Buzz kill! Anheuser-Busch accused of watering down beer

5:48 PM, Feb 27, 2013   |    comments
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(CNN) - Anheuser-Busch says the claims that the company waters down its beers are "completely false."

A class action lawsuit filed in California accuses the Budweiser maker of short-changing consumers on alcohol content to increase profits.

The suit seeks unspecified damages but says the controversy is worth more than five-million dollars.  Similar lawsuits were filed in several other states. 

Anheuser-Busch calls the lawsuits "groundless" and says its beers fully comply "with all alcohol labeling laws."