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Originally Posted by BrianTheMick2
I bet they were bigger on asparagus.
Budweiser is a Germanic beer to the core.
Not really. I mean it started that way but is no longer even close really.
For one, Bud uses adjuncts and no other German beer styles (with the signle exception of Gose as far as I know) uses anything but malt, hops, and yeast.
Additionally, Bud is 7 IBUs while a traditional German/Czeck pilsner is from 25 to 45 IBUs. That is a significant difference in bitterness. The German/Czeck pils has a bit of a maltier backbone (as compared to Bud) to balance out the higher IBUs. The perceived bitterness is still much higher.
Also, you can actually smell hops in the Czeck pils. Good luck finding a whiff of hops anywhere near a Bud.