I know that all three of you that read this blog are interested on my “hot take” on the Duvel \/ Firestone Walker merger. Well I’ve given it a lot of thought….<\/p>\n
Meh.<\/p>\n
I don’t expect it to change anything other than the distribution area of Firestone Walker. Duvel isn’t stupid – they bought a successful brewery, why change it?<\/p>\n
Yeah, I know, mergers almost without exception have lead to messing up beers people loved. But to be fair, most of the acquisitions have been by InBev\/AB. <\/p>\n
And if it does get screwed up? How very doubtful, but there will always be a unique new brewery to take their place.<\/p>\n
So relax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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