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Pretty much everyone but big business. In real free trade, there's no anti-monopoly laws. There's no unions. There's no workers rights.

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I don't like Miller so I don't drink it. Good call. Oh Love the avatar.

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Everyone is right, just about all the Big brewers here in the states are no longer American owned. If I'm on a budget, I'll get Miller Lite, but when i have the money to spend, you will find me drinking Guinness or some craft beer.

I'm drinking an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout from North Coast Brewing Co. and i dont think i could drink a better beer!. Next, I'll pour a pint glass on Great Lakes Brewing Co., Edmund Fitzgerald. Does it get any better then porters and stouts?

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I'll add, watch the movie Fresh. It's a fantastic discussion of where agriculture is in this country.

As for the OP. I would give up drinking bier before drinking anything made by Anheuser Busch. Never again unless by accident will AB products cross my lips. I do purchase stuff that they have a stock in/distribute such as Redhook but may eventually stop that practice. I find AB to be a morally bankrupt company, I can not in good conscious support them or other similarly immoral corporations.

I also read somewhere that someone stated that not all craft bier is good and not all macro beer is bad. In general I agree with this, certainly on the microbrewery side. Many micros simply can't make good bier, and many have to make marginally decent biers to stay in the black. For example our bier culture in Misisipi is non-existant. Our only microbrewery, Lazy Magnolia, contracted their offerings close to 3 years ago paring it down to 5 biers in an attempt to bottle their full line-up. In doing so they like any good business kept 5 of the 6 top sellers. They eliminated what I and most bier enthusiast think were 3 of their top biers Amberjack, Par 3, and Blue Heron and wound up keeping some of their more bland offerings. Yet I still support them as they are making some decent bier and fighting to change bier culture in this miserable bier state.

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Unions do not equal workers rights.

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South African Breweries has become a monster. Now SABMiller, they own Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Grolsch etc etc.
SAB has killed virtually all forms of competition in South Africa. We have Namibian Breweries and a couple of others but not many can compete with the might of SABMiller.
Lately a couple of micros have sprung up but my fear is as soon as they start doing well they will be pressured out.

An example of how they do this is - they pay for pub fridges, bar counters etc on condition the bar only sells their products. Same for the liquor stores.
Unfortunately, to most people, SABMiller beers represents good beer and there is no appreciation for anything else.

Of Hansa "Pilsener" a well known beer critic said : "this beer has virtually no flavour, which, for a South African beer is somewhat of a moral victory."

A boycott of anything SAB is a good call. Trouble is they're so big and powerfull it wouldn't help.

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All I remember from the early 80's in Cape Town was Castle, Lion, or Hansa.......Luckily, SA has a LOT of excellent wine in the Cape province.

I drank one hell of a lot of wine in my time there.

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Wow, I can't believe it took to the 13th post for someone to point this out.

I would boycot this, but when a keg of bud light costs $100 just imagine what a keg of something good costs. I don't have the time to brew enough beer to throw a party with, and dont have the money to buy the good stuff. BUT it gets me drunk, so it works.

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Going back to my post. If you are true to your boycott, make sure you research every beer brand that BMC owns a part of.

I'm willing to bet it's going to knock out many of your favorite craft/micros.

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