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There are some beer snobs who already think Budweiser is a lesser beer. The company contends it's the "King of Beers." But a group of new lawsuits contends it's the king of the watered down beers. Somewhere, beer snobs are snickering — maybe even to the tune of $15 million.

The last thing anyone wants when he gets home from a day's work is a watered down beer. You want to settle down with a nice, crisp cold one to let off some steam. But three separate lawsuits filed in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and San Francisco contend AB InBev's Anheuser-Busch Cos. add extra water to their finished product — 11 brands in all — to stretch the quantity of alcohol the company can supply, Bloomberg's Sophia Pearson reports. So, the beers are being sold at a lower alcohol content than advertised, which are the main thrust of the lawsuits, each of which seek damages over $5 million.

The alleged beers being sold at a lower alcohol content than advertised are:

Budweiser

Bud Ice

Bud Light Platinum

Michelob

King Cobra

Busch Ice

Black Crown

Bud Light Lime

Hurricane High Gravity Lager

Natural Ice

Michelob Ultra

For at least two of the beers on the list, alcohol content is pretty much the entire reason for existing. Black Crown and Bud Light Platinum are stronger-than-your-average Budweisers. Part of the beers' advertising hook — Black Crown is new, with a 2013 Super Bowl ad and all — is that they're 6 percent alcohol by volume. Budweiser is advertised and labeled at 5 percent AbV. Bud Light is said to have 4.2 percent AbV.