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Fat Bottom Lines
Welp, it’s been almost 10 YEARS since AB-Inbev purchased an important, local Seattle brewery and it appears to be going really well. Like, beer-business-geniuses-with-#noregrets well… NOT! HAHAHAHA!
The largest brewing entity in the world slowed down its purchasing spree 5ish years ago, and it’s been a fucking DOOZY ever since. In the last couple years, they’ve offloaded half of those breweries for massive losses to a Canadian MNC that specializes in weed (and makes decisions like they’re stoned AF), they’ve shut down multiple existing locations (including two in WA), and they’ve discontinued/consolidated brands galore. We can go on… and on… FOREVER… but, we’d like to use the rest of this description to encourage you to shop small. When you buy beer at small retail outlets, locally owned and operated bars and restaurants, and brewery tasting rooms, a much larger % of that money goes directly to people that work and live right here. According to the BA (2023 data), there are roughly 459 craft breweries in this state with an economic impact of $1,956,000,000. THAT’S ALMOST 2 BILLION DOLLARS. There’s a lot of “doom and gloom” in the craft beer segment these days – and yes, most of us have seen better years – but your continued support to all the little guys makes a huge difference! As a thank you, we hope you enjoy this delicious IPA brewed with Simcoe and Krush hops.
-Cloudburst
