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InBev getting hostile  with Anheuser-Busch is kindof like me getting roughed up by Halle Berry. I would resist because its part of the little game, but we all know where things are going to end up.

Here’s a link to the story: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2409d0a4-43c2-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.html

I mean, let’s see, the company that makes arguably the best beers in the world (Stella, Hoegaarden, Staropramen, Murphy’s, St. Pauli Girl, etc.) is going to take over the one company that is probably most responsible for crappy tasting american beer, and we’re supposed to be upset about it?

You have to figure it will only mean that beer in the United States will get better. The beer lobby will stop trying to limit the alcohol content in beer to keep foreign competition out. They will start using better ingredients (less corn, more malt). And let’s talk about prices…

Do you realize how much cheaper beer is in Belgium (that’s where InBev is headquartered) than in the United States? No kidding, you can get a Duval in a bar for about one Euro (so that’s about $1.50). That same beer here in the States would cost you probably $6.00, and that’s IF you can find a bar that even carries it.

Of course most of the cost of alcohol in the U.S. is taxes. When you see your Congressman, be sure to tell him “thanks”.

The reason the Duval isn’t in the bar is because of … wait. Could it be Anheuser-Busch intimidating the bars into only carrying their products? Say it ain’t so…

Me? I say, let it happen. I mean, it ain’t going to make the beer any worse.