Hey folks, real quick note before we get started.

We recorded this right after recording episode 274.

We'd started talking about the recent acquisition of Wicked Weed by A.B. Inbev while we were outside on the patio and thought it'd be a good idea to get her thoughts out on the microphone.

I just wanted to preface this by saying, this is totally an informal conversation

between friends and beer geeks who are probably a lot like you and that we're still working

out how we feel about all of this acquisition stuff. I know I've changed my mind on it a few

times and I think talking it out helps our understanding of it. So yeah, don't expect well-informed

conclusions to be drawn in this one, and don't expect for any of us to say anything that might

change your mind. That wasn't the goal of this. We just really thought it'd be interesting for you

to hear some of the types of conversations the four of us have about this particular issue.

And yeah, it is pretty all over the place, but I hope you enjoy it.

This is a beerist's extra Recorded May 8th, 2017.

Sellouts. You know, we've been asked our opinions on what we think about Wicked Weed, getting acquired by ABM Bev.

I saw that you spoke on our behalf on the Bearest Twitter feed.

Well, I was just more reacting to some people and how they feel about it.

You're a little bit poking a bear.

I saw you.

You tweet to provoke.

One of the things that I get a lot is, oh, I'm never going to buy their beer again because

now they're a part of the enemy.

And I'm not going to support anything that

takes money from the enemy but they're still going to go to fucking sporting events that are

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