![]() Internationalisation is one of its strategic cornerstones for the development of its business. It also has an extensive range of international beers courtesy of agreements with partners including Warsteiner, and mineral water brands such as Solán de Cabras. It has an extensive portfolio of Spanish beers, including Mahou Cinco Estrellas, San Miguel Especial and Alhambra Reserva 1925 pioneering products in their category, such as San Miguel 0,0, Mahou Barrica and San Miguel ECO, and brands suitable for coeliac sufferers such as San Miguel Gluten Free and Mahou Cinco Estrellas Sin Gluten. It furthermore diversified its business by purchasing Solán de Cabras in 2011. In 2004 it added the Reina brand from the Canary Islands to its portfolio, followed in 2007 by Cervezas Alhambra. In the year 2000, Mahou acquired San Miguel. Ever since then the company has continued to grow. The firm's history dates back more than 125 years, beginning with the birth of Mahou in 1890. It has ten brewery centers, eight in Spain and two in USA, four water springs with packaging plants, and a professional team of more than 3,876. And as more beer drinkers are exposed to more variety and become better educated, that paradoxically provides a buffer for other small producers which will acquire more of the curious, discerning patrons who keep them in business.A 100% Spanish-owned family company, the sector leader in the country with a production share of 32%. Nonetheless, although the decrease in competition means prices aren’t going to be lowered anytime soon - and perhaps will go higher - thinking from the pint-glass-half-full side, it also means that that your favorite beer will probably be available wherever you travel. Of course, that can change - the division underwent a reorganization in March. Beginning with its first craft brewery purchase, Goose Island, the High End has a reputation for a gentle, hands-off approach to the companies it acquires. “While we are joining a creative group of craft breweries in the division, Devils Backbone will retain a high level of autonomy and continue its own authentic DNA within the High End framework,” brewery co-founder Steve Crandall said in a news release.ĭevils Backbone’s owners will continue to run the company, their employees will keep their jobs and ingredients will stay the same. This mind-boggling behemoth that produces Budweiser, Corona, Beck’s, Peroni and others can offer small breweries both vast distribution and significant infusions of capital. In 2015, the combined Anheuser-Busch InBev then turned around and bought its closest competitor, SABMiller. ![]() The craft brewery produces about 60,000 barrels a year and plans to increase that by another 35,000 in 2016.ĪB InBev started its craft beer division, the High End, in 2011, and has a portfolio of beers that includes Goose Island, Blue Point, 10 Barrel, Elysian, Golden Road, Virtue Cider, Four Peaks and Breckenridge Brewery, plus Stella Artois and Shock Top.Īnheuser-Busch itself was acquired by the Belgian beer firm, InBev, in 2008, making it the largest beer-producing company in the world. ![]() economic market is based on capitalism, it’s a difficult to begrudge a small business for expanding or selling to a larger one.Īnheuser-Busch InBev announced today that it would buy Devils Backbone Brewing Company, based in Nelson County and Lexington. ![]() ![]() This is particularly true when it comes to the arts - it’s annoying to watch a cruise line advertise itself to the strains of Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” - even though the never-mainstream musician probably now has a nice retirement fund from that commercial alone.Īnd given the fact that the U.S. No one likes it when the little guy sells out. ![]()
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