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Yikes, we’re halfway through October already…and clearly the craft beer biz isn’t slowing down anytime soon. But no worries, Rumor Mill is always on the case, keeping you plugged in into all the beer news and lifestyle that matters. Plus we’ve an all-important update on what we’ve been drinking lately and you don’t want to miss that!
Anheuser-Busch SABMiller Merger Now A Done Deal (Planet Earth) – We meant to get to this into Quick Hits on Monday but we got sidetracked by the whole Stone Brewing Layoffs thing – and besides as we’ve written “ad infinitum” this year-long process was always a done deal anyway. With the merger now complete AB InBev has officially become the biggest beer company in the world, producing almost a third of the world’s beer.
SABMiller did have to sell their holdings in MillerCoors to MolsonCoors to make the deal happen, but we don’t expect that they’re particularly bummed about that, especially now that they’ve increased their presence in Latin America and Africa. So welcome to Big Beer’s new world order – and if you think this global reshuffling won’t affect the craft beer biz – your dreaming,
Words To Drink By (Los Angeles, CA) – “Have you worked on your craft to the point of frustration? Have you gone to bed thinking you’re dog shit, that you just can’t get it right? If you haven’t had this feeling, you’re never going to make it.” – Bob Lefsetz, Music Industry Writer & Analyst
Brew Museum Launches Indiegogo Campaign Today (Pittsburgh, PA) – Forget Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh is planning to build a museum dedicated to beer and they formally launched their Indiegogo funding campaign last night and as much as we try to avoid hyping these things we can’t help but support their efforts. Upon completion in 2018, Brew: The Museum of Beer will be a 50,000-square-foot celebration of beer in all its many aspects, an exhibition space and a 300-seat gastropub dedicated to America’s most beloved drink, that they project would draw hundreds of thousands of national and international visitors
What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Washington, DC) – We’d like to thank all the breweries who ship us beer from time to time and this week we hit up a fresh fruit-forward year-round that we just received from Green Flash. Originally a “cask-only” offering Green Flash Tangerine Soul Style IPA is a bright orange, tangerine-infused 6.5% ABV India Pale Ale.
