July 13, 2008

Anheuser-Busch to merge with giant Belgian brewer InBev

The agreed upon price for the buyout of Anheuser-Busch was $70 a share, up from the $65 initially proposed.  The company will now be known as Anheuser-Busch InBev. 

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 10:41 PM | Comments (12) | Add Comment
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1 Even though I have not purchased an AB product for a while, owing to the poor quality of their products, I am saddened by this. I know a lot of people in the IT and logistics areas who may get hurt by this.

Posted by: eddiebear at July 13, 2008 11:45 PM (fdDI+)

2 Okay, it's fav beer time. I don't drink any AB products either (though I do enjoy an occasional Bass, which Wikipedia says AB imports).

My favs? Dos Equis and Imperial.

Y tu?

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 14, 2008 12:55 AM (1Ug6U)

3 Guiness when it's cold outside, Corona when it's hot.

About the only beer I drink that this will effect at all is Bass, so I'd never have noticed if I'd missed the article.  The whole thing has a very Daimler-Chrysler feel to it, but that's a Michigan native talking.  I hope the folk at AB fare better than the Chrysler employees have.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at July 14, 2008 07:50 AM (7iTO9)

4 Hmmm. Bass Ale is my go-to beer. But I'm thinking that one way or t'other, my supply won't be much affected.

Posted by: geoff at July 14, 2008 08:13 AM (lX0dL)

5

Favorite Beers:  Guinness, Harp, Newcastle, Spotted Cow, Hacker-Schor, and when I'm feeling cheap, MGD or some delicious, nutritious Ice House.

Least Favorite Beers:  Pretty much anything made by A-B.  Of course, I'm from Wisconsin and drinking Bud is considered a mild form of treason.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at July 14, 2008 08:17 AM (83gRI)

6

Schlafly Pale Ale. It's a STL thing

http://www.schlafly.com/

Posted by: eddiebear at July 14, 2008 08:24 AM (wnU1W)

7

Grolsch, Foster's (In America), Amstel.

I've probably said, "Mug of Bud" about 8 billion times, but I haven't been able to drink it for 20 years. It gives me a headache before I finish the first one and the hangover for 6 is worse than for a 12-pack of Foster's.

Posted by: Veeshir at July 14, 2008 09:26 AM (zXUuJ)

8 See, now I've got a list of things to do after I finish the big quiz.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 14, 2008 10:01 AM (WIxQ1)

9 Yuengling, with porter being my preferred, Guinness, and pretty much any good stout or porter I can get my hands on.  I also got some McEwan's Scotch Ale recently, which is a sweet dark ale and is very good.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 14, 2008 10:23 AM (BIe/L)

10

There's a tiny, little bar stuck in the middle of nowhere near the Ashokan Reservoir in upstate NY that serves maybe 300 beers. 

One of my favorites is a Belgian offering called Delerium Tremens, it's served in glasses with pink elephants, it's almost 10% alcohol but it's tasty beer. Not all sweet or all bitter, just good beer.  

I forgot that in my list, mostly because the only place I've seen it is in that little bar on some mountain road in the middle of freaking nowhere.

For those unfamiliar with upstate NY, aside from the industrial cities along the old Erie Canal, anchored by NYC and Buffalo, you might as well be in deepest, darkest Georgia.

The major differences being:

Different accent, thicker flannels and more rust on the pick-up trucks with the Confederate flag and gun rack.

Posted by: Veeshir at July 14, 2008 12:24 PM (ThMnZ)

11 Veeshir, I went to college in "Rochacha" and drove many times along US-15 and I-390 through Bath, Dansville, etc., so I have some flavor of what you're talking about.  (Besides the fact that Central PA is pretty much the same.)

Beerwise, gotta love the Yuengling Lager (and porter sometimes).  Guinness, New Castle, Appalachian Brewing Water Gap Wheat Ale and Jolly Scot Ale, Magic Hat #9 despite some who think it's a girly beer, Sam Adams, Beck's Dark if I can find it (awesome!), Michelob AmberBock is acceptable, ... a Corona if I'm chasing after a Gin & Tonic.

Bass I like Ok, but I never thought it was worth paying the price.

AB-wise, I actually sorta like Bud Select, and it doesn't hurt that a local bar has dollar specials every weekend.

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