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    Good Food

    Why Big Beer Is Buying Up Craft Breweries

    The Great American Beer Festival is an annual event that brings together over 60,000 brewers, writers and industry enthusiasts.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 2, 2015 • 1 min read

    The Great American Beer Festival is an annual event that brings together over 60,000 brewers, writers and industry enthusiasts.

    Craft beer buyouts were top-of-mind for many visitors at this year's festival, with the latest announcement that Anheuser-Busch had purchased small Los Angeles-based brewery, Golden Road. Beer journalist Erika Bolden was at the festival and joins us to discuss the current trend and spotlights the LA breweries that took home medals from the festival.

    The full episode

    4 of 6
    Pumpkin Spice; LA's Best Carne Asada; Craft Beer Buyouts
    1. 0:00Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon
    2. 9:45Live Fire Cooking and No Tips at Camino
    3. 25:11The Best Carne Asada in Los Angeles
    4. 33:27Why Big Beer Is Buying Up Craft BreweriesYou’re reading this
    5. 42:53Market Report
    6. 49:16Talking Shop with One of California's Last Remaining Silversmiths
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    4 of 6
    Pumpkin Spice; LA's Best Carne Asada; Craft Beer Buyouts
    1. 0:00Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon
    2. 9:45Live Fire Cooking and No Tips at Camino
    3. 25:11The Best Carne Asada in Los Angeles
    4. 33:27Why Big Beer Is Buying Up Craft BreweriesYou’re reading this
    5. 42:53Market Report
    6. 49:16Talking Shop with One of California's Last Remaining Silversmiths
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