For the archetypal US conservative male, beer has long been seen as the booze of choice, but a growing number of right-wingers are turning against a cold one.

Conservatives in America have had a “stormy relationship” with beer in “recent years”, said Slate . Now the right is waging a “war” on the beverage on several fronts, and “ beer is losing badly”.

Dizzying backlash

In 2023, a “conservative uprising” against Bud Light became “one of the highest-profile beverage-themed revolts since the Boston Tea Party, except with more guns and influencers”.

For two decades, the brand had been the best-seller in the US with “boorish marketing aimed squarely” at men of all ages, but when a transgender influencer featured in a social media ad campaign, it sparked a backlash that was “swift and

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