tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587803708798736658.post9080428162550773105..comments2023-07-30T04:55:59.334-07:00Comments on Brewing In A Bedsitter: When Do Breweries Sell Up?DaveShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030589043526494438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587803708798736658.post-2880858739204055632018-02-24T06:35:12.354-08:002018-02-24T06:35:12.354-08:00I think you have to be careful reading too much in...I think you have to be careful reading too much into some takeovers, the reasons are always more complicated than they might seem, some are to do with the beer product, some are to do with the bricks & mortar pubs, some are to do with nixing a competitor and some are even to do with acquiring distribution deals, some are a combination of several of even the whole lot.Stonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656315721111561414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587803708798736658.post-3052967371349611702018-02-22T10:29:22.114-08:002018-02-22T10:29:22.114-08:00Yes - another explanation here is that if you spen...Yes - another explanation here is that if you spend a few years getting industry experience / working in IT and then start your brewery at age thirty, by the time you've been running it for twenty years or so you might be starting to think about retirement, and the fact that you won't be running the brewery for ever anyway, and how handy a nice wodge of hard cash would be...DaveShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030589043526494438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587803708798736658.post-77976045457371756092018-02-22T10:25:40.964-08:002018-02-22T10:25:40.964-08:00Hah, yes, I checked the same thing!
And yeah, int...Hah, yes, I checked the same thing!<br /><br />And yeah, interesting. I guess there are quite a lot of times where the acquirer is after the reputation, but with London Fields it really was basically the name.DaveShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030589043526494438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587803708798736658.post-7350289929948124822018-02-22T08:30:12.649-08:002018-02-22T08:30:12.649-08:00In some cases retirement and/or ill-health will ha...In some cases retirement and/or ill-health will have been a factor as well. Alex Brodie was, I think, 66 when he sold a controlling stake in Hawkshead to Halewood. Every start-up business will ultimately need an exit strategy.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587803708798736658.post-12665143278136536152018-02-22T07:38:20.044-08:002018-02-22T07:38:20.044-08:00Seeing Ringwood and Wychwood in the list, like an ...Seeing Ringwood and Wychwood in the list, like an idiot I went to see how old Brakspear were when their beers merged with the Marston's borg. They were... 281. OK, never mind.<br /><br />London Fields is a fascinating case - you could argue that what Carlsberg wanted to buy was basically just the name "London Fields", brewery shmewery. But that raises the question, are there any more like that - where the brewery basically ceased to exist, b/c all the acquirer really wanted was the brand? Camden, possibly?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com