Flying is incredibly less expensive largely due to deregulation, and Budweiser has always been brewed with rice. So, yes, this is winning.
The deregulation, more specifically, was repealing Prohibitionist policies that kept microbreweries from operating. Now we have microbreweries everywhere, offering superior alternatives to Budweiser, some of which have grown to be national level competitors.
The US has the best selection of beer varieties of any country and flying is cheaper in absolute dollars than in the 70s
Part of me still wonders if those deregulations would have stopped Boeing, or if Boeing simply would have been sneakier.
Budweiser has been brewed with rice from the beginning, since 1876.