In his courtroom, after close examination of bottles and cans of Beck’s Beer, and the cartons that held them, a federal judge said one thing was very clear: The labels declaring the brand was actually made in the USA were difficult to read.

That observation in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida apparently formed the core of U.S. Magistrate Judge John O’Sullivan’s order denying Anheuser-Busch Cos., LLC’s motion to dismiss a proposed class action accusing the company of misleading consumers into thinking the brews are imported from Germany.