Earlier this year, a California man sued MillerCoors (which is half-owned by SABMiller, which is currently in the process of a massive global merger with Anheuser-Busch InBev) over its continued labeling of its Blue Moon brew as a “craft beer.” But yesterday, a federal court threw out the case against the mega-brewer. [More]
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Regulators Probing AB InBev Over Allegations Of Pushing Out Craft Brewers By Buying Distributors
By 10.13.15
Despite Anheuser-Busch InBev’s attempt in recent years to get drunk on craft beer by padding its portfolio with small brewers like Golden Road, Goose Island and Blue Point Brewery, among others, the beverage behemoth is in talks with federal regulators over allegations that its recent purchase of distributors is a calculated attempt to shut the door on increasingly popular craft brews. [More]
Budweiser Maker Officially Offers $104 Billion To Buy Miller
By 10.7.15
After SABMiller rejected a $100 billion takeover offer from Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest beer company has come forward with a sweeter offer of $104 billion. [More]
Miller Reportedly Turns Down $100B Takeover Offer From Anheuser-Busch
By 10.6.15
With the deadline of Oct. 14 looming for Anheuser-Busch InBev to make a firm offer to acquire fellow beer biggie SABMiller, a new report says that the company’s early informal suggestion of “Hey, what do you guys think of $100 billion?” was turned away for being too low. [More]
Anheuser-Busch Adds Golden Road Brewing To Its Overstuffed Roster Of Beers
By 9.23.15
Just a week after Anheuser-Busch InBev confirmed it was looking to enter a long-term relationship with rival SABMiller, the company continued to pad its portfolio with the purchase of California craft brewer Golden Road Brewing. [More]
Anheuser-Busch InBev Asks Miller To Consider Taking Its Hand In Merger Marriage
By 9.16.15
It’s a mega-merger that’s been hinted at for years, but today it moved out of the realm of “people close to the situation” and into an an actual confirmation from Anheuser-Busch InBev that it has talked to the folks at SABMiller about combining the two beer giants into an even larger beer titan. [More]
Amazon Quietly Launches Same-Day Beer, Wine Delivery In Seattle
By 8.25.15
When you’re hosting a party and notice that the alcoholic beverages are running a little low, you might momentarily panic: who in their right mind wants to leave such a great shindig to go on a beer run? No one, that’s who. And now, with the long-awaited addition of alcohol delivery to Amazon’s one- or two-hour Prime Now service, no one has to… unless you live outside of Seattle, in which case you still have to go to the store. [More]
Beer And Breakfast Go Together Like Pop Tarts And India Pale Ale. Wait, What?
By 8.21.15
If we thought it couldn’t get any more breakfast-y for beer lovers after the creation of Count Chocula beer and HefeWheaties, then we were wrong. Because, apparently, there’s also now a sudsy beverage celebrating everyone’s love for Pop Tarts. [More]
Starbucks Takes Its Booze, Small Plates Menu To Two Dozen More Stores
By 8.17.15
Over the past several years, Starbucks has toyed with the idea of offering customers beverages with a bit more bite —testing an evening menu with booze and more substantial food than its typical bakery fare. Now, the company appears to be taking the plunge, announcing an expansion of its Evenings menu, which includes wine, craft beer and savory small plates. [More]
Wheaties Is Making (Non-Cereal Flavored) Beer
By 8.12.15
Wheaties: The Beer Of Champions? That could very well be a slogan you hear soon, as General Mills announced today that it’s getting into the beer game with a craft beer it’s calling HefeWheaties. [More]
Brewery Worker Declares His Feelings About Tom Brady On The Bottom Of 20,000 Cans Of Beer
By 8.12.15
If you’ve had a can of Sun King beer recently, you might’ve been holding a vessel bearing one man’s personal feelings on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, and never have known it. That man is named Biscuit, he works on the brewery’s canning line, and he thinks “TOM BRADY SUX,” according to the “Born on” date on the bottom of more than 20,000 cans of beer. [More]
Bud Light Truck Overturns, Spilling Cans Of Natural Light Beer Everywhere
By 8.11.15
They say you shouldn’t cry over spilt milk, but can the same be said for thousands of cans of spilt Natural Light? Maybe not, but someone’s certainly going to miss the cases of brew left strewn across a Florida highway following a big rig crash this morning. [More]
Angry Orchard Recalls Hard Cider Because Beer Bottles Aren’t Supposed To Break When You Open Them
By 8.6.15
After a hard day’s work, what’s better than coming home to a nice cold bottle of hard apple cider (or some people might think, anyway). You know what’s not nice? When that bottle breaks or overflows upon opening. For that reason, Angry Orchard Cider Co. has recalled select cases of its adult beverages. [More]
Maine Brewery Offering Beer Made With Live Lobsters
By 7.22.15
Because there’s always got to be something out there to push the boundaries of what’s “normal,” folks who are into drinking things they’d usually eat should get a kick out of one Maine brewer’s newest concoction: Beer brewed using live lobsters and a dash of sea salt. [More]
Craft Breweries Adding Booze To Root Beer Because Why Not?
By 7.21.15
Either way you look at it — adding booze to root beer or adding root beer to booze — it’s a combination that makes sense: Root beer is delicious, people like drinking alcoholic beverages, so why not have a hard root beer? One craft brewery has already netted itself a national deal with major partners in the brewing industry after developing a boozy root beer that’s become quite popular. [More]
Pabst Brewing Company Returning To Milwaukee To Open Microbrewery
By 7.16.15
Pabst Brewing Co. beer will once brew its own beer in Milwaukee*, WI, though it won’t be churning out Pabst Blue Ribbon or Schlitz like in the good old days. Instead, the company says it will open a microbrewery at the site of the historic brewery, complete with a tasting room and restaurant. [More]
Where In The World Can You Find The Cheapest Beer?
By 6.29.15
If you’re the kind of person who needs to know everything about a city before you visit, your list of requirements might include pinning down where you can get a cheap beer. So before you hit the road or book that flight, you might want to check out a recent list of which cities around the globe have the priciest pours. [More]
Class Action Settlement Means AB InBev Must Refund Customers For Faux-Import Beck’s
By 6.25.15
Last September, a Consumerist reader contacted us, upset about something that he noticed on a beer label. The label of Beck’s, a German beer brand owned by the conglomerate AB InBev, says “Brauerei Beck & Co.” and “Originated in Bremen, Germany” on the label. Nathan and other Beck’s fans will be compensated for this bit of label trickery soon-ish, since AB InBev has settled a class-action lawsuit. [More]
