In a Wednesday letter titled "A Call for American Beers," CEO Brendan Whitworth expressed his dissatisfaction with the longstanding use of "domestic" to describe American-made beer, saying it shows up on bar menus, at beer stands, in grocery aisles and is used by syndicated data providers "too frequently."

People don’t buy “domestic” cars or salute the “domestic” flag, so they shouldn’t drink “domestic” beer. At least, that’s what Anheuser-Busch’s CEO thinks.

Anheuser-Busch is encouraging its distributors and partners to replace the term “domestic” with “American” when marketing beer, arguing that the term better reflects the