Old Dominion Purchased By A-B, Craft Partnership
Though it has long been rumored, the sale of Old Dominion is now in its final stages. I have a lot to report on this topic (including some coverage in the next issue of BeerAdvocate Magazine, but for...
View ArticleThe Winds of Change at Old Dominion
My desire to comment at greater length on the recent purchase of the Old Dominion Brewing Company by Coastal Brewing, a partnership of A-B and the Fordham Brewing Company, is the real reason I started...
View ArticleAnheuser-Busch and Craft Beer…
Heads are turning and it’s no surprise considering the remarkable success of the craft beer segment. A year after the popular press presided over beer’s funeral, allegedly done in at the hands of...
View ArticleThe Ominous Lesson Behind The Old Dominion Pub Closure…
I know that things have been pretty quiet, what with no posts this almost finished month. I’ve been traveling quite a bit, including several weeks in Seattle and Alaska (including interviews with Geoff...
View ArticleAnheuser-Busch, InBev, and the Changing Face of American Beer…
The King is dead, long live the king. After more than a year of rumors, analyst whispers, and convenient press leaks, corporate brewing giant InBev finally made its move on America’s largest brewery....
View ArticleThe Other Shoe Finally Drops On Old Dominion…
The news of Old Dominion’s impending closure has finally hit the Internet beer sites and I doubt many are surprised. For several months or more, the question of closing the brewery’s Ashburn location...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of the Craft Beer Industry…
In the early 1980s, American craft beer pioneers dreamt of nothing more than producing a few beers that broke through the monotony of humdrum, mainstream lagers. A group of men and women who had...
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