After years of battling for beer space in the US the two parent companies of Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing have struck an agreement to merge the two. How things can change in four weeks or even four days! On September 16, InBev approached the board of SAB Miller with takeover talks. SAB Miller is headquartered in the UK. Under UK law that would give InBev until October 14th to finalize an offer. On September 29 Reuters reported that InBev, the owner of Budweiser Brewing, was lining up $70 billion debt financing for the potential purchase of SAB Miller. Experts speculated […]
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The most pride I got in the work place was seeing people grow in the industry that had worked for me. Jeff is a great example of this. Listen to his story and then stick around for his best late night sales pitch of one of his favorite beers and as most of my former coworkers he also does a pretty good impression of me.
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I am going on my first visit of distilleries in Tennessee and Kentucky. I will be stopping and sharing drams at some of the country’s most important and historic distilleries. Tune in for next week’s posts.
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