After collecting feedback at summer-long, nationwide sampling events involving thousands of consumers, St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch used its findings to select three beers for its limited-edition Budweiser Project 12 sampler pack, which will be available this fall.

Using one of the largest “focus groups” in Budweiser history, Anheuser-Busch collected feedback at summer-long, nationwide sampling events involving thousands of consumers in order to select three beers for its limited-edition Budweiser Project 12 sampler pack.

Anheuser-Busch, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced the winning beer of its Project 12 initiative: Budweiser Black Crown, brewed by Los Angeles brewmaster Bryan Sullivan.

 “King of Beers” takes on a new meaning for Anheuser-Busch’s new Budweiser Black Crown beer, which won national distribution through the brand’s Project 12 initiative.