Budweiser Salutes St. Louis Cardinals with Commemorative 2006 World Series Bottles

The commemorative 46.5-ounce magnum bottle features the Cardinals 2006 World Series Champions logo on the front, with a summary of the World Series on the back label.

16/12/06 Budweiser, a partner of the St. Louis Cardinals for more than 50 years, is honoring its hometown team’s 2006 World Series Championship victory with a limited-edition Budweiser magnum and aluminum bottle in time for the holiday season. As further recognition, Budweiser is donating $100,000 to the St. Louis Cardinals Care Foundation to benefit area youth through outreach programs and financial grants.

“Budweiser is a proud supporter of the Cardinals -- these attractive and distinguished bottles recognize their momentous victory in the new Busch Stadium,” said Randall Blackford, Director, Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch. “They are the perfect holiday gift for adult fans, and will be enjoyed as keepsakes for years to come.”

The commemorative 46.5-ounce magnum bottle features the Cardinals 2006 World Series Champions logo on the front, with a summary of the World Series on the back label. The World Series magnum is sold individually in a red and blue box featuring the Cardinals and World Series Champions logos. The 16-ounce Budweiser aluminum bottle features the Cardinals 2006 World Series Champions logo and lists the years of each of the Cardinals 10 titles. The aluminum bottle is sold in 15-packs of specially labeled Budweiser cases featuring images of the Cardinals World Series bottles.

Both will be available in liquor, grocery and convenience stores in the greater St. Louis metro area -- the magnum bottle as early as this weekend, and the aluminum bottle starting mid-next week. Both bottles will be reintroduced in March, when they will be more widely available as the city gears up for the 2007 Major League baseball season.

Budweiser is the longest-running corporate partner of the Cardinals and has supported Cardinals baseball for more than 50 years. The brand is also the Official Beer of Major League Baseball, the MLB World Series and 26 MLB teams including the St. Louis Cardinals.

Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.8% share of U.S. beer sales. The company brews the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch also owns a 50% share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s leading brewer, and a 27% share in Tsingtao, the No. 1 brewer in China. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage companies in FORTUNE Magazine’s Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2006. Anheuser-Busch is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and one of the world’s largest recyclers of aluminum cans.