It actually makes one wonder how the economics of the operation worked out:
They presumably needed some sort of vaguely beer-like fluid, unlikely to be much cheaper than whatever the local bottom feeding swill is(probably because it is the local bottom feeding swill); and the labor costs and product waste associated with that fill method must sting a bit.
Is this something that makes sense only when trademark enforcement is just weak enough that getting a no-questions-asked order for ‘one zillion empty budweiser cans’ filled is easy; but just scary enough that no legitimate low-end brewery would risk their business by quietly mislabeling some of their own product, with the benefit of automation and subject matter expertise?
Seems like a weird niche. Any sketchier and they’d have to start hand-painting the cans; any less sketchy and a more professional competitor would bury them in efficiency.
