I haven’t had to weigh in with comment on the business side of brewing for quite a bit but yesterday breaking news arrived that Bell’s Beer was joining New Belgium which itself is part of Lion (aka Kirin).
I know that is a bit of a complicated flow chart but it boils down to the two iconic breweries becoming siblings of a sort.
And it doesn’t strike me as a bad thing. Then again, I am non-plussed when it comes to good breweries banding together. Sometimes it won’t work but it can produce a bigger company that can then do more.
My usual advice stands. Monitor both breweries beers and if the nothing changes, don’t worry, be happy.