Don't get me wrong here, I think it is great that Anheuser-Busch is helping out the relief effort.
However I think all they really need to do is change the can label :lol:
Beers,
Doc
Budweiser Plant Puts Beer On Hold To Help Hurricane Victims
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The bottles, cans, and kegs go whipping by overhead and all around inside Anheuser-Busch's brewery on the Northside.
Every container is filled to the top with beer.
But Thursday, that will change.
One monstrous machine starts filling, flipping, and shipping drinking water to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Syl Robinson, the plant's manager, said the switch will involve a high-speed line typically used to fill cans of beer.
"We have a total of three within the brewery, so we're going to take one of the three and convert to water. We're probably going to run about 10,000 cases at that point in time," he said.
The snake's nest of conveyors and valves making up the line can pour 2,000 cans in a single minute.
So filling the American Red Cross's entire request for 10,000 cases should take around five hours, Robinson said.
The switchover from "fire water" to drinking water is all computerized, and it's mighty simple.
One six-inch pipe carries ice cold beer to each line's filling equipment.
Plant workers will shut that pipe off, then clean out the system with a special solution.
They'll then switch the filling gear over to a different pipe, pumping in water that has already been filtered and tested.
Simple white cans with the words "Drinking Water" and a dark blue Anheuser-Busch logo will be loaded into the line, clearly setting them apart from the company's usual output.
When they're done, the pipes get cleaned again, and it's back to beer.
"This is something that we do routinely if there's a hurricane, or especially if there's a natural disaster. We at Anheuser-Busch want to always have drinking water available to those victims that go through the event," Robinson said.
It's all done for free. And of course, every minute they're not making beer, they're not making money.
But the plant's manager said in cases like Katrina, money doesn't matter.
"It's a part of what we do - it's part of being a good corporate citizen. If there's anything that we can help in situations like this, we want to be there," Robinson said.
However I think all they really need to do is change the can label :lol:
Beers,
Doc
Budweiser Plant Puts Beer On Hold To Help Hurricane Victims
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The bottles, cans, and kegs go whipping by overhead and all around inside Anheuser-Busch's brewery on the Northside.
Every container is filled to the top with beer.
But Thursday, that will change.
One monstrous machine starts filling, flipping, and shipping drinking water to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Syl Robinson, the plant's manager, said the switch will involve a high-speed line typically used to fill cans of beer.
"We have a total of three within the brewery, so we're going to take one of the three and convert to water. We're probably going to run about 10,000 cases at that point in time," he said.
The snake's nest of conveyors and valves making up the line can pour 2,000 cans in a single minute.
So filling the American Red Cross's entire request for 10,000 cases should take around five hours, Robinson said.
The switchover from "fire water" to drinking water is all computerized, and it's mighty simple.
One six-inch pipe carries ice cold beer to each line's filling equipment.
Plant workers will shut that pipe off, then clean out the system with a special solution.
They'll then switch the filling gear over to a different pipe, pumping in water that has already been filtered and tested.
Simple white cans with the words "Drinking Water" and a dark blue Anheuser-Busch logo will be loaded into the line, clearly setting them apart from the company's usual output.
When they're done, the pipes get cleaned again, and it's back to beer.
"This is something that we do routinely if there's a hurricane, or especially if there's a natural disaster. We at Anheuser-Busch want to always have drinking water available to those victims that go through the event," Robinson said.
It's all done for free. And of course, every minute they're not making beer, they're not making money.
But the plant's manager said in cases like Katrina, money doesn't matter.
"It's a part of what we do - it's part of being a good corporate citizen. If there's anything that we can help in situations like this, we want to be there," Robinson said.
