Gallery: The Biggest Beer Deal Ever Could Threaten Real Craft Brews

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    The Anheuser-Busch InBev NV Headquarters And Brewery As $99.7 Billion Takeover Rejected By SABMiller Plc

    Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, in Leuven, Belgium, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.
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    Goose Island Brewery
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    Blue Point Brewery
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    Shock Top
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    10 Barrel Brewing
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    Golden Road Brewery
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    Redhook
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    Kona Brewery
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    Widmer Brothers Brewing
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    Tour Of SABMiller Plc's Bottling Plant

    SABMiller.
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    Blue Moon
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    Crispin Cider Co.
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    Leinenkugal Brewery
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    Batch 19
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    Pilsner Urquell
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    Saint Archer Brewing
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    Third Shift Band of Brewers
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