The guys who give the tours at Boulevard like to talk about this a lot. Someone invariably asks them on the tour if the recipe for, say, the KC Pils has changed. And then they have to respond no, you've just noticed the variance between different batches. Then they bring the conversation around to Budweiser, and how it all tastes exactly the same. How you can take two cans that were made in different plants on different months, and not taste the slightest bit of difference.Beer is a product that benefits greatly from industrial scale.
Formulas, chemists, and rigorous inspections and quality control throughout the brewing procedure. It's not perfect though, cause if you drink something like Budweiser infrequently enough, you can taste variations from time to time. I think the blandness in the flavor probably does a good job of hiding the distinctions.Then they bring the conversation around to Budweiser, and how it all tastes exactly the same. How you can take two cans that were made in different plants on different months, and not taste the slightest bit of difference.