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Beer In Ads #362: American Originals, Muenchener

May 4, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for the third, and last, one of Anheuser-Busch’s series of beers they marketed under the name “American Originals,” beginning in the fall of 1995. This one was Muenchener, a “Munich Style Amber.” Here’s what a press release said about it at the time:

Muenchener was first brewed in 1893 — and called “Columbian Muenchener” at the time — after Adolphus Busch challenged his brewmasters to develop the world’s best muenchener-style beer. Until then, the world’s best muenchener beers were brewed in Munich, Germany, but Busch set out to change that. His brewmasters succeeded, and Busch’s Columbian Muenchener was awarded a gold medal at the 1893 Columbian World’s Exposition in Chicago.

Muenchener is a medium-to-full bodied beer with a deep, copper color. It possesses a rich, creamy and roasted malt flavor, and its aroma is malty, with a light roast and spice characteristic.

“In brewing Muenchener, we use five varieties of malt, including Munich-style malt and other roasted barley malts, as well as a blend of seven domestic and imported hops,” Kahn said.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History



Comments

  1. beerman49 says

    May 14, 2011 at 12:25 am

    Did this brew soon thereafter get relabeled as Michelob Amber (“Bock”), which still is in A-B’s product line?

    • Bill says

      November 23, 2015 at 4:19 pm

      No, Amber Bock is a different brew. This was brewed along with Faust and Black and Tan as American originals from recipes used in the late 1800s by Anheuser-Busch.

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