Posted on 12/23/2015 4:13:15 PM PST by Olog-hai
One of Colorado's largest and oldest craft breweries is promising beer lovers that nothing will change even though it's being bought by beer giant Anheuser-Busch, a brand many of them love to hate.
Under a deal announced Tuesday, the maker of Budweiser said it was acquiring Breckenridge Brewery for an undisclosed amount and adding it to its craft and import brand unit, The High End.
The deal comes as major beer industry players try to make inroads in a niche market that has captured more than 10 percent of beer sales in recent years. ...
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” nothing will change “?
Crappola,
Once Budweiser gets their nasty paws on anything it is changed forever to the dark side.
Bud does everything they can to destroy the craft beer industry so as to not lose any more market share.
They usually do such buy paying off politicians to make laws making it harder on the little guy.
Bud sucks.
AB IN-Bev is buying all of the craft brewers they can because they cannot put out a tasty quality product in that way. They started with Goose Island a few years ago ignoring the fact that the only recognition GI gets is due to a single annual release. Their other brews are fine, but no one is going to recommend 312 to anyone else.
Time to start homebrewing. Until FedGov says you can't anymore.
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