Six MLB teams will feature Anheuser-Busch “American beer” on their Opening Day menus as the 2025 season kicks off Thursday.
The Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals will all have Anheuser-Busch beers labeled as “American” instead of “domestic,” according to a Wednesday release from Anheuser-Busch.
Changing the labels continues a movement launched by Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth that intends to “capture the spirit and passion” intrinsic to the nation’s beer industry.
This stack of American beer is ready to roll. Where’s it headed? pic.twitter.com/MZVM10sdkl
— Anheuser-Busch (@AnheuserBusch) March 24, 2025
“I don’t like the word ‘domestic,’” Whitworth said in a February statement titled The Call for American Beers. “It’s a word that, for some reason, has been used for years to describe American-made beer. It shows up too frequently on bar menus, at beer stands, and in grocery aisles. It appears in reports and is used by syndicated data providers. All because folks innocently don’t know any better.”
“Baseball isn’t popularly known as the domestic pastime, our troops don’t salute the domestic flag, and our country wasn’t built on the domestic dream. That’s because the ‘American’ part matters, and the pride we take in this great country should also be properly and accurately applied to our great American beers.”
“American beers are the outcome of the same ingenuity, hard work, and entrepreneurialism that built this great country,” he added.
Great American Ball Park
Great American Beer@BudweiserUSA pic.twitter.com/dDiSqcS57x
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) March 26, 2025
“It’s about time the whole industry begins to unilaterally use one of the strongest adjectives available to us – American. Leave ‘domestic’ for other less glamorous uses,” Whitworth said.
At least 10 teams will update their stadium menus and signage to highlight “American beer” as the season progresses, Wednesday’s statement read.
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“As fans fill MLB stadiums this season, they will do so with a renewed sense of pride, savoring the singular American experience of enjoying an American beer at a baseball game,” according to Anheuser-Busch.
Budweiser, an Anheuser-Busch “American beer,” remains the longest-standing sponsor of the MLB.
