Subject: Sam Adams #1, Yuengling #2!!!

SAM ADAMS TO BECOME AMERICA'S BIGGEST BREWER _ Once the takeover of Anheuser-Busch by InBev is completed The Boston Beer Co., who brew the Samuel Adams line of beers, will be the biggest brewer in America. Once the merger of the two companies is finalized, Anheuser-Busch InBev will be a Belgian company. MillerCoors consists of MolsonCoors, managed from Canada, and SABMiller, which is either a South African or London-based company, depending on your point of view. That leaves Pabst, the fourth largest beermaker by volume, but they do not own a brewery, instead contracting to have all their beer made at Millerʼs breweries. So in terms of actual brewers -- that is companies that own and operate a brewery -- which are U.S. owned, the biggest one remaining will be Boston Beer, making Samuel Adams. It also means Yuengling, Americaʼs oldest brewery, becomes number two and Sierra Nevada comes in third. (From the Brookston Beer Bulletin)