09-18-2015, 08:42 AM
(09-17-2015, 07:20 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: As has been stated already, unless you are buying directly from the small brewery, they are brewed, bottled, and/or distributed by one of those big three.
That's not true at all. There are only a handful of craft breweries that are affiliated with the douches at AB InBev and others corporate giants. No, Blue Moon and Shock Top aren't "craft beer".
Those "small breweries" brew, bottle, and distribute themselves to grocery stores, bottle shops, and other stores all across the nation, and some of them worldwide on their own. They don't need an AB or Miller stamp on them, and they certainly don't need them to brew, bottle, or distribute for them.
ABInBev owns Goose Island and Elysian. SABMiller owns Leinenkugel. Other than that, no other good beer has anything to do with the big two (who is the 3 you're referencing?).
