tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post6331217598009082977..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: A $47 BILLION Bud? That's What InBev Will PayJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-30077333533888802302008-06-18T08:44:00.000-07:002008-06-18T08:44:00.000-07:00I was just at A-B last week on a business trip, an...I was just at A-B last week on a business trip, and needless to say, the employees there are a little nervous about a buy-out. InBev is known as a cost-cutting machine. Bye-bye tours...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-7627985927203127772008-06-15T11:47:00.000-07:002008-06-15T11:47:00.000-07:00Special "B" is still made and used in the industry...Special "B" is still made and used in the industry. It's made by the Belgian Maltsters 'Dingeman's" and is available to Craft and homebrewers alike.<BR/><BR/>That said..... You made A GREAT EXAMPLE of InBev's slash and burn philosophies. Other BIG Corporate Brewing CO's have the same Philosophy. <BR/><BR/>This is why I believe all small breweries need to think twice about merging with others and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-43007845322952613452008-06-15T05:16:00.000-07:002008-06-15T05:16:00.000-07:00In 2002, when InBev was still lil' ol' InterBrew, ...In 2002, when InBev was still lil' ol' InterBrew, it purchased DeWolf-Cosysns, a Belgian malting house that unique specialist malts. Let alone small and regional Belgian breweries, many small US breweries highly prized DWC malts. (Ask old-timer craft brewers about 'Special B'.) Soon afterward, for the stated purposes of cost-cutting and efficiency, InterBrew closed the facility, in effect THOMAS CIZAUSKAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485107199809830204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-22836953667253883292008-06-14T11:17:00.000-07:002008-06-14T11:17:00.000-07:00Not too long back, we just had the Widmer/Redhook ...Not too long back, we just had the Widmer/Redhook merger. Remember WIDHOOK???<BR/><BR/>Widmer is no longer just a little Kurt and Rob Family Brewery; It's a WID-HOOK conglomerate Company that has AB distribution. AB also owns a nice chunk of the corp.<BR/><BR/>AB ran distribution for both Breweries when independent and owned roughly 43-48% of each company. The difference between of how much AB Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-12725033087279701212008-06-13T16:46:00.000-07:002008-06-13T16:46:00.000-07:00A-B has a much more substantial stake in Redhook t...<I>A-B has a much more substantial stake in Redhook than Widmer, I believe. </I><BR/><BR/>I am less familiar with that deal. Do you know if it's a majority stake?Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-16155262140477131772008-06-13T15:02:00.000-07:002008-06-13T15:02:00.000-07:00Widmer could end up being a contract brewery... br...Widmer could end up being a contract brewery... brewing Stella Artios!<BR/><BR/>InBev might want a nice little Stella brewery in the West....<BR/><BR/>OR!<BR/><BR/>Widmer could be converted to brewing Hoegaarden Brews!!!<BR/><BR/>Hmmmm.... <BR/><BR/>Widmer Hefe vs. Hoegaarden Verboden Vrucht<BR/><BR/>I'll take the Verboden! The NW could acquire a nice little Belgian outpost brewery! <BR/><BR/><BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-24660606057628452062008-06-12T17:27:00.000-07:002008-06-12T17:27:00.000-07:00A-B has a much more substantial stake in Redhook t...A-B has a much more substantial stake in Redhook than Widmer, I believe. <BR/><BR/>One of the perils of working for someone else is that one day you find yourself working for another someone else, who you don't know and have no reason to trust. So the Widmers might find quite a bit of change in their world if this happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com