Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer that cost it sales.

The world’s largest brewer and parent company of Bud Light said adjusted earnings for the latest quarter rose 4.1% to $5.4 billion on revenues that climbed 5% to $15.6 billion.

Revenue in the United States for the July-September period, however, tumbled 13.5%. AB InBev, based in Leuven, Belgium, noted that sales to retailers were down “primarily due to the volume decline of Bud Light.”

Bud Light sales plunged amid a conservative backlash after the brand sent a commemorative can to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in early April.

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    1 year ago

    American/Canadian lagers are basically fizzy rice water with a little bit of alcohol in them. It’s not beer as a European would know it. I’ve had and made plenty of lagers, lager can be tasty, bodied and still refreshing. The only thing these have going for them is the latter.

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      1 year ago

      So accent is not to drink pure water, but have something going on and ability to get pissed?

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        1 year ago

        Pretty much. And they’re drinking “light” beer because they’re already fat bastards. They’d be better off with a sodastream and some gin if they want to get refreshed, drunk and skinny.