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Anheuser-Busch InBev Buys Goose Island Brewpub

February 19, 2016 By Jay Brooks 1 Comment

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The Chicago Tribune reported this morning that Anheuser-Busch InBev, who five years ago bought Goose Island Brewing, the production facility and the brand — but not the brewpubs — has announced the purchase of the original brewpub on Chicago’s Clybourn. Founder “John Hall said AB InBev was unable to buy the brewpub under Illinois law at the time of the first sale, in 2011, but also didn’t have much interest. ‘They didn’t understand the value, which they do now,’ he said.” Neither the price or terms were revealed, but apparently “Goose Island’s Fulton Street brewery will become the parent company of the brewpub on Clybourn, which Hall started in 1988 after a career in the corrugated box industry.” In December, the Wrigleyville brewpub closed, meaning ABI will now owns the entire Goose Island kit and kaboodle.

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Filed Under: Breweries, News Tagged With: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Business, Chicago



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  1. Beerman49 says

    February 21, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    That sucks! I’ve visted both; Wrigleyville twice. Guess the damned beancounters are starting to exert their influemce, given that Wrigleyville bit the dust.

    Would love to see/hear more why Wrigleyville closed – it did booming business when the Cubs were home, & I don’t remember much else in the way of restaurants around there in 2011. But a lot can change in 4 yrs in a gentrifying neighborhood.

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