Miller and Coors to Merge

sloshed · Posted: Tue - Oct, 09 2007 - 3:36 pm Post subject: Miller and Coors to Merge

Brewers SABMiller (SAB.L) and Molson Coors Brewing (TAP.N) have agreed to combine their U.S. operations to create a venture with annual sales of $6.6 billion that will be a strong number-two player to Anheuser-Busch.

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kidvelvet67 · Posted: Tue - Oct, 09 2007 - 5:48 pm Post subject:

I read about that this morning, and from a business standpoint it makes sense. I love how they call Blue Moon a "craft beer". Somehow I don't think this is going to change the taste of their products.
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beerlover420 · Posted: Tue - Oct, 09 2007 - 9:58 pm Post subject:

Blue Moon is worse than their regular crap beers! They should just stay away from craft beers,but of course, they won't if they smell money.

ricka182 · Posted: Wed - Oct, 10 2007 - 5:16 am Post subject:

Blue Moonisn't that bad.....or maybe I just got used to it over time.....I use it as an anti-bud beer.... Drink Beer Bottle

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beerlover420 · Posted: Wed - Oct, 10 2007 - 6:11 am Post subject:

Molson/Coors trying to make a Belgian White is like Hollywood trying to remake Monty Python's,The Holy Grail. Cheers. Beer

ricka182 · Posted: Wed - Oct, 10 2007 - 7:22 am Post subject:

Don't get me wrong, I would rate Blue Moon a lot, lot lower than other fine Belgian Wits, but it's cheap, and better than Bud, so I drank it. I really like Whirlwind from Victory, and of course, Allagash White is tremedously good.... Drink Beer Bottle

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sickle8 · Posted: Wed - Oct, 10 2007 - 6:53 pm Post subject:

Agreed, ricka! Whirlwind is better, but Blue Moon isn't bad, especially for the price!

akira713 · Posted: Sat - Oct, 27 2007 - 4:55 pm Post subject:

When I was in Indiana visiting my mom, the bartender at the Irish Pub we were at was trying to tell me that Blue Moon was a microbrew up to my 'Portland standards'. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever had, but certainly not good enough for my spoiled taste buds.

Come to think of it, why was I ordering something other than Guinness in an Irish Pub?!?

sloshed · Posted: Sun - Oct, 28 2007 - 2:40 am Post subject:

trajapyo · Posted: Wed - Oct, 31 2007 - 6:20 am Post subject:

Dont know if this is true or not but my Dad said the the price of Hops and Barley (?) are going to go up 300% by the end of 2007. Which in turn is going to raise the price of beer considerably. Let us know if this is true if you can guys.
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sickle8 · Posted: Fri - Nov, 02 2007 - 6:37 pm Post subject:

ricka182 · Posted: Sat - Nov, 03 2007 - 6:46 am Post subject:

There was a report a while back about the increase for barley. It said it would be a few months before it hit the consumer beer markets....looks like it's probably going to within another few months...makes more sense to brew your own....
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sloshed · Posted: Tue - Aug, 05 2008 - 4:44 pm Post subject:

Apparently, this deal went through.. I tried to go to Miller's old site to get info on a beer and was directed to the new one at:

http://www.millercoors.com
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ricka182 · Posted: Wed - Aug, 06 2008 - 5:17 am Post subject:

Weird...I thought I heard something about the merger, and then checked yesterday and found the same site. I guess it is just the US operations, but now with AB under IB, they'll need the size to compete......then again, seeing as this is, while known as just MillerCoors here, it's as we know, a SabMiller, and MolsonCoors joint venture...so there's 4 big brewers combined to make one sort of..... Drink Beer Bottle

I could care less...commercial beer is becoming less and less attractive. I'm so much more into craft style beers. I would say Boston Beer is probably the biggest company that could still be considered a craft brewer. But with the recent explosion in popularity, I don't know how long the big beers will go before they break up again to make a higher quality beer. Myself, as known, brew my own, so even if they all went away, I'd still ahve my precious, precious liquid of life..... Drink Beer Bottle

On a side note, Jim Koch released today that his Boston Beer Company sold approx $8M more beer than the same time last year.....
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sickle8 · Posted: Wed - Aug, 06 2008 - 9:27 am Post subject: