Anheuser-Busch
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Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. /ˈænhaɪzər ˈbʊʃ/ is an American brewing company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). The company operates 13 breweries in the United States. Until December 2009, it also was one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, operating ten theme parks through the company's family entertainment division, Busch Entertainment Corporation. It is based in St. Louis, Missouri, which is also the headquarters for the AB InBev North America unit.
 
Operations and products
 
Anheuser-Busch Companies operates as one of several subsidiaries in the North America zone unit of AB InBev, and it produces and distributes hundreds of products from the AB InBev portfolio.
 
Anheuser-Busch Companies operates 13 breweries, all located in the United States:
St. Louis, Missouri (opened 1852)
Newark, New Jersey (opened 1951)
Los Angeles, California (opened 1954)
Houston, Texas (opened 1966)
Columbus, Ohio (opened 1968)
Jacksonville, Florida (opened 1969)
Merrimack, New Hampshire (opened 1970)
Williamsburg, Virginia (opened 1972)
Fairfield, California (opened 1976)
Baldwinsville, New York (opened 1983)
Fort Collins, Colorado (opened 1988)
Cartersville, Georgia (opened 1993)
Chicago, Illinois
 
The St. Louis brewery, which opened in 1852, is a National Historic Landmark District, and includes three buildings listed as National Historic Landmarks. Free public tours of the brewery are given. The tour takes visitors through the complex where they can see beer being made and packaged in a working part of the brewery. The company keeps a rotation of its famous Budweiser Clydesdales at its headquarters, and visitors to the brewery can observe the clydesdales in their exercise field and see their places in the carriage house.
 
The brewery was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The landmarked area includes 189 structures spread over 142 acres (0.57 km2), including many red brick Romanesque ones "with square crenelated towers and elaborate details." The Brew House, built in 1891-1892, is particularly notable for its "multi-storied hop chandeliers, intricate iron-work, and utilization of natural light".
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