Big beer may not be beautiful Beer-drinkers in the UK who thought that consolidation and “crafty” brews were an evil to be found only in the USA will be distressed by news in today’s Guardian: British craft beer boom stalls as big drinks companies muscle in.
Eight Degrees of assimilation Buying a brewer for the barrels not the beer Why would a big drinks giant buy a craft brewer? Maybe not for the obvious reasons. Or maybe not only for the obvious reasons. Continue Reading →