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St. Louis on the Air
2:37 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

‘Sins And Successes’ Of St. Louis’ Beer Kings

Credit (Courtesy: HarperCollins Publishers)
Book Cover, "Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer"

When St. Louis native Bill Knoedelseder pitched the idea for a TV series about a wealthy brewing, baseball-team-owning family, Hollywood was skeptical. How could a Midwestern mansion hold a candle next to, say, an oil family in Dallas?

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Arts & Culture
11:05 am
Tue November 27, 2012

Is That A Budweiser In Your Hand?: Product Placement, Booze, And Denzel Washington

Originally published on Wed November 28, 2012 10:22 am

At one point in the film Flight, alcoholic pilot William "Whip" Whitaker, played by Denzel Washington, peers into a hotel-room mini-fridge filled with pretty much every type of wine and liquor imaginable.

The shot showcases wine brands Yellow Tail, Barefoot, Sutter Home, plus Amstel Light and Heineken beers — even Red Bull.

This scene raised a lot of questions for me: When has any hotel minibar ever contained so much alcohol? Why has Denzel done three films focusing on transportation –- two trains and now a plane — in as many years?

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Hurricane Relief
4:35 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Anheuser-Busch Contributes Drinking Water To Hurricane Recovery

Credit (PRNewsFoto/Anheuser-Busch)

Anheuser-Busch is in the process of packaging over one million cans of drinking water for victims of Hurricane Sandy that hit the northeast early this week.

The St. Louis-based company has the ability to easily convert one or more of its beer-production lines to produce drinking water, which is something it has done in the wake of natural disasters since the late 1980s.

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