Anheuser-Busch buys Bend's 10 Barrel Brewing

[Grebe]

Here is a link to a local article

http://www.ktvz.com/news/anheuserbusch-buys-bends-10-barrel-brewing/29558026

Not sure what to think of this.. Happy for the founders, on the other hand don't like the big boys buying (and possibly perverting) our local scene...

 

[johnmac22]

Here is a link to a local article

http://www.ktvz.com/news/anheuserbusch-buys-bends-10-barrel-brewing/29558026

Not sure what to think of this.. Happy for the founders, on the other hand don't like the big boys buying (and possibly perverting) our local scene...

10Barrel is in Boise as well. While I'm not a fan of 10Barrel, I do not like this at all.

 

[BreezyBrew]

This is never good for anyone.

 

[grathan]

I really like the distribution of the Goose Island brand they bought. And they still haven't ruined the beer.

 

[BreezyBrew]

I don't think the quality is the same with their year round releases now. I had the IPA recently and it tasted like fizzy water.

 

[feinbera]

I just don't like to support their ongoing monopolistic stranglehold on the distribution channels, and trillion-dollar misinformation campaign on what beer "should" look/taste like.

Seeing deals like this especially bum me out – it's like InBev pulls up in a fancy car with a couple muscleheads in back, all "Nice brewery ya got there. Be a shame if you couldn't get any of that beer to market. But give daddy BMC his cut, and you'll be on any shelf or tap handle you want..."