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Thread: Wells and Young’s buy McEwan's,Younger's and Courage

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    Default Wells and Young’s buy McEwan's,Younger's and Courage

    "The new acquisition is expected to place the UK's independent family brewery into the top three premium ale brewers in the country."

    http://beer.drinks-business-review.c...eken-uk-051011

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...iness-15167251
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    Am I being slightly naïve in thinking this is good news?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moonraker View Post
    Am I being slightly naïve in thinking this is good news?
    It all depends of course, the press release says W&Y have bought "the brands" and of course they've been brewing and owned the Courage brand for a while and improved the quality IMHO. They say they will continue brewing at the Caledonian brewery (although I believe no McEwan's or Younger's badged beers are actually brewed there except 80/-) and presumably paying Heinekin for the pleasure of doing so, which of course means a long trip down the A1/M1 to Bedford in the fullness of time. Heinekin seem to be hanging on to Deuchars for the time being, any bets on how long for?

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