How can beers and lagers be called by their national names when brewed in another country?

ABOUT 16 YEARS AGO I WORKED FOR WHITBREADS IN BERKSHIRE AND THAT COMPANY BREWED ALL SORTS OF BEERS AND LAGERS AS WELL AS GUINNESS UNDER LICENCE FROM THE COMPANY'S IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY AS FAR AS BUD GOES THERE IS TWO COMPANY'S USING THIS NAME ONE IS IN THE CHECK REPUBLIC AND THE OTHER IS IN AMERICA AND THAT WAS FORMED BY IMMIGRANTS FROM CHECOSLOVACIA and quite legally too so you have two company's bearing the same name and none are fakes so all sorts of beers lagers and stouts are indeed brewed in this country and all are brewed under licence look at the cans /bottlee and it is legal for the brewery's to do this it is whats called a Commercial enterprise but then who is to say that it tastes as good as in the country of origin it is ok having the recipe and it may taste similar but a lot of factors go into making beers such as the local water but never mind i am sure that the fosters i am going to drink tonight will indeed taste quite nice irrespective as to where it was made as far as tasteing different theres so many factors that make beers lagers and stouts taste different all though they us the same basic ingrediens this is so simple to explain such as the malts that are used simple some roast it for a longer period some not so long and the hops theres so many different ones and then the yeast quite a few different ones theres so many combinations and that is why we have such a large amount of different types of beers lager and stout

Because they are not protected names and the owners of the names have sold the rights to them to UK brewers.

Its all down to moiney in the end

It probably depends on what kind of beer you have in mind. There is no doubt that the best Belgian-style beers come from Belgium, France and Germany (places where they still have monks). Overall, I'd have to say the United States tends to make the best beer. This is mostly owing to the large number of small, boutique breweries that have cropped up in the last 20 years or so and the high level of disposable income that Americans are willing to use to support experimentation and the use of high quality ingredients. I think that if you look at some of the offerings from places like Dogfish Head, Rogue, North Coast Brewing, Great Lakes Brewing, and the like, you'll find that there are some very exceptional limited-release beers put out by these companies that are far superior to beers that are offered in the rest of the world. Of course, that's half opinion and have educated guess. There's probably no real right answer to this question.

Brewed under license.

To start with US Bud is not brewed in the UK, and Czech Budvar definately isn't.

As far as I know neither is Grolsch, but being a Real Ale, not lager, drinker I may be wrong on this one.

Others are, and it's referred to as brewing "under license".

Basically the owner of the beer gives some one else the recipe and they brew it for them to reduce transportation costs.

As for your questions in breweries, it thats the answers you are getting then you are talking to the wrong people.

Beers may use the same ingredients in general, but each brewer will have a slghtly different yeast strain, use different water, and use a different mix of malts & hops.

That is why their beers taste differentl. not just because of the water, and any real brewer would tell you that.

I have been on dozens of brewery visits, from small ones like the Brunswick Brewery in Derby to Youngs in London, and places like Cantillion in Belgium, and I have never heard questions answered in such a simplistic way as you suggest.

Why are you putting all the stupid *'s in? It just makes your question difficult to comprehend.

Budweiser isn't brewed in the UK. It is brewed in a small brewery in Budweis in the Czech Republic. I have no idea why you think you can get it brewed elsewhere. The clue is in the name. Grlsh is easy to find in supermarkets brewed in the original brewery, just watch out for "Brewed in the UK Under License" and avoid the canned stuff. Flip top bottles only.

Licensing agreements between breweries allow a similar beer to be brewed across the world, also many of the breweries are part of large chains and they can use their IP wherever they like.

ETA

No I haven't got my 'buds' mixed up. There is an original one made in the town of the same name and a fake one. The original doesn't brew or license their beer elsewhere.

So far as I am aware all the Grlch in flip-top bottles in imported from Enschede. It's not that hard to look for labels "Brewed in the UK under License" on the can/bottle.