A-B buys Goose Island for $38 million

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Message MacBoost beers 2074 º places 37 º 06:58 Sat 4/2/2011 Selling only to Chicago and the northern suburbs, Half Acre added four fermentation vessels last year, with two more on the way, ramping up capacity to a projected 7,000 barrels this year. "We’re getting close to topping out in this facility," Magliaro said. "We’ve really always brewed as much beer as we could, and that’s what we sell." While acknowledging a potential glut of craft brewers, Magliaro said he wouldn’t be interested in selling out to the big boys, at least anytime soon. Some analysts think the Goose Island deal, one of five major craft brewery sales in the past year, might put Magliaro’s resolve to the test. "I think this sale is definitely a sign of things to come, especially this year," said Jennifer Litz, editor of Craft Business Daily. "It kind of opens the floodgates." That possibility has entered into the long-term business plan for Chicago’s Revolution Brewing, which opened as a Logan Square brewpub last year but will be in full production mode by January, operating out of a new, 35,000-square-foot plant. "We’re following the Goose Island model of growth; I don’t mind saying that," said owner Josh Deth, 36, who worked as a Goose Island brewer in the late 1990s. Copying the Goose Island model might also include a similar exit strategy, somewhere down the road. "I want to retire someday too," Deth said. Full article here
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Message Guerde beers 1297 º places 9 º 20:06 Thu 4/14/2011 Originally posted by OSLO A Twin Cities television station has an article on their website about Playboy releasing their list of America’s top party schools. I found the photo they chose to accompany the article to be interesting. "Flavor-lock crown."

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Message JMerritt places 72 º 14:08 Fri 4/15/2011 Originally posted by nancypelosi where do you get your info?? goose shit is already high & overpriced, besides they all taste like honkers to me All 355 of their beers taste like Honkers?
Message BBB63 beers 6567 º places 146 º 07:28 Sat 4/16/2011 Originally posted by nancypelosi Originally posted by sethdude You can bet InBev will raise prices. Can we exect $9-$10 sixers as we see with most of the swill (Heineken, Stella, Corona) they produce? At least that, more I’d guess. where do you get your info?? goose shit is already high & overpriced, besides they all taste like honkers to me Make it much to the brewpubs? Yeah, I think Honkers Ale every time I had a Bourbon County Stout.
Message TheBeerSommelier 10:11 Sat 4/16/2011 Originally posted by BBB63 Originally posted by nancypelosi Originally posted by sethdude You can bet InBev will raise prices. Can we exect $9-$10 sixers as we see with most of the swill (Heineken, Stella, Corona) they produce? At least that, more I’d guess. where do you get your info?? goose shit is already high & overpriced, besides they all taste like honkers to me Make it much to the brewpubs? Yeah, I think Honkers Ale every time I had a Bourbon County Stout. Maybe he meant "honkers" as in "boobies." In which case, I certainly agree - their beers sure are the tits.

Message drewbeerme beers 3921 º places 1 º 14:05 Sat 4/16/2011 Originally posted by nancypelosi where do you get your info?? goose shit is already high & overpriced, besides they all taste like honkers to me This statement doesnt make sense. If all their beer tastes like honkers then why did you say honkers instead of one of their other beers or better yet say they all taste the same.
Message Davinci beers 295 º places 10 º 14:18 Sat 4/16/2011 This thread is so last month