OHIM – Big Brewer becomes ‘Big Brother’

It was a huge ripple in the internet pond last week: AB InBev, the world's largest brewer who controls more than 30% of global beer production and sales, has acquired a minority stake in Ratebeer already in 2016, as reported by Good Beer Hunting. The deal was deliberately kept secret from the (larger) public. The ...

Goose Island beats Hoegaarden, may lose being American

It probably only was a matter of time before AB InBev would unveil their plan for the world and how to control it, and the veil has dropped. Anheuser-Busch InBev will roll out bars across the globe where craft beer by Goose Island will be the leading brand. It beats the likes of Hoegaarden for ...

OHIM – OPEN LETTER TO MR. CARLOS BRITO, MEGABREW

Dear Mr. Brito – congratulations with your most recent purchase, adding Brewery Bosteels to your already huge portfolio of brands. I have to admit I don’t get it – I mean, why you did it. And albeit I realize you’re infinitely smarter than I am, you see and know things I don’t and most likely ...

Brouwerij De Molen partly owned by…

Being invited to Bodegraven on a Sunday afternoon does not happen to me every day, and especially not if the reason is Menno Olivier and John Brus want to make a statement. And so I found myself there with four other beer bloggers-cum-journalists, in the expectation that the sale of this Dutch gem would be ...