Another One Bites The Dust: AB InBev Acquires Lexington, VA’s Devils Backbone Brewing Co.

And another one falls. 

In a press release Tuesday morning it was announced that AB InBev has acquired another craft brewery, this time adding Lexington, VA’s Devils Backbone Brewing Co. to their growing list of purchased craft breweries. 

Devils Backbone is one of the largest and the fastest growing brewery in the state of Virginia. The brewery is just the latest to join AB InBev’s “The High End,” the rapidly expanding division of the company the conglomerate sticks their acquired craft breweries under. 

Since opening in 2008, Devils Backbone has rapidly expanded throughout the VA market. Aiming to produce just 10,000 barrels in its first year, the brewery ultimately surpassed 45,000 in its first three, leading to the expansion of and opening of several new facilities and breweries throughout the area.

Devils Backbone joins a growing list of craft breweries acquired by AB InBev in the last year, a list that includes Breckenridge Brewery, Four Peaks Brewing, and Golden Road, to name a few. 

Even if this means Hoosier drinkers could be seeing Devils Backbone beers on their shelves soon, this trend is no less concerning as it has always been.