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[Kelsdesu]

Heineken owns my PBR and it still taste like swill to this very day.

 

[illiniguy05]

I don't get it.

Do you guys think by them selling Lagunitas completely to Heineken that they will dilute the brand or phase it out? Context would be helpful as the article in the OP provided none.

I mean, will they not allow them to operate as they have? Meaning, they can no longer do what made them successful?

Besides any real or perceived harm to the community around the beer, the recipe can and does change as production moves to the larger scale operations of the larger brewers.

 

[cirrhosis]

Haven't had a Lagunitas since I heard this deal was going through last year. No big loss. There are plenty of other good breweries out there.

 

[hermit7]

They have some good limited releases but this makes me a bit sad.

I may still go for some of them but I will actively seek out their beers a bit less as a result.

I am trying to get into bourbon a bit more recently anyways, so drinking a bit less beer isn't the worst thing anyways.

 

[Slo]

get paid my dudes

i've still got dogfish head

DFH Indian Brown is the best beer in the universe.

 

[shoelacer]

Heineken is one of the worst beers on the planet. I wonder if Lagunitas is gonna start tasting bad to me just because of the association

 

[louiedog]

One of the many reasons why Russian River Brewing Co will always be superior to Lagunitas.

I don't like the way they insist on pronouncing Pliny.

 

[Slo]

I don't like the way they insist on pronouncing Pliny.

Wait, how do they pronounce it? It's not Ply-knee?

 

[louiedog]

Wait, how do they pronounce it? It's not Ply-knee?

They say Ply-knee but it should be a short i. Every historian I've ever heard, including one of my professors who wrote several books about this stuff, has said it with a short i.

 

[Slo]

They say Ply-knee but it should be a short i. Every historian I've ever heard, including one of my professors who wrote several books about this stuff, has said it with a short i.

Fake beer news.

 

[Not]

Aw shit. It's my favorite beer, I hope it doesn't get worse.

 

[Jazzy Network]

How's the DFH Belgian White? Been meaning to try it.

 

[WickedCobra03]

Thats alright Russian River just gets more of my buisness. Apparently there was a lot of pressure from local politicians in making the deal happen. My uncle once tried to help them out in the early 00s before leaving Anheuser busch corporate. Somehow I think that he saved them from going corporate then, sadly that didnt last too long.

That sucks, they are one of my favorite overall beer brands. I mean yeah, Russian River is probably better, but I have been a long time fan of Lagunitas.

Like seriously, even them moving to Chicago bummed the crap out of me.

 

[Malvolio]

As soon as I can't get Gnarly Wine for half of what I spend on pretty much every other barley wine I'll begin my mourning.

 

[Rival]

I was on the lagunitas train until I got into three floyds. Vastly superior beer.

 

[op_ivy]

Boo'urns


Just visited the brewery a few weeks ago.