Budweiser wants to call itself ‘America' this summer

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(Anheuser-Busch)

The King of Beers wants to solidify its status as a true U.S. icon by changing its name to “America” this summer.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the parent company of Budweiser, has asked the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for permission to use labeling that replaces the beer's name with the word America and boasts patriotic phrases  like“Land of the Free,” “Liberty and Justice for All,” “Home of the Brave” and “From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters this land was made for you and me,” reports AdAge.

AB InBev owns two of the country’s bestselling beers—Bud Light and Budweiser—but the company is technically no longer American-owned. InBev, a beer conglomerate based in Belgium and Brazil, acquired Anheuser-Busch in 2008.

But the company has worked tirelessly to maintain its image as all-American institution.

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