Archive for July, 2008

Andy Crouch’s BeerScribe.Com: Anheuser-Busch Sold To InBev; Boston Beer Becomes Largest American Owned Brewery…

With the recently announced sale of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company to Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev, which creates the world’s largest brewery, it’s interesting to take a second to consider one of the unusual side effects of the deal….

LIQUID DIET: the blog: A Few Thoughts On The Day After Tomorrow.

Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) turns the national beer scene on its head.
The face of American brewing is now craft brewers.
And everybody had better start thinking about the fallout.
There will be a great opportunity here to expand the craft meme of buy …

Potable Curmudgeon, The: Draft Hoosier brews for Indiana Beer Week — just not the ones I was expecting.

Don’t forget: Rick and Jeff Tours motorcoach to the Indiana Brewers Festival this coming Saturday.NABC/Rich O’s themed guest beer weeks are continuing throughout July. Today we were supposed to have unveiled four rare drafts from our brethren to the…

Brookston Beer Bulletin: We’re Only In It For The Money

Given the title of this post, you probably thought this was going to be another rant about InBev and Anheuser-Busch. But it’s not. It’s about the latest release commemorating all of Frank Zappa’s albums by Lagunitas Brewing, which w…

Potable Curmudgeon, The: InBev to absorb A-B — and it doesn’t matter a single bit.

News from Reuters: InBev agrees to buy Anheuser for $50 billion.Go ahead. Read this and other stories about the creation of the world’s largest beer maker, and if you find any bits of text that have the remotest thing to do with beer (as opposed to …

stlhops.com: Say Hello to Anheuser-Busch InBev

You may have heard by now, but Anheuser-Busch’s board of directors have approved the purchase of the company by InBev. I’ve given my thoughts on this merger in the past, but I can’t say it’s still not a bit of a sad day. As s…

Grizzly Growler: It is finished…

To my St. Louis friends, I’m sorry.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc (NYSE:BUD) has agreed to be acquired by rival InBev NV for $49.91 billion in a deal that will create the world’s largest brewer, the Wall Street Journal said …

LIQUID DIET: the blog: The Earth Shifts.

Jay Brooks explains the almost inexplicable so I won’t have to:
Once the merger of the two companies is finalized, Anheuser-Busch InBev, will be a Belgian company. MillerCoors consists of MolsonCoors, managed from Canada, and SABMiller, which is…

Year of Beer: #311 Harviestoun – Old Engine Old Black Ale

Harviestoun brewery is a Scottish brewery. This beer is named by Harviestoun’s original master brewer Ken Brooker spend much of his early life crafting wooden design prototypes for the Ford motor company. This black, viscous beer reminded Ken of th…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world’s largest brewery

It’s done. Anheuser-Busch has been sold.From Reuters on Sunday evening just before 9PM:U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc agreed to be acquired by Belgium-based InBev NV for $70 per share, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.Anheuser …