Anheuser-Busch
Coachbuilder | Brewery
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC is a brewing company founded and based in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) which also has its North American headquarters in St. Louis.
The original Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) was formed through successive mergers of three international brewing groups: Interbrew from Belgium, AmBev from Brazil and Anheuser-Busch. Hence, since 2008, Anheuser-Busch has been a division of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, now the world's largest brewing empire.
Subject ID: 11631
MoreAnheuser-Busch Companies, LLC is a brewing company founded and based in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) which also has its North American headquarters in St. Louis.
The original Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) was formed through successive mergers of three international brewing groups: Interbrew from Belgium, AmBev from Brazil and Anheuser-Busch. Hence, since 2008, Anheuser-Busch has been a division of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, now the world's largest brewing empire.
During prohibition, they were ALSO a coachbuilder!
Anheuser-Busch was the nation’s largest brewery, and before the start of Prohibition the firm’s 3,000 employees produced over 1 million barrels of beer per year. Starting in 1919 the firm instituted massive layoffs, and introduced a number of new products such as ice cream, yeast and grape soda.
One outgrowth of Anheuser-Busch’s new ice cream business was the manufacture of products that could both store and transport the extremely temperature-sensitive product. The firm’s Vehicle Department quickly set about designing and building a whole series of ice cream cabinets and delivery truck bodies, which were all built using the same hardware and technology. A slightly less insulated version of the ice cream bodies was developed that proved popular with dairymen.
A third totally un-insulated line of truck bodies known as the 'Adolphus' was also developed using the same body shells that were marketed to dry goods vendors and transporters. They also built small numbers of architecturally-inspired horse-boxes as well as a complete line of city service buses and intercity motor coaches. The Body Works also built a luxurious private coach on a 1931 Yellow Coach chassis for Adolphus Busch III. The vehicle still exists and can be seen at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation.
Subject ID: 11631
Subject ID: 11631
