By Justin Kendall for Brewbound
In the same week that Anheuser-Busch InBev finalized its takeover of SABMiller, the world’s biggest beer company also announced the purchase of two major U.S. homebrew ingredient and supply companies.
ZX Ventures, A-B InBev’s “disruptive growth organization,” last week confirmed that it had acquired Minnesota-based Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply and its sister company, Midwest Supplies.
Northern Brewer, which operates brick-and-mortar stores in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Milwaukee, runs a robust e-commerce business, selling ingredients (malts, hops, yeast) and equipment (starter kits to all-grain brewing equipment) to homebrewers…Click Here To Read the Full Story at Brewbound.com
