Financial Report Sees Stiff Price Competition and Mergers Coming; Small Brewers Most Vulnerable. A financial Report by Robinson-Humphrey in Atlanta says the decline in public stocks of craft brewers is a signal that the high growth rate of craft brewing may be cooling and mergers coming. Anheuser-Busch will lead merger wave with selected regional players.
$255 Million Missouri Casino Will Feature High-Tech Brewpub; Fourth Largest Casino Has Ties to Gordon-Biersch. Station Casino Kansas City will open in January on floating barge in Missouri River; 140,000 sq. ft. complex will have two tower hotels, 3,000 slot machines, 190 gaming tables, 1,400 seat arena, 12 restaurants -- and a 15-vessel, 30-barrel brewhouse from Liquid Assets. Brewing equipment will be computer controlled with remote modem operations.
Mendocino Launches Second Direct Offering to Raise $5.1 Million For Ukiah Brewery; Opening in Early 1997. Hopland brewery will sell 600,000 shares at $8.50 a share to expand Ukiah brewery to 60,000 barrels/year.
Boston Beer purchases Cincinnati's Hudepohol-Schoenling
Brewery.
Vermont's Catamount Breaks Ground on new $5 Million Windsor
Brewery.
Heckler to Ship 16,000 barrels to China in 1997.
Pete's Tables California Brewery; Appoints New CFO.
Golden Pacific Opening in Berkeley in January with 40,000 Barrel
Capacity.
Belgian Brewpubs May Come to U.S. With All Saints-Sterkens Joint
Venture.
Mile High Closes In Denver
Bridgeport Unveils New Packaging; Traditional Design Matches
Traditional Firkin Styles
Pyramid To Open In Berkeley in January
Hong Kong Beer Pricing.
Christmas Beer Tasting of Select Holiday Beers. Sampling Notes
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