Anheuser-Busch Takes Out Full-Page Ads To Fight Claims It's Watering Down Beer

Budweiser-Maker Fights Claims It's Watering Down Beer
NEW YORK - JUNE 13: A bottle of Budweiser is displayed at a bar June 13, 2008 in New York City. The Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev has made an offer of $46.3 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch, the iconic 150-year-old St Louis-based company. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - JUNE 13: A bottle of Budweiser is displayed at a bar June 13, 2008 in New York City. The Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev has made an offer of $46.3 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch, the iconic 150-year-old St Louis-based company. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - Budweiser-maker Anheuser-Busch InBev defended itself against allegations it is watering down its alcoholic drinks by taking out full-page advertisements in newspapers across the United States.

The company was placing ads in more than 10 newspapers nationally, a representative of Anheuser-Busch said on Sunday. The ads featured a picture of a can of drinking water below the caption, "They must have tested one of these." Anheuser-Busch donates water to the American Red Cross.

Beer consumers have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the company of mislabeling the alcohol content of the brands Budweiser, Michelob, Michelob Ultra, Hurricane High Gravity Lager, King Cobra, Busch Ice, Natural Ice, Bud Ice, Bud Light Platinum and Bud Light Lime.

The company has said the lawsuit is groundless. (Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Bill Trott)

Here's an image of the ad in question:

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