Jan
28
2015
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Comments Off on Seattle brewers warn Anheuser-Busch will ‘use Elysian as a weapon’ against other craft breweries
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Queen: Another One Bites the Dust.
http://www.bizjournals.com/…/seattle-brewers-warn-anheuser-…
What does this mean? Did we see a significant dropoff in quality with Goose Island? I don’t know, I never had Goose Island before InBev bought them out. That’s the power of distribution.
Does the negative stigma of being owned by InBev negatively affect your sales? To the aficionado, absolutely. To the general consumer? Maybe not.
This trend will not end any time soon. So long as these breweries remain profitable (which they will so long as they continue making good beer) InBev will continue to buy them. It’s a business, not inherently evil, it’s just an “is” thing.