Crafty Infographic Navigates The Difficult Waters Of Brewery Ownership

The ongoing Big Beer acquisition spree has made it more difficult than ever to remember who owns what brewery in America. But now there’s a nifty infographic that can help you with “who owns what” in the world of corporate beer.

Created by Michael Tonsmeire of The Mad Fermentationist, who according to Jim Vorel at Paste also “happens to be opening a small, indie brewery called Sapwood Cellars in Columbia, MD,” this visually engaging infographic helps one navigate the increasingly confusing waters of who’s “doing what with whom” in the states.

And although helpful and fun as Vorel points out this infographic is a little sketchy on some of the particulars, and with acquisitions amping up again (Four Corners to Constellation just last week!), it’s understandably not quite up-to date.

A couple of thing….Vorel notes that “10th & Blake, imply manages Pilsner Urquell which is actually owned by Asahi” and he’s right about that…It’s our understanding that AB InBev is no longer involved with Old Dominion, although they were in the past…

Bigtime H/T to Michael Tonsmeire for his brilliant composition and to Jim Vorel, one of our favorite beer writers, over at Paste