That is still being argued:

http://www.american.edu/TED/budweis.htm


>Actually the only US beer I think tasts good, is not even US originally, but a rip-off from Czech, namely Budweiser. But I guess you did not learn that in school?
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>Budweiser was 'invented' in the Czech town Budejovice (from which the name Budweiser is derived), and after some years a brewery in St.Louise started to brew it on license. But after a while they did not want to pay royalty anymore, and since US lawyers were more clever than the Czech lawyers, they ended up owning the brand name.
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>>>I just saw a bar called "Der Bier Haus" shouldn't it be "Das Bier Haus"?
>>>My german is getting a little rusty because I have not been speaking german for about 8 years. Any help would be great.
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>>>Einar
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>>Einar;
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>>When I was young my German was very good. In the United States we cannot even spell beir correctly nor can we make a beverage that can be consumed and enjoyed by humans! Our beer is not fit to pour down the sewer! After all, we have to have to have compassion for the sewer rats! :)
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>>I like Spaten and get criticized by my brother in law and his friends from Neuss. “That water form the South”? They drink this black bitter bier that I do not like. However I like Guinness and the brewmaster that created the formula was a German!
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>>Where is the nearest Bier Stube? It is Friday and I am ready!
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>>Tom