When The Small Guy Goes Big And Businesses Cash Out

This post has nothing to do with beer in Hawaii. Rather it’s my commentary on the beer industry and the amazing, passionate people that love to drink beer. If you follow the beer world closely, then you’ve probably already read the news that AB In-Bev recently purchased 10 Barrel Brewing Company in Bend, Oregon. For most people not from Oregon or familiar with the many outstanding breweries there, you’ve never even heard of 10 Barrel. They are a moderately small brewery that has been growing very rapidly over the past few years, but is primarily only found in and around the Pacific Northwest.

That is all probably going to change with the acquisition by the world’s largest beer company. For many fans of the brewery this news was met with abrupt and harsh criticism towards the brewery owners for “selling out.” There are worries that the beer will suffer and become less interesting, the process and ingredients cheapened and the breweries flagship beers will be brewed in far away brewerie

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