Corporate Crafty Beer is not Independent Craft Beer
There are Local Independent Craft Breweries and Microbreweries
There are regional Independent Craft Breweries
There are even national Independent Craft Breweries
Some Independent Craft Breweries have developed partnerships to promote growth and distribution, but …
International Conglomerate Beverage Corporations are sweeping up successful Craft Breweries as well as marketing Faux ‘Crafty’ Beer to recapture markets and profits they have lost to the American Independent Craft Brewing movement. In Fact world-leader Anheuser-Busch InBev has created two distinct ‘partnerships’ to capture and market Craft Beer in the United States, the first is ‘Craft Brew Alliance’ (32% owned), and more recently their ‘The High End’ business unit, all in an effort to substitute local beer in the retail market with their own profit-making labels.
Here are the ‘Big Boys’ in the U.S. market:
Anheuser-Busch InBev/20.8% Intl market
SAB Miller/9.7% Intl market
Heineken International/9.1% Intl market
Molson Coors Brewing Co./3.2% Intl market
MillerCoors (Joint venture between SAB Miller and Molson Coors)
United Breweries Group (Indian Conglomerate headquartered in Bangalore)
Boston Beer Company
Alchemy & Science (A Boston Beer Co. established craft beer incubator led by founder of Magic Hat)
Craft Brew Alliance (Originally a joint venture between Redhook and Widmer Brothers, a 32% share owned by AB InBev)
Duvel Moortgat (Flemish family-controlled brewery company)
Florida Ice & Farm Company (Costa Rican, purchased North American Breweries in 2012)
Mahou-San Miguel Group (Spanish brewing company)
Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings (A partnership by TSG Consumer Partners & Eugene Kaspher)
Anheuser-Busch InBev:
Budweiser, Busch, Corona, Stella Artois, Beck’s(Germany), Spaten(Germany), Leffe(Belgium), Hoegaarden (Belgium), Bass Ale(UK), Camden Town Brewery(UK), Cervejaria Colorado(Brazil), Labatt (Canada), Rolling Rock, Fordham and Dominion Brewing(40%), Best Damn Brewing, Stone Mill Organic/Green Valley, ZiegenBock
The High End (AB InBev owned business unit):
Stella Artois, Shock Top(Faux), Goose Island Beer Company, Blue Point Brewing, 10 Barrel Brewing, Elysian Brewing, Golden Road Brewing, Virtue Cider, Four Peaks Brewing, Breckenridge Brewery, Devils Backbone Brewing
Craft Brew Alliance:
Widmer Brothers Brewing, Omission, Redhook Brewery, Kona Brewing, KCCO, Square Mile Cider, Appalachian Mountain Brewery
SAB Miller:
Miller Genuine, Miller Lite, Fosters, Grolsch, Peroni, Pilsner Urquell, Meantime Brewing(UK),
Constellation Brands:
Corona, Modelo, Pacifico, Victoria, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits
Miller-Coors:
Miller High Life, Miller Genuine, Miller Light, Coors, Coors Light, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Molson Canadian, Blue Moon Brewing (Faux), Saint Archer Brewing, Leinenkugel's Brewery, Henry Weinhard’s, Batch 19, Third Shift, Red Dog, Crispin Hard Cider, Fox Barrel Cider, Terrapin(21%)
Florida Ice & Farm Company:
Pyramid Breweries, Portland Brewing Company, Magic Hat, Dundee Brewing, Genesee Brewing, Imperial(Costa Rica), Labatt(Canada in the USA)
Heineken International:
Heineken, Stongbow Cider, Murphy’s(Ireland), Dos Equis, Tecate, Skopje(Macedonia), Lagunitas Brewing(50%)
Boston Beer Co.:
Sam Adams, Twisted Tea, Angry Orchard, HardCore Cider
Alchemy & Science:
The Traveler Beer Co., Angel City Brewery, Coney Island Brewing, Concrete Beach Brewery, The Just Beer Project
United Breweries Group:
Olde Saratoga Brewing, Mendocino Brewing, Butte Creek Brewing
Duvel Moortgat:
Duvel, Brasserie d’Achouffe, Liefmans, Boulevard Brewing, Firestone Walker Brewing, Brewery Ommegang
Mahou-San Miguel Group:
San Miguel, Founders Brewing(30%)
Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings:
Pabst Blue Ribbon, Rainier Beer, Olympia Beer, Lone Star, National Bohemian, Old Milwaukee, Schlitz, Schmidt Beer, Stroh’s, McSorley’s Ale, Southampton Publik House