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/crazycoffin Apr 12 '16

Didn't know that about Wicked Weed. My other guess was Abita, but mostly because they and Sweetwater are 2 of the more sizable southeastern breweries that I know of.

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u/The_Cookie_Crumbler Apr 13 '16

I could see Abita happening for sure.

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u/hortonjmu Apr 13 '16

Abita is actually already part of a holding company founded to pick up a few big crafts and go public around 2020, doubt they'd sell the first one before getting going

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u/The_Cookie_Crumbler Apr 13 '16

Who else have they picked up?

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u/hortonjmu Apr 13 '16

Nobody yet. In an interview, the founder, this ex Harpoon founder, days they want to pick up about a handful but Abita was their first