpomene, i když to už je pár roků, co jsme tam byli naposledy🙂Raději si rezervujte exkurzi předem a hlavně předem místo v restauraci, většinou tam bývávalo obsazeno bez objednání. To pivo kroužek, jak tomu říkají je skvělé. Ale zkoušel jsem si to stejné pivo, které čepují stejně jako v pivovaru ze sudu (!) je prostě nepitelné.
"We Americans who are lucky enough to travel to Europe LOVE GIs" ... As well as us Europeans travelling to US just to experience Quarter Pounder with Cheese 😂
My work involved at lot of international travel, anywhere I went in Europe I drank Czech Lager. In the USA I drank Bourbon, as US beer is below the standard I expect. I used to joke that I would not use US beer as a coolant in my car. At that time I drove a VW Beetle.
I remember my buddy back in 1989 going on and on about Czech Budweiser when we were stationed in Germany. I thought he was crazy. I was blown away when I saw this video in my feed.
Now just try it and you find how the beer should taste. There are much better czech beers from small local breweries but this one is among the best you can buy in supermarkets
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Calling american Budwieser similar to the Czech one is really bold.
good point.
Fun fact: Budwieser means “Budmeadower” or “Budloučňák”. Well, German can be tricky. Like: Weise Wiese, weiße Wiese, Leise Liese, Leib und lieb, Leid und Lied etc… :-D
@@E.L.Bernays Nope. I speak German as well. Is has nothing to do with the word "Wiese" meaning meadow. If anything, it might have something to do with the word "weise" which translates to "wise". So, something that is geographically connected to the wisdom of a certain community.
@@E.L.Bernays I recognize the meanings now, when you point my attention to it. Even when I literally translate it to other languages. But then again, I am currently at my 8th bottle of Budweiser Budvar, so I plead "drunk" and missing the point. (I wonder how I would plead if sober). Oh, now I see it. Weiße Wiese, Leise Liebe, Leib und Lieb, Leid und Lied. Ich verstehe die Worte. Ein sehr durchdachtest Wortspiel, unübersetzbar (damit es Sinn macht). Але будем пісать інакшіе. Снадь то понімаш. По сіедміх півах йа зачнем как хе ані шебе неронімайу, теда нерозуміем. ;-) Пішем аби сом зміатол амеріканских цітательов. 😀
@@erikziak1249 Ja panimuju nemnogo parusky, no znaju, čto tys napisal. :-D Po sedmich pivach pisaješ očiň charašo. ;-D
Good luck tomorrow then. :))
Hi Jen - excellent presentation. My wife was one of the lawyers working on behalf of Czech Bud, and she has some fascinating insights (I am an expat American living in prague, and a bit of a beer geek so this high on my radar! ). To make an extremely long and convoluted story short, it will come as no surprise that the Americans were total b*stards when it came to enforcement of the mutual exclusion agreement. One of many such tales is how a group of Czech workers doing a job at the Czech embassy in Washington removed some bottles of Czech bud and took them off site (presumably to their flat or hotel) where they were “discovered” by American authorities and this was used as grounds to demonstrate the Czechs had broken the agreement. Well you can probably imagine which of the two sides - a government owned enterprise versus a global behemoth - had the greater firepower. This case like many others had no real merit but was thrown up to impoverish and distract the Czechs. Basic bullying. They are not nice people.
And I am so happy you mentioned the rice! :) I took a tour to the ceske budejovice brewery a few years back (pre covid) of mostly Americans and I think they all swore off the AB Budcrap… :-) (and Mlada was great! )
Love to raise a pivo or two of this awesome national treasure with u guys!
Thanks for your comment. That is interesting information.
Hi Gordon, I will raise one for you and your wife at the pub today. Na Zdraví! (Sadly not Budvar, becouse our little village pub have only local Zubr. :)
Anyway the Czech is the real beer and the American is a regular piss and those who drink that ”bud” in America are in the loss.
Cheers!
So.. your wife has no clue? 😂😂😂 the now Czech company is the fake…because AB bought the original German Budweiser brewery.. the Czechs founded another brewery… called it the German name because that name was already famous.. the Czechs just copied the name…
The AB Budweiser is a copy.. because Budweiser was famous … and the Czech budjovice is a copy as well… both are fake
Pro zajímavost: Správce dominikánského kláštera v Českých Budějovicích, Ing. Míchal, před lety dohledal dokument, ve kterém Ferdinand I., král římský a český, po návštěvě Českých Budějovic a ochutnání místního piva, v roce 1547 písemně pozval na svůj dvůr budějovického sládka, aby mu vařil pivo „nach Budweiser Art“. Tento dokument je považován za nejstarší známý písemný doklad o použití označení „Budweiser“ pro pivo z Českých Budějovic. To je o 74 let dříve, než „otcové poutníci“ v Americe sklidili první úrodu.
Yes .. and he meant the German brewery in Budweis. Not the Czech brewery that copied the German name.
Dude…the Czech budvar is fake…
@@MettPitt There was never a German brewery in České Budějovice. There was a brewery owned by citizens of České Budějovice (=Czech Budweis, not German Budweis).
You are fake@@MettPitt
Funny story.. especially as I'm from St. Louis. I never really drank much beer before I went to Prague when I was younger and I loved Budweiser there... so when I came home I went to one of my favorite pubs.. which happens to be quite dimly lit and though I should now try an American Budweiser... after all its made right here in St. Louis. When the waitress brought me the drink, I told her 'no no the beer' thinking she had brought me some sort of fizzy water.. as it looked far too pale to be Budweiser!
Also.. side story.. I'm a member of the local Sokol/Czech Hall here and it pains me to tell you a member there was one of the ones who went there to sue on behalf of the AmeriBud ... hmm thats a good name for it.. and it also pains me every time I go to the Czech Hall and they have all these AmeriBud signs there. The never listen to me when I tell them they should take all that down and have more actual Czech stuff. I'll keep trying though!
Another great video there... I'll probably have a Czechvar when I got home. Na zdravi!
5:27 - WOW, that pronunciation of Přemysl 😍
Hi Jen, it was lovely talking to you and Honza at the brewery. I was waiting for this topic in great anticipation and your video certainly did not disappoint - you made me, a Budvar employee, feel very proud :) Thank you so much for doing such a great job explaining Czech cultural phenomena :)
Magda! It was a pleasure meeting you! Thank for taking the time to talk with me and Honza, we had a lovely time at Budvar!
A little error at 9:27 - The red stamp is not a PGI, or Protected Geographical Indicator. It's the blue one.
The red one is a PDO, or Protected Designation of Origin, which means it not only comes from a specific area, but that every step of the process is carried out in the specific area. That includes all the ingredients, which must come from the area as well. For the PGI, only one step needs to be carried out there.
“why is American beer so similar
to making love in a boat ?”
- Cause both are f*cking
close to water!
classic 😂
Do you know difference between American Budweiser and sex on the beach? There is no one. Both is close to water.
🤣 more like piss but still funny lol
@@salamich1 Dunno, I was forced to try Bud Light and you can really feel the hints of it resembling a beer, I was expecting more foul taste. It's as if you buy the cheapest possible beer, let it get stale, mix it with water 2:1 and add few tablespoons of rice water. It's quite drinkable for someone who never tried the actual beer (I am obviously familiar with CZ beers so ...yea, it wasn't a pleasant experience).
Oddly enough, the best beer I ever tried was during my visit of the USA, it was one of the beers from their microbreweries and it was really good.
Jen já si myslím, že byste měla začít točit edukativní videa pro české školy v angličtině. Jste strašně dobrá!
To jsou příběhy. Jestli nedostaneš občanství, tak nevím kdo. Děkuji Jen. Hodně zdaru přeji.
She fucked the wholestory up..like an idiot..
First of all Jen - you are true outlaw for smuggeling the beer :D hats of to you... Second - I am pretty sure you are the first one who compared a legal battles to "whack a mole" and it works perfectly :) Great job (...again)
I am a Czech living in the USA and make an hour trip to our biggest grocery store Wegmans to buy Budvar. Love the beer. To me less bitter than Pilsner Urquel. You did a great job explaining!!!!
Pilsner Urquell is just another commercial "beer".
@@erikziak1249 first of them.
Yep Budvar is sweet. I don´t like it 🙂
budvar je bolehlav
@@erikziak1249 Are you stupid?
Díky. Konečně mi někdo dal argument, proč by stát měl vlastnit pivovar.
I have to commend you pronunciation of Přemysl at 05:26. Not many non-native speakers manage that, and even locals often struggle with the dreaded Ř in primary school.
From the comment, we know as much as we did before. It's hart do transfer in written form.
This episode is a masterpiece.
Oh, thank you Martin!
I appreciate the work, it's great, it's worse with beer, because I'm a Czech who doesn't drink beer.
Nice day 🙂 Tom
This episode is full of wrong information…
@@MettPittWhat exactly is wrong with this video
I think when Mr Anheuser and Mr Busch first invented Budweiser, they meant it to be a style of beer rather than an exclusive trademark. When the Cxech Republic joined the EU, a lot of non-Czech beers that used to call themselves Pils stopped calling themselves Pils because just as there's a city in the Czech Republic called Budjevice, there's also a place in Czech Republic called Plzn (known in German as Pils).
Also, you have to remember, American Budweiser is brewed under licence, so the Yank Bud we get in the UK is brewed under licence in the UK, but the Czech Bud, is made in Budweis.
Also, in the UK, we do get the Yank Bud as well, but I do remember a time in the 1990s when Anheuser Busch released a lager simply called B. Anheuser-Busch were anticipating losing the Budweiser trademark because of the end of the Cold War. They managed to keep it in the UK... but so did the Czechs!
Although I've already knew about the story of american Budweiser and Budvar, I learned some new things with your video.
Thanks Jen!
As a german I like the czech Budvar very much and I also had an american Budweiser to taste, which wasn't a good beer for me.
Next time, when I will visit Czech Republic, I definitely want to see the Budvar brewery! ⚒
Hi Jen. Good video! I have just one thing and I hope you find it interesting (I worked for one of oldest brewery here and now sometimes I serve as a guide):
The right to brew beer had been given to towns (yes, that´s why it is called town, not village, it comes from their rights) has nothing to do with just brewing the beer but with brewing to be sold. There was a bunch of rights given to towns - the right to have their own fair, the right to have their own executioner, the right to brew a beer for selling and a mile right that said that within 1 mile from the townwalls can´t be any competition to that (it was about 8 kilometers) and some other rights about salt and so on. The beer for selling had to be brewed inside the town, not outside the townwalls. And the right was given to house, not to person - (the system later was more complex). Anybody was allowed to brew beer just for himself but wasn´t allowed to give it to anybody or to sell it without the permission. Those right came to towns only from a king. Beer used to be fast day drink so it was also brewed in monasteries and (I don´t know exactly) there came the right from pope. I know that a Czech St. Vojtěch asked the pope if he could forbid that because in those times they didn´t know pasterization so when someone made some beer they drank till the end and people were drunk and not working. Thanks god that they brewed the beer just cold part of the year (since autumn to spring). Pope denied it.
Later those questions were part of so called Svatováclavská smlouva (1517) cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svatov%C3%A1clavsk%C3%A1_smlouva It also settled some new rights for pubs and so on, that lasted almost till 18 century.
The history of beer is very interesting. It changes within centuries.
BTW: České Budějovice were king´s town, other towns in the area were owned by different nobilities so the king drank the beer from his town.
Luxusní Jen, opět to máte naprosto skvěle připravené. A upřímně, detaily toho sporu jsem neznal, že jde primárně o konflikt trademark vs GI. Mně osobně Budvar nefrčí, je moc sladkej a bolí z něj hlava, ale jak se nám ho snaží někdo ukrást, to mě samozřejmě vždy sejřilo :)))))
To bolení hlavy je pravda, ale je to jen o zvyku. Chodil jsem na Budwar jednou týdně a 5. týden již nebyl ani náznak bolení hlavy. Budwar prostě vyžaduje věrnost. 😉
z piva bolívá hlava pokud je přeoxidované, nebo obsahuje mikotoxiny (Svijany s tím mívali taky potíže, ale dlouho jsem neměl, tak nevím jestli stále mají). Každopádně by z piva hlava bolet neměla (pokud člověk nelemcne 10 kusů a druhej den očekává, že se nic nestane :) )
@@Bobsikus A já myslel, že je to cukrem. S množstvím jsem to nepřeháněl - tak 3 - 4 kousky...
Bolení hlavy je důsledek dehydratace a je naprosto jedno, jaký alkohol člověk vypije. Dát si 5 a více škopků znamená, že se z těla dostane voda a je třeba ji nahradit. Když si dáš po každém pivu 2dcl vody, tak tě hlava bolet nebude ani z té nějvětší sračky.
Skuste Budvar 33, je méně sladký a více hořký. Osobně ho preferuji.
Major props on nailing the Ř in Přemysl at 5:25
I've been championing the Pernstejn Brewery (Pardubický Pivovar) since first visiting Pardubice in 2014, Taxis being my favourite pivo. Without consultation the owner, Staropramen, has now closed the brewery as of this month.
150yrs of brewing finished.
Yep. Very sad. It's the big Chinese beer company, who owns Ostravar/Staropramen group. I visited the brewery in Pardubice in January to have some beer still brewed there.
5:25 wtf Jen, did I just hear a perfect "ř" on your part? Nice!
😎
I remember seeing a really old drawing of the Schlitz plant in Milwaukee and it had listed lager, pilsner and budweiser as types of beer available.
One got the brand name registered for USA, the other got the brand name registered for Europe. So both cannot extent into others territorries. It's very clear. Usually it's solved by paying a lot of money, but if one side says "no, thank you", you cannot do anything about it.
4:50 "So an American entrepreneur came to Europe, tasted something he liked, copied the recipe, and it became America's most popular... " Oh well, that's how American got the really absolutely authentic genuine original Italian cafe culture experience that's known as Starbucks.
GI's are wild. My region of Slovenia produces some mid-level quality sausage, nothing to stand out, but it has a GI, so it's special
5:27 wow, the Ř sound is amazing
American Budweiser is a slightly effervescent beverage made from fermented rice. People who like beer generally don’t drink that liquid.
Missouri beer, now with rice!
Now that one made me laugh :-D
Missoury rice special!🙏🤣
The US Bud thanks to the rice used doesn't taste very well. It's quite "watery" in comparison to the Czech Budweiser. I lived in the US for a while and tasted some of the Czech exported beer there. It was much different than the same beer but in the Czech Republic. I was doing some IT work for Pilsner Urquell and I asked one of the managers there ahout this. He said that based on estimated shelf time (beer sitting on a shelf or in a warehouse) they give it a different amount of pastuerization. The beer that gets consumed very quickly get little to no pastuerization and the beer that may "sit" around for a long time gets the "full lot". Pastuerization does change the taste of beer. So .... that is why Czech beer tastes differently in the US compared to how it tastes in the Czech Republic
Interestingly, Budvar brings around 400 mio CZK each year to the shareholders=Czech state budget. I am glad it was not privatized. Keep up the good work in Ceske Budejovice. Tam by chtel zit kazdy.
Tedy kromě mě.
To jsem blázen, zkuste to z druhé strany.
Please keep the "family gold" in the "family" (state) control. Never ever sell Budweiser Budvar. It is a national treasure!
@@ivobrabec1500 V českých budějovicích by chtěl žít každý.
@@michaelvolak9111 konečně se někdo chytil...u @vulgoalias4050 si nejsem jistý
Pasáž "Neletíme do Itálie, abychom si dali latte ve Starbucksu, nebo do Francie na haburgr se sýrem." by si měli zapamatovat v Čechách podnikatelé se svými italskými restauracemi a pizzeriemi. Hlavně těmi v turistických centrech, protože i český občan občas ocení cizí kuchyni. Ovšem ta autentická je prostě autentická a kvůli tomu se hlavně cestuje na dovolené.
Sranda je ze pizza je vsude ve svete - a hlavne v Italii - socialni jidlo - levne jidlo pro financne slabsi vrstvy. U nas se to prodava jako luxusni jidlo :/ Totez burgery. To jsme dopadli, na kazdym rohu pizzerie a na kazdym druhym burgrarna :/
Velmi pěkné video, hezké efekty a střihy, velmi poutavé povídání. Těším se na další!
Wonderful, you are in Ceske Budejovice, my town! I love it here, so of course, I liked this video, although I knew all about the Budvar/Budweiser wars.
Wow, thanks for a great documentary! I always wondered what the core of the legal issue between the Czech Budvar and the American Bud was. Now I have a clearer picture. Plus points for wrapping up the story with a clear defense of the brand produced in the place where the brand originated from.
Za mého mládí byl v českých hospodách oblíbený Gruzínský koňak, kterému jsme říkali a stále říkáme "gruziňák." Pak se najednou změnila etiketa na láhvi a na ní bylo Gruzínské brandy, protože ani SSSR si nemohl dovolit vyvážet potraviny s názvem chráněné značky. Uvnitř Ruska mezinárodní obchodní právo ignorují, což se zřejmě děje i v USA, ale při exportu to je pro exportéry problém. Tam by mělo platit pravidlo, že výrobek se nesmí jmenovat podle lokality z jiné země.
Olomoucké tvarůžky se také nesmí vyrábět v USA... Avšak Američané na ně stejně asi nemají žaludek.
Tvarůžky by neprošly přes celnici. Byly by zabaveny jako chemická zbraň teroristů. XD
After moving from Hluboká nad Vltavou to Budějce, I lived across the street from Masné krámy. One day while walking out of my flat, I bumped into Vaclav Havel and crew walking out of the pub, hopping in their cars and driving off...........I've seen many interesting folks wonder out of Masné Krámy, my only thoughts were, "Well, you don't see that everyday"..............
That is so cool!
I've been explaining the history to people in the US for a decade. My good friends call the US beverage- ButtWiper....
Konečně to přišlo!Já se na to těšil asi 20 let, než to někdo řekne!
GIs is why "Feta" cheese is not called that unless it's from Greece - but the same kind of cheese is made and sold as "Greek inspired cheese" elsewhere.
Interesting. I remember around a decade ago there were some talks between EU and Obama administration in D.C. about creating a single market of EU and the U.S. From European pespective there was a huge consern about U.S.'s food producers overcoming EU's food health standards by court decisions. So before enything was agried Obama got out, Trump got in and talks ended basicly by blink of an eye.
The point I'm making is if there would be such a deal the U.S. would have to start recognizing these G.I.s meaning the most popular U.S.'s beer would have to rename itself.
Oh that's so interesting! There are soooo many GIs they don't respect. I'm sure it would be a logistical nightmare.
@@DreamPrague It's very ironical. Donald Trump - the most hated U.S. president I remember accually saved a lot of money to a lot of U.S. companies when he entered the office. :D
@@Geker3 Yes, he did. Just remember how he lowered corporate income taxes.
In Sweden American bud is sold as Budweiser and the beer from Chechia is sold as Budvar Budejovicky. I'm not sure how Anheuser Busch was able to win the legal battle here when they lost in other countries.
Spring 2016... traveled to České Budějovice. Had this beer in the old town square on tap. FANTATASTIC! No comparison to the American version. A lagers go, I found this to be the best lager I've ever tasted. Best Pils I ever tasted is Pilsner Urquell. Had that in Pilsen on tap. Just wow! My favorite beer ever. Then again, I prefer Pilsners and lagers. On a side note... the European version of Guinness is far better than what you get in America. Wow! Loved it.
Great video…. The Budvar brewery has a fantastic tour! Highly recommended.
Masné krámy!!! :-)
The Budvar factory looked like the factory from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, lol. Just with no Oompa Loompas inside :-)
Oompa Loompas are inside:: ua-cam.com/video/mWDsA1YLlSM/v-deo.html
Meanwhile in Germany:
Both are sold as Budweiser to be precise Budvar Budweiser and Bud Budweiser...
This is frustrating because I work in a drinks market...
My brother and I once went out of our way to change planes in Prague for the sole purpose of seeking out an airport bar which served Budvar.
There is old joke. Czech and U.S. lawyers meet by chance in restaurant while having a break in Bud-Budvar case. Americans order Bud with pride. Czechs order Coke. American lawyer asks Czech one: "Why arent you drinking beer?" Czech lawyer replies: "When you arent."
🤣🤣
Now I am not sure, what the beginning of US Bud truly is. 2-3 Years ago I read an article on this and it said, that Budvar exported to US for few years in 19th century, but due to some bad harvest it withdrew from US to at least provide it's beer to european customers and did not return the next year, when harvest was fine. Due to it being so good and having good reputation in the US, Mr. Bush began brewing his own version and as you said, he marketed the hell out of it.
Incorrect as Budvar didn't exist back then....
This is definitely your best video! ♥ Maybe not the most interesting, maybe not the most important one, but definitely the best. Surely it is one of the best video on youtube, which I've ever seen.
if it concerns water here in the Czech Republic, then 250 km can be a big difference, for example here in the north we have alkaline water and a brewery would never have water sent from a further area, the advantage is precisely that they have their own source of water and you will never replace it with anything
Very nicely presented and reseearched. I learned quite a bit here. And even though I love the guys, you outdid the Honest Guide on this topic ;)
Thank you Jen ,it's always nice to learn something from history.
Amazing piece. As always. Let's have a cold one in Budejce next time.
When I was little (before 1989) there used to be small cans of delicious red fish meat in groceries called "drcený losos" - literally "crushed salmon". At one point in the nineties the exact same thing in the exact same looking packaging was suddenly called "solená treska" or "salted cod". And when you looked closer there were smaller letters under that saying "dříve drcený losos" or "used to be crushed salmon". No difference in the product itself whatsoever.
From other similar examples we used to have Rum but now it is Tuzemák, because it never actually was rum and I am sure there are many others. I just remember the not-really-salmon one because I found it funny how they felt the need to explicitly admit on the box "we used to lie this is salmon, it is actually cod".
I had no idea however that the USA now has the exact same respect for G.I.s as the Soviet block countries used to have. So thanks for making this video, I found it riveting despite the fact that I do not care about beer at all (shocking for a Czech, I know, a bit like meeting an American who is not fat maybe?).
Slovakia renamed the Tuzemsky rum ersatz-rum to "Tuzemsky um". :-)
@@ZemplinTemplar nice!
Pěkné! Pro mě jako pro Čecha je více než výmluvné, že přesně ta piva od AB InBev, jak jsou na 7:51 - jsou ta piva, která bych nikdy nepil, protože nejsou dobrá. 😅
Tak Stella nebo Corona nejsou nejhorší, ale 10 kousků na posezení bych jich asi nedal no
No asi takhle, koštoval jsem to. A není to ono. Ale že je základ částečně z rýže jsem neměl ani tušení asi proto bylo tak hnusný. Brrr jsem si na to vzpomněl a mám osypky.
@@frantiseksvitek471 Jo, tak americkej "Budweiser" jsem neměl
In the first place, I find the American Budweiser unsavory and not only me, so even if it was normally sold here, I suppose that hardly anyone would buy it.
It's just a copyright of brandname dispute. Thank god, the Hamburgers don't sue anybody for copyright infringement.
But second: American Bud is not allowed to be called beer, cause it's rice based. This is a food law and that's more serious. It's customer protection to insist on declaration.
Very well informed with a broad insight, especially the historical part. I met a lot of Americans who tend to believe there was nothing prior 1776. Sadly, most of my US friends still consider Bud the real Budweiser
Btw., sipping my 6th bottle of Budweiser Budvar, when I was in Pilsen, where the "Pilsner" is from - but that is not protected, any beer can call itself a "Pilsner" or "Pils" for short - I was quite appalled that the tourist marketing of the city is all about the beer and beer only. I went to the tourist information center to get a fridge magnet with the Škoda works in Pilsen, but they ladies behind the counter asked if I was serious (they thought that a Slovak is lost in Czechia) and told me to go to Mladá Boleslav. I told them that I am not interested in the cars, but I would like to have a fridge magnet with the Škoda works, located in Pilsen, famos manufacturer of many things, e.g. electric locomotives or streetcars (which run in Bratislava too and they are very good, we like them and the operator as well - ask Prague for comparison). The young ladies were confused and baffled. This experience was very disappointing, as they did not know about the industrial history of their own city! And that the marketing of the city was focused solely on the beer.... I left the tourist information center without a fridge magnet, because they had absolutely nothing besides the stupid (and awful) beer. And I do not like their beer anyway! Commercial sewage. There is only one beer, the King of beers. Cheers! Budweiser Budvar is truly the King of beers. Everything else is just "some beer".
Funny story! Yes I’m sure Plzeň had quite a lot of beer marketing in their town.
@@DreamPrague I wish they would be proud of other and certainly memorable history of their city too. I have nothing against their beer, if somebody likes it (I certainly do not - or to be more precise my colon does not like it - I get diarrhea from drinking it), but Pislen is far more than just he beer that is produced there. It is a shame that Pilsen is known mainly (and only?) for its brewery.
First of all, Pilsener, Pils means Pilsener type of beer, not Pilsener Urquell itself. Everybody knows that, no confusion. Second. You are right about Skoda Works. One of the best European pre war industries.
Your opinion about Urquell is your’s, you just don’ know , what you are talking abouť. Urquell is far more popular than Budvar in CZ for reason, although I have other favourites. Marketing is part of everey succesful company and Urquell is famous, that’s it.
@@Petr1331 I had the Pilsener a couple of times, when there was no other option. Only once I really enjoyed its taste, other times it was just "a beer". And I refuse to call Slovak beers even beers. But the diarrhea the next day was less pleasant. So, my body does not tolerate it that well. No problems after Budweiser Budvar. I might have been too harsh when I wrote that Pilsener is commercial sewage, I was drunk, so a little bit more "opened" and what was on my mind, was on my tongue (or fingers in this case). Pislener is a commercial beer, not far from being an "europivo". No wonder that they outsell Budweiser Budvar. I was quite sad when already the third pub in Bratislava switched from Budweiser to Pilsener. The marketing is very aggressive and they spread like cancer, getting Pilsener is easy, they are everywhere. I still know pubs where I can get a good Buweiser Budvar, but the problem is that the kitchen in them is not to my liking, or that they have no kitchen at all and do not serve any warm food, only cold snacks. My favorite is the "Kroužkovaný ležák Budweiser Budvar", unpasteurized yeast beer. Since two of the pubs I used to go to stopped selling it (and a third one closed completely) and the two remaining I know of have a poor kitchen, I did not enjoy a "kroužek" for a very long time. In fact, I only had it when on vacation in Liberec. Not in Bratislava in the last years. The best beer I ever had in my life was "Černý Orel" in Kroměříž, about 15 years ago. Their half-dark 12° was delicious, without any unwanted side-effects on the next day.
@@erikziak1249 Tak právě o Budvárku se traduje, že je z něj druhý den bolehlav a leckdy i srajda. Za sebe můžu napsat, že Plznička od dobrého výčepního z pravidelně čištěných trubek atd., je mnohem lahodnější než sladkej Budvar. A troufám si tvrdit, že poměr Čechů, kteří by si měli vybrat mezi Plzní a Budvarem by byl z většiny pro Plzničku. Asi to budete mít tou zkaženou chutí po Bažantu :D
Great video as always!
America's favourite beer?
Bud Light: Hold my beer....
Hi Jen, by the way - you used logo of Baťa somewhere in this vid. Maybe would be nice idea for some future video to go through the history of this company, while it´s pretty interesting story.
On my list! I FIND the Baťa history facsinating!
@@DreamPrague Tak to bude buď dlouhé video, klidně několik hodin, nebo jen velmi stručný výtah z historie. 😉
An excellent and accurate review.
Americans may love the GI in Europe but most don't travel enough so they know of no geography. That is why GI are weak in the US. The judge may be persuaded that most Americans believe that Budweis the town doesn't exist at all so the existence of the town should not affect the discussions which company abuses the fame of the other.
Even here it may be logical to ignore GIs. They look like an EU BS. I personally find most such rules immoral. Champagne is earning billions by deliberately confusing billions of people about the difference between Champagne and sparkling wine. The Champagne must be from Champagne, maybe, but most people were confused to think that it means that the sparking wine has to be from there. The GIs pretend to protect the regional truth but they mostly protect the regional lies. Bohemia Sekt is just great and surely better value than Champagne.
The American Bud is an older trademark than Budvar so it makes some sense that it wins legal disputes. In my ten years in America, Czechvar was actually my most frequent beer bought from liquor shop. I was shocked that I could not buy beer in normal Massachusetts supermarkets or drink a can on the street. A machine gun is probably OK.
Coors was probably my second beer. Just fine. My smug leftist Harvard colleagues were shocked how a guy from Pilsen might have drunk Coors.
This brings me to the final topic. Pilsen. You omitted it. The American borrowed a name but it is probably more important he took the recipe. No important transparent lager was made in Budweis yet, whatever he copied was directly or indirectly copied from Pilsner Urquell. We in Pilsen could have tried to get a regional monopoly over the word pols etc. But we were nicer or stupider and made the recipe public, including the word pils, I guess.
The gift that Pilsen gave to the world by sacrificing these potential Champagne like monopolies is unthinkable. Trillions of dollars. I think we ultimately did the right thing. But we should also be praised for that.
When were you there? I lived there for 5 years but I can't remember one single moment when the parking lot was so empty as I can see behind you. :D
Hmmm March 3, around sunset! We lucked out!
I knew about this from my ancestors because my 3rd great grandmother was from and her parents were also from budjovice cz and that's how
Great video. But, Scotch is whisky, not whiskey 11:08 🙂. Just a detail
Opět naprosto perfektní video. Moc Vám fandím.
Thanke you for good explanation.
Excellent video. It surpassed my expectations wirh all the details about various aspects of the row. Also not only the content, but form as well with the animations etc. is great.
Thank you for appreciating the work!
Excellent as always!!!👍👍👍
Nejen že Budvar je státní, ale je stále "národním podnikem" a ne "státním podnikem". Má neexistující právní formu jen proto, aby nikdo nezpochybnil jeho kontinuitu. A tím pádem je tak nějak úplně mimo zákony.
A Very informative video! 😊
Fantastic presentation - thank you - very insightful indeed - BTW you would make an excellent judge too!!
You and my dad say that 🤪
I really love your videos. they are so funny, but not all the time straight to your face funny, but subtle way funny but packed with it.
You are doing a great job I have to say! Ia m happy it seems to work out really well for your channel :)
What a lovely comment. Thank you for taking the time!
Super as allways... finally someone expained to me what is the story about and who stole the name.....
13:26 Haná is definitely not in Southeast Moravia.
Häagen-Dazs was created by an American in the Bronx, New York. At least he made up the name rather than stealing it. Who would want to pay more for ice cream from the Bronx?!?? Bronx ice cream?!?
And in reverse, nobody in europe wants to eat this stuff, you need a chisel to pick something. They have a weird understanding of "cream".
it never stopped amazed me that US fought soooooo hard to "own" german word for czech crown town, its so hillarious to me as a czech😂 I bet germans laugh at it too..they can do beers too and must know american "budweisser" isnt real beer
Great video. Well researched and well done!
Amazing video!
Vaše videa mají úroveň, která se málo vidí.
Moc děkuji @ondrejhumplik69! Ráda slyším, že se Vám video líbí. ☺️
An other way to compare taste is, when beer warm up and gets close to room temperature. Good beer still has good taste. Bad beer is more like a piss and water mix. That's why Americans like to drink ice cold beer. They have so many beers in Czech republic and even their worst will taste better than Bud.
As much as I don’t like ABInBev, or large corporations in general, I’m kind of on their side over this, at least as far as American Budweiser being forced to use a different name (Budvar is owned by the Czech government, so they aren’t exactly little guys either). The protected geographical indication/protected designation of origin laws are newer than the time when either brewery began operations or registered a trademark. Budejovice acquired their PGI in 2004, more than a century after Budweiser began being sold in America. For all of that time, there was no provision which would give the Czech Budweiser a superior claim on the use of the name than the American trademark. It’s hard to argue that the American Budweiser’s use of the name was a consciously imitative choice, an attempt to pass off their product as something else, since at the time, import beers in the United States constituted a very small portion of the total market, making the prospect that consumers would be at all familiar with European Budweiser beer doubtful.
In the context of the late 19th Century American beer market, it’s hard to imagine the name “Budweiser” would have indicated to consumers anything other than the brewers being of German descent, and therefor probably knowing a thing or two about beer: which was true on both counts.
I don’t think it’s legally sound, or fair, to punish a company for using a name on their product that they were using long before the laws prohibiting it existed. Laws that are applied ex post facto are generally an unfair prospect. I also think it’s wrong for Budweiser US to be able to use their trademark to punish Budweiser Budvar when in Czechia, the term in question is a generic regional designation that’s been in use for centuries. Ideally, both brands should be able to sell their product as Budweiser, since the laws that established a protected designation did not come into existence until long after Budweiser US existed, but those laws do exist now, and the US should acknowledge that the Budweiser in Budweiser Budvar is there as a regional designation rather than a trademark.
The global fight must go on! It feeds many lawyers, paras and experts. Most of Asia, including the Beijing politbeero and their proletariat knows that a proper Budweiser Budvar comes in a keg or in a green bottle while the Bud light rice is the wicked pissah in a blue can. What I cannot comprehend is the 2007 US distribution arrangement: AB InBev is supposed to distribute and dutifully supply all 50 states and territories with Czechvar! How is that working out? Like having a coyote watching over a chicken coup, goats in charge of a garden, and burglars as housekeepers. Dear AB wholesaler - you better forget that brand or your Bud bucks will shrink fast! I’m glad we have an understanding… so far it has been 15 years of pain with a lot of suffering.
Again, absolutely fantastic video. The script, the realization, it is just perfect. It's amazing how you always study the given topic. You are truly one of my TOP UA-camrs. Every video of yours is simply wonderful.
You made my weekend. Thanks for noticing where I try to improve every week!
Nechtěla by jste Miladino popisování vaření piva dát do zvláštního videa?
Poradím vám. Udělejte si výlet do Budějovic, přímo do pivovaru a objednejte se na exkurzi. Provedou vás výrobou, uvidíte varnu, nerezové tanky, prostě všechno od začátku až do konce, navíc ve sklepě to pivo přímo uchutnáte z kohoutu. A jak skončíte, tak určitě nikam neodcházejte, ale jděte do pivovaru na oběd, nebo večeři. Je tam neuvěřitelně milá a veselá obsluha, pivo kroužek je excelentní a navíc skvělá, ale fakt skvělá kuchyně. Stojí to za výlet a jestli budete v té restauraci, tak pozdravujte Honzu, určitě si na nás vzpomene, i když to už je pár roků, co jsme tam byli naposledy🙂Raději si rezervujte exkurzi předem a hlavně předem místo v restauraci, většinou tam bývávalo obsazeno bez objednání.
To pivo kroužek, jak tomu říkají je skvělé. Ale zkoušel jsem si to stejné pivo, které čepují stejně jako v pivovaru ze sudu (!) je prostě nepitelné.
The first time I drank "Czechvar" beer, I thought, this DOES taste like Bud- except it's actually GOOD!
I've had both Czechvar and American Bud and i gotta say American Bud is really poor made clone of the original Czechvar.
Jen, thank you for the great story in this video! :-) The editing is top notch! Also, where can I find the beautiful music at the end?
I get my music from Epidemic sound - this one is called Manhattanite, by Frook - it should be on Spotify too 😜
pls, note the Czech style of humor, even here (1999 Budvar commercial) : ua-cam.com/video/Js1pcBR3WEo/v-deo.html
At the end of the day, Budvar has dropped in quality where American Bud is good to clean the toilet with.
"We Americans who are lucky enough to travel to Europe LOVE GIs" ... As well as us Europeans travelling to US just to experience Quarter Pounder with Cheese 😂
I went to high school there 94-98. Lived there in student housing all 4 years. Love that city, great memories.
My work involved at lot of international travel, anywhere I went in Europe I drank Czech Lager. In the USA I drank Bourbon, as US beer is below the standard I expect. I used to joke that I would not use US beer as a coolant in my car. At that time I drove a VW Beetle.
Wery well done, thank you for spreading the message for us. Na Zdraví!
This video is soo good!
I remember my buddy back in 1989 going on and on about Czech Budweiser when we were stationed in Germany. I thought he was crazy. I was blown away when I saw this video in my feed.
Now just try it and you find how the beer should taste.
There are much better czech beers from small local breweries but this one is among the best you can buy in supermarkets
BTW: there is one more geografical name Anheuser-Busch appropriated - Michelob, which is german name for Měcholupy.
I have been watching your videos for years and Finally, you visited my town of Budějovice or as we say it Budějce :D Thank, hope you had fun :)
We had a blast! What a lovely hometown you have!
If American Budweiser stole the Czech version they did a horrible job of recreating it. It’s a totally different beer… outside of the name.