Sleemabroue

"Brian Lundeen" wrote in news:d3e7qs$q75$ snipped-for-privacy@domitilla.aioe.org:

Haven't noticed anything as of yet, as my most recent batch of Maudite was as good as ever. Sleeman have stated repeatedly that they're looking at Unibroue as a premium brand they're not going to screw with, and that one of their reasons for acquiring it was to ease distribution of Sleeman products into areas where Unibroue was already prevalent.

Still keeping my fingers crossed that Unibroue continues being as good as ever.

Have sampled Unibroue products on bottle and draught made since the acquisition, including the new Ephemere Cranberry on draught, and haven't noticed any deterioration of quality whatsoever.

I can't say the same about, for example, Guinness on draught since the Diageo takeover.

I drank a LOT of Unibroue on Wednesday (Terrible, Fin du Monde, Edition

2005, Maudite, and Ephemere Apple and Cassis, the latter of which was surprisingly good), and it all tasted at least as good as before. Noted that cork problem, though. Also talked to a person pretty high up in the company who I have known for over five years who told me that Sleeman has not interfered with production at all, and that things were running pretty much as before. They seem pretty happy with the results, and noted that Sleeman had really done their homework before making the offer.

I believe Sleeman's also bought out Upper Canada Brewing a few years back. Can anyone comment on how this affected the UC brews?