10/22/2016
Listen up, good people... Forgive me for waxing philosophical on you, but this right here breaks my heart. The first batch of beer I ever brewed on my own was with equipment bought from Northern Brewer. I picked them because they had a passion for craft. Passion for artistry. Passion for what could be. We all have to pay the bills, but we don't have to sell our souls to do so. The Northern Brewer website tried to put a positive spin on this, saying it's still the same quality products being sold under a different name. But at what cost? AB-Inbev is the epitome of everything that the American craft beer movement eschews - shareholders, profiteering, unfair trade practices... the list goes on. I won't be giving Northern Brewer any more of my money. That's all I got. Good luck, good people
Roseville-based Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply, the largest homebrewing supplier in the country, and its sister company Midwest Supplies have been acquir