Boozin’ Blog

Is the Inbev take over of Anheuser-Busch inevitable? Many are opposed to it. Missouri Senators Claire McCaskill and Christopher “Kit” Bond who are on most issues politically opposed to one another have come together in awkward displays of opposition to the deal. Folks on the Internet including at least one unintentionally hilarious song-smith have rallied to SaveBudweiser.com in support of stopping the take-over. Even August Busch himself is, at least publicly, strongly opposed it.

But that is often how these things go and then through machinations that escape the understanding of most of us the deal goes through, the protesters realize that they were shouting into the wind and life goes on.

If that happens, though, the battle isn’t necessarily lost. It could be reversed.

One St. Louis brewer has come up with an ingenious solution to the problem: buy Inbev. If they can do it why can’t somebody else do it to them? Schlafly, a St. Louis craft brewer and, incidentally, the second biggest beer make in St. Louis, proposes to raise enough money to purchase Inbev. Therefore, if the takeover of A-B by the Belgian beer giant does go through then Budweiser will still, ultimately, be made by an American company.

It’s a plan so perfect it can’t possibly fail!

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