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eric strt6

eric strt6

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http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/06/news/companies/anheuser-busch-beer-10-barrel/index.html?iid=obinsite

Anheuser-Busch is guzzling up another small brewery.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AHBIF) announced it has signed a deal to buy Oregon craft brewer 10 Barrel Brewing Co.

The purchase is part of Anheuser-Busch's ongoing effort to get a foothold in the small but fast-growing market for craft beer.

This is at least the second small brewery Anheuser-Busch has bought this year.

In February, it snapped up Blue Point in Patchogue, N.Y., which made 60,000 barrels last year, including its flagship brand Toasted Lager.

Anheuser-Busch also bought the Chicago craft brewer Goose Island in 2011.
 
Jm_

Jm_

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AB isn't stupid. For decades they made money on stupid bud-swilling rednecks. Now they are making money on stupid micro-brew-swilling hipsters.
 
ICEBALL585

ICEBALL585

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Beer and brewing beer is a passion for lots of people but the bottom line is that breweries are a business. If you owned a company and someone walked up with a check for a few million dollars, it would be pretty hard not to accept it.

I'm definitely not a fan of InBev and others buying up all the little guys but as long as they are keeping the beers they way they are, not closing down the breweries and not laying off lots of workers then it's basically just a change in upper management.
 
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