Beer?

[nickyboy]

Just had a chat with Jasper..."NOTHING IS GONNA CHANGE" he said. More in a moment.



Telegraph article on takeover woe...
Are Brewdog the Mel Gibson 'Bravehearts' leading the battle against the dastardly invaders. "To the ramparts!"

All this anti-Camden rhetoric sounds a bit overplayed to me. So Inbev have bought a small UK brewer of craft-type beers. What does Camden get? Capital, and lots of it. Brewing is a very capital intensive industry (the cost of producing a pint from an ingredients perspective is tiny, the real cost is the capital stuff). Plus routes to market that other small brewers could only dream of.
What does Inbev get? A good upcoming craft beer brand that it can add to its portfolio for small money (by their standards). Plenty of upside in getting the product out via their pre-existing marketing channels

Inbev would be mad to try to tinker with what Camden do. Why would they? The value in what they've bought is in the beer and the brand. What they will do is supply capital and market channels.

 

[MossCommuter]

A Big Hand for Bastion



A modern British Best Bitter. Brown but nicely, errrm, bitter.

 

[MossCommuter]

All this anti-Camden rhetoric sounds a bit overplayed to me. So Inbev have bought a small UK brewer of craft-type beers. What does Camden get? Capital, and lots of it. Brewing is a very capital intensive industry (the cost of producing a pint from an ingredients perspective is tiny, the real cost is the capital stuff). Plus routes to market that other small brewers could only dream of.
What does Inbev get? A good upcoming craft beer brand that it can add to its portfolio for small money (by their standards). Plenty of upside in getting the product out via their pre-existing marketing channels

Inbev would be mad to try to tinker with what Camden do. Why would they? The value in what they've bought is in the beer and the brand. What they will do is supply capital and market channels.

I think they've bought the brand. If they can tinker and get away with it, they will.

Ultimately the beer will not be the same.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...Inbev would be mad to try to tinker with what Camden do. Why would they? The value in what they've bought is in the beer and the brand. What they will do is supply capital and market channels.

They can't help themselves, big business always 'knows best', they'll cock it up, sigh...

 

[Maverick Goose]

Just had a chat with Jasper..."NOTHING IS GONNA CHANGE" he said. More in a moment.



Telegraph article on takeover woe...
Are Brewdog the Mel Gibson 'Bravehearts' leading the battle against the dastardly invaders. "To the ramparts!"

They may take over our brewers, but they'll never take our freedom!

 

[MossCommuter]

It's all gone SC&P

I'm a bit scared

 

[Maverick Goose]

Have a good Christmas y'all and happy drinking! Beer is like the Force..it has a light side, a dark side and it holds the universe together

 

[vernon]

Found this lurking in the back of a kitchen unit. Christmas Ale dated best before January 2005. It's a bit flat, a bit like a light ale with hints of Christmas pudding but perfectly drinkable.

It's a bit of liquid history. S&N bought the Federation Brewery and moved their brewing operations in and lost the regional protection status of Newcastle Brown Ale because the new brewery was in Gateshead. Then Heinekin bought S&N and closed the brewery and moved the brewing of Newcastle Brown Ale to Tadcaster.

I miss Federation Special and Newcastle Brown Ale. The latter is a pale imitation of the original.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

It's all gone SC&P

I'm a bit scared

No it hasn't you lefty maroon.

 

[User169]

Just had a chat with Jasper..."NOTHING IS GONNA CHANGE" he said. More in a moment.
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ABInBev announces third craft acquisition in five days...

http://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-inbev-to-acquire-breckenridge-brewery

Here is their “change” quote: “We’ve been in this creative and dynamic industry for over 25 years, loving everything about it. That won’t change. The passion for quality and culture that got us where we are today isn’t going anywhere.”

That's what they all say!

 

[smutchin]

What makes visits to Westfield tolerable...

Salmiaki Shotgun from Mad Hatter - described as a 'salted liquorice stout' but mercifully mild in flavour. In fact, it's really very pleasant. Just enough of a hint of liquorice and saltiness to make it moreish, but fundamentally a decent stout. Would go well with a plate of oysters.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Have Seb Coe, Hein Verbruggen and Sepp Blatter been employed by ABInBev yet?

In other news, I is having a "Tesco Finest" IPA brewed by those non-sell-out-to-big-corps Brew Dog chaps 9.2% - on a school night. I keep forgetting I have not come off work yet...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

ABInBev announces third craft acquisition in five days...

http://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-inbev-to-acquire-breckenridge-brewery

Here is their “change” quote: “We’ve been in this creative and dynamic industry for over 25 years, loving everything about it. That won’t change. The passion for quality and culture that got us where we are today isn’t going anywhere.”

That's what they all say!

Thought I knew the name, just checked back through the 'bible' and yes I had their vanilla porter a while back, glad I tried it before the place goes to the dogs.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Have Seb Coe, Hein Verbruggen and Sepp Blatter been employed by ABInBev yet?

In other news, I is having a "Tesco Finest" IPA brewed by those non-sell-out-to-big-corps Brew Dog chaps 9.2% - on a school night. I keep forgetting I have not come off work yet...

It's a nice beer that one, I've given you a like despite your piss-poor sans photo reportage.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It's a nice beer that one, I've given you a like despite your piss-poor sans photo reportage.

Here, have an internet pic you needy nobber