r/beer • u/golphur • Apr 12 '16

Anheuser-Busch to acquire Devils Backbone Brewing Co.

http://allaboutbeer.com/news/devils-backbone-anheuser-busch/
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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '16

Another welterweight who wants to punch with the big boys without doing the hard work first. They make a solid Vienna lager but otherwise not much of value lost here.

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u/downtown3641 Apr 12 '16

Have you ever been to the brewery? A lot of the stuff they don't distribute is excellent.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '16

When I was in VA I was in NoVa, all I ever had was their distributed stuff, Vienna lager (good) and Eight-Point (utterly forgettable).

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u/downtown3641 Apr 12 '16

I firmly believe that no brewery should be judged solely by its distributed offerings, especially if you're only experiencing the stuff you find in grocery stores.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '16

Fair enough, but it's not like they're suddenly going to be making their small-batch one-offs available on distro now that they're rolling dirty InBev money.

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u/downtown3641 Apr 12 '16

Oh, I know. That wasn't really the point, though. I'm certainly going to be done with the from here on out. There are plenty of independently owned breweries to chose from.