If you ever wondered how deep Anheuser-Busch InBev’s pockets are, maybe this will give you a little perspective. The world’s largest brewery is going to invest $2 billion in their U.S. market over the next three years.
To date, ABI has Continue Reading →
Today some American craft breweries took to social media to voice their concerns about another Anheuser-Busch maneuver. This time it has to do with hops.
We have verified the facts amidst the social media outrage. The news emerged in a memo from Continue Reading →
It’s undeniable that Stone Brewing is well-known for brewing big west coast style IPAs. Breweries like Stone and Sierra Nevada have shaped the perception of the American IPA. Then quietly, or not-so-quietly, folks in New England brought the the haze Continue Reading →
Back in March we heard the sad news that Speakeasy Ales & Lagers was closing due to, “difficulty securing capital investment, and outstanding debt obligations.”
Today we received happier news. Hunters Point Brewery in San Francisco, CA, has purchased Speakeasy Ales Continue Reading →
Georgia governor Nathan Deal has signed Senate Bill 85 into law, The state’s breweries will soon finally have the freedoms they have been so desperately seeking. The only downside? It doesn’t go into effect into September 1st.
Until the passage of Continue Reading →
Earlier today we posted a story covering the plethora of breweries pulling out of Wicked Weed’s annual summer Funk Invitational. Their new association with Anheuser-Busch is so toxic to previously participating breweries, that many breweries have cut participation in the Invitational, Continue Reading →
In a new world of buy-outs and acquisitions (especially this week), there is more news. Lagunitas is merging the rest of their holdings into Heineken.
The original deal, announced back in 2015, was for a 50% stake in California born Lagunitas. The Continue Reading →
