[driftdiver]

Sam Adams (The Boston Beer Company) is a public company and probably controlled by the same people as Bud & Miller.

I guess local beers are the way to go.

[Cboldt]

The big boys have been buying the locals. Shipyard Brewing Co is, IIRC, a Miller-owned operation, even though they are hands off on the recipes and local management.

Boston Beer Company is, as far as I can see, a "big boy" of its own right.