--- title: Budweiser Truck: Crashed Spilling Beers in Brooklyn description: The semi disgorged 300 cases of beer over a Brooklyn expressway early Monday morning, making the area reek of spilled booze. canonical: https://time.com/4443992/budweiser-truck-crash-brooklyn/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-08T21:18:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:14.421Z og:title: A Budweiser Truck Crashed, Spilling Hundreds of Cans of Beer og:description: The semi disgorged 300 cases of beer over a Brooklyn expressway early Monday. og:url: https://time.com/4443992/budweiser-truck-crash-brooklyn/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Budweiser Truck Crashed, Spilling Hundreds of Cans of Beer twitter:description: The semi disgorged 300 cases of beer over a Brooklyn expressway early Monday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Truck Carrying Budweiser Crashed Spilling Hundreds of Beers > Sponsored content. 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For some Brooklyn residents, that hangover was exacerbated by an early-morning semi truck crash that spilled [hundreds of cans of Budweiser beer](http://time.com/4324384/budweiser-america-rename-beer/?iid=sr-link1) out over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, snarling traffic for miles and making the area reek of booze, [DNA Info reports](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160808/red-hook/budweiser-truck-flips-over-on-bqe-raining-beer-cans-onto-streets-below). Especially poignant: the cans of light beer were decorated in the brand’s [signature patriotic “America” design](http://time.com/4326065/donald-trump-budweiser-america/?iid=sr-link2). In the midst of a chaotic election and euphoric Olympics season, the image provoked the internet. Some took to Twitter to wryly comment on the parallels between the beer and our nation. > [](https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/762735968562581504) While others thought of it as a more “toxic” event or a “Bud-geyser.” > [](https://twitter.com/backyardbeyond/status/762649223800184832) > [](https://twitter.com/fanellijames/status/762647644653125636) This guy would probably like to pour one out for the lost beers… but, of course, they were already empty. > [](https://twitter.com/jodyfisher/status/762647029508079616) Meanwhile, this guy threw shaded Budweiser, noting a different [craft brand made locally](http://www.otherhalfbrewing.com/) instead: > [](https://twitter.com/daveg924/status/762640678946017280) But perhaps the most apt pun? 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