AB acquires Four Peaks, looks to New Belgium next

[Ace_Club]

Wait, InBev only make light American lagers and fruit flavored lagers?

What about all those microbreweries they're buying up? They quit making BCBS and all those IPA's?

They're sacrificing the quality of those beers and just concentrating on profit! I've noticed a significant decrease in quality in BCBS since AB took over. It is now one of the worst bourbon barrel stouts and the price has quadrupled from what it was before the takeover.

 

[bob1852]

They're sacrificing the quality of those beers and just concentrating on profit! I've noticed a significant decrease in quality in BCBS since AB took over. It is now one of the worst bourbon barrel stouts and the price has quadrupled from what it was before the takeover.

The placebo effect of EAC beer snobs is in full effect!

 

[Ace_Club]

The placebo effect of EAC beer snobs is in full effect!

Hey! No need to toss insults just because you choose to ignore the truth!

 

[cyanmonkey]

They're sacrificing the quality of those beers and just concentrating on profit! I've noticed a significant decrease in quality in BCBS since AB took over. It is now one of the worst bourbon barrel stouts and the price has quadrupled from what it was before the takeover.

I thought this year was fine. Craft beer is popular. Supply and demand in effect, not some grand conspiracy.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

It is now one of the worst bourbon barrel stouts and the price has quadrupled from what it was before the takeover.

Well, you are in luck! There is another brewery that has been making that stuff since 1957. Naturally brewed is their motto. They also distribute it in 1 gallon sizes for about $11.

 

[bob1852]

Hey! No need to toss insults just because you choose to ignore the truth!

The funny thing is, of course, that Bud, Bud Light, etc. are about the only beers that taste the same over and over and over....

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is different this year than it was last year. That's just the nature of ag products that do vary year to year.

 

[Ace_Club]

I thought this year was fine. Craft beer is popular. Supply and demand in effect, not some grand conspiracy.

Brainwashed by the huge corporation already. SMH.

Well, you are in luck! There is another brewery that has been making that stuff since 1957. Naturally brewed is their motto. They also distribute it in 1 gallon sizes for about $11.

That's true now that AB has taken over.

The funny thing is, of course, that Bud, Bud Light, etc. are about the only beers that taste the same over and over and over....

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is different this year than it was last year. That's just the nature of ag products that do vary year to year.

The thing is that Bud and Bud Light are amazing beers. American Lagers are amazingly hard to brew well. AB has done that and perfected it. Most people bash them because they don't have the skill set to brew anything as good. Oh, they'll poo poo that reasoning by saying "Why would I want to brew anything like that", but that's just a cover for not having the skills to do so. Pathetic.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is different this year than it was last year. That's just the nature of ag products that do vary year to year.

How can you be sure?

 

[bob1852]

How can you be sure?

I drink a lot of it, and unlike seasonal releases where it's not really possible to reliably say "this beer is different than a year ago" (even though it always is), you can taste differences over time.

Oh, and their website says so:

Brewing is as much art as science, and all beer specifications and raw materials are subject to change at our brewers' creative discretion.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I drink a lot of it, and unlike seasonal releases where it's not really possible to reliably say "this beer is different than a year ago" (even though it always is), you can taste differences over time.

Oh, and their website says so:

Always kills me when people compare a year old beer to one just released and complain that the fresh one tastes different.

 

[Ace_Club]

Always kills me when people compare a year old beer to one just released and complain that the fresh one tastes different.

Exactly. Why would somebody expect an PA to last a year and still taste like a freshly made one?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Exactly. Why would somebody expect an PA to last a year and still taste like a freshly made one?

Budweiser can't even do that. But I think they tried with that imitation 100% natural taste lime flavoring.

 

[bob1852]

Always kills me when people compare a year old beer to one just released and complain that the fresh one tastes different.

That's why I'm referring to year 'round beers. PKU.

 

[bob1852]

Exactly. Why would somebody expect an PA to last a year and still taste like a freshly made one?

Because good brewers can make a hoppy beer that ages well.

 

[Ace_Club]

Because good brewers can make a hoppy beer that ages well.

Not according to some award winning brewers I know.

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

I have a bad feeling about this...

 

[Ace_Club]

What's the big deal about the acquisition? It's not like they're fiddling with the recipe or shutting the brewery down. Seems like a lot of excitement over nothing.

 

[Ace_Club]

Just heard a recent rumor that Ballast Point beers will be bottled in clear bottles due to the recent acquisition by Constellation Brands.

 

[Paps]

And we're saying, "WHO GIVES A SH*T?"

Do you think McDonald's is striving to make the world's best hamburger? Do you think Coca-Cola is passionately striving to create the world's best soft drink? Do you think anyone at Ford thinks their cars are nicer than a BMW?

EVERY company is first and foremost about profits. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM A COMPANY AND NOT A CHARITY OR A HOBBY.

As an AB-Inbev shareholder, if they ever STOP making profit their #1 priority, I'm going to be pretty p*ssed.

Who's "We" because i've read from other posters here that don't share your point of view.
McDonalds...glad you mention them.Nobody claims McDonalds is a great burger joint because they make bad burgers "consistantly" and they aren't out there trying to buy up any other chains.
No **** sherlock on businesses trying to earn a profit.
What people are saying is that AB is making it's profits on a lesser product.
I'f you've no problem with that so be it but don't go toughting them as the best thing sinse sliced bread.

 

[Ace_Club]

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Simmer down now. No need to resort to name calling.

 

[ktblunden]

Can the mods just close this down? Both sides are just repeating the same things over and over and it's turning into name calling.

 

[Ace_Club]

Can the mods just close this down? Both sides are just repeating the same things over and over and it's turning into name calling.

Seriously. Even the debate forum is more civilized than this.

 

[Pappers_]

This thread has run its course.