Energy analyst Alex Epstein has argued that Budweiser is taking advantage of consumers’ energy-related ignorance by stating that its beers are brewed with 100 percent renewable electricity, pointing out that the “most of the energy that goes into its beer is fossil fuel.” Epstein made his case in a viral Twitter thread as well as a Substack post and an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times. In 2018 Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser, announced that “Budweiser has launched a renewable electricity symbol that indicates when a Budweiser beer is brewed with 100 percent renewable electricity.” This claim might lead consumers to believe that the beer is brewed only using renewable energy. In publicity from this year, Anheuser-Busch celebrated the fact that it “sourc[ed] 100% of its purchased electricity from renewables” for its domestic beer and seltzer brands. An asterisk informed readers that “Electricity is one type of energy we use to …