Budweiser Bürgerbräu Exports Beer To The US

In 1872, the Budweis burghers’ brewery, later known as Budweiser Bürgerbräu, began exporting its Budweiser beer to the United States. The brewery came from České Budějovice, historically known in German as Budweis, and its beer used Budweiser as a geographic designation meaning beer from Budweis. These exports formed an important background to the later Budweiser trademark conflict. Anheuser-Busch began selling its own Budweiser beer in 1876, while Budweis-based breweries argued that the name referred to the city and its brewing tradition. The existence of Budweiser Bürgerbräu exports before Anheuser-Busch’s trademark consolidation became part of the historical basis for the long-running dispute over the Budweiser name.