Stone’s Greg Koch on selling out
Koch remembers one former craft brewer (his words, not mine) saying recently that the reason the brewer sold out to a large industrial brewer was because he needed that money to finance expanding capacity. “That didn’t make sense to me; it was difficult for me to calculate in my mind. I know the banks are lining up to finance craft breweries today, especially ones that are established. It is by far the cheapest form of money. If you want to finance brewery expansion, bank financing is the way to do it. If you want to sell out, then selling out is the way to do that. Don’t tell me you’re doing it for the people.”
If you click through, pardon the several references to the author’s “hubby.”
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Well, he tried to get me to refer to him as ‘lord master of the universe’ but we compromised on ‘hubby.’ Cheers!
Like he said ” Sell out”
Silly goose’s!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goose is still as good as it always was. Like the liquid if its good. even if you dont like the brewer. Good beer is good beer remember that.