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Interesting Beer News


 
October '17

>> 2017 GABF Medal Winners
September '17

>> What's Ruining the Flavor of Your Beer?
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June '17

>> New St. Paul brewpub restoring 1850s saloon with antique German style

May '17
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>> Which is worse? Selling out to 'Big Beer' or Private Equity?​
Feb '17
​​>> How Brewers Make Craft Beers for High Altitude
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>> Chinese Airline Brewing Beer That Tastes Best at 35,000 Feet​

>> Cooking With Beer Can Actually Be Healthy

>> The 25 Most Important American Craft Beers Ever Brewed

>> The Growler's 7 Continents of Beer

Jan '17

>> 17 Craft Beer Predictions for 2017


>> Cans versus Bottles

>> RateBeer's Best Beers and New Breweries in 2016

>> Do you want a BrewDog Pub in your city? Simply lobby 499 friends to buy a BrewDog share of stock with you.
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Your City, Your Brewpub (Video)

Oct '16

>> Minnesota drinkers are falling in love with sour beers


Sept '16

>> The Best Fall Beer Festivals in the US


Aug '16

>> Anheuser Busch Acquisition Claims Debunked!  Great article!!!

>> 
New Report Shows Craft Beer Industry Still Growing

>> Mildred Bowers: 102-year-old woman credits beer for her long life

>> Amid deal with Anheuser-Busch, craft brewery gets kicked out of its own festival (Ha, Ha, Ha - getting what they deserve!)

>> Craft Beer’s Looming Crisis

Jul '16

​>> U.S. Open Beer Championship’s Grand National Champion & Medal Winners

Jun '16

>> 
Is the craft beer craze going flat?

>> Best Beer Gardens in America   (this is a very debatable subject)

>> States Drinking the Most Beer

>> Big Mergers May Flatten American Beer Market

May '16

>> Whale Vomit Beer -  The Next Big Thing???
​Dec '15

>> 2015 Mergers and Acquisitions 


Interesting article in this link - http://www.brewbound.com/news/editors-note-2015-a-year-of-deals-rumors-preemptive-denials-and-lots-of-cash.
 
With all the recent acquisitions or investments, it makes for interesting discussion over a beer or two or three.  It's clear the big guys, which are just a few now with their own mergers, are finally realizing that they need to stop their market share decline that is quickly going to the micro breweries.  And it appears that the small guys are willing to sell or let the big guys invest in them.  Unfortunately, it's eroding the brand that the good small guys have built.  For example, why in the world would Founders sell a 30% investment stake to Mahou-San Migel?  I mean, have you had any of their beers - they're not that good.  It'll make me think twice before buying another Founders beer, no matter how good they are or have been.  I prefer to support the up and coming guys that are making beer drinking really enjoyable, and those that are committed to the craft beer business and not out just to make a quick buck.
 
How long before these good breweries that are getting bought up will start to lose customers d or fall by the wayside due to these acquisitions?
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