Anheuser-Busch bought by InBev

Wow, I would never have seen this coming. Anheuser-Bush is such a American institution (for better or worse) that I’m blown away by the news that InBev is buying A&B. InBev is the Belgian company that makes Stella Artois and Becks. Unsurprisingly, I don’t like either of those beers, so I guess InBev is in keeping with their gross-to-me beer manufacturing plans.

I really wonder how the “heartland” will respond to the biggest beer company in the US being owned by a foreign country most people probably couldn’t find on a world map. Will there be a “buy American” backlash? Will Coors and Miller see significant sales increases?

Or, will Pabst rise from the ashes to once agan reign supreme amongst American beers? A girl can dream!