Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Chicago microbrewery buys one of the biggest names in craft beer
Four years ago, Southern California craft brewer Ballast Point was sold for $1 billion. The person who bought it also owned Corona, Pacifico and Modelo.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readFour years ago, Southern California craft brewer Ballast Point was sold for $1 billion. The person who bought it also owned Corona, Pacifico and Modelo. But last week, that owner sold it again to a tiny Chicago brewery called Kings & Convicts, which many locals hadn’t heard of.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Josh Noel
Chicago Tribune; author of “Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch and How Craft Beer Became Big Business"
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4 of 5Rep. Adam Schiff on articles of impeachment and what’s next- 0:00Rep. Adam Schiff on Democrats’ articles of impeachment against Trump
- 12:17How do today’s articles of impeachment compare to those of the past?
- 20:02William Barr amps up his defense of President Trump
- 30:17Chicago microbrewery buys one of the biggest names in craft beerYou’re reading this
- 38:32The staying power of ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’