fred

Check out

http://www.unibroue.com/brewery/040416.cfm

The controlling owners have received an offer and are considering it.

joris pattyn

From Québec, an insistent rumour comes, that it is already done, and the
buyer is known as Sleeman.
Up the road that Seigneuriale walked.
Joris
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Joris Pattyn a écrit :

Rumours from teh Belle Province, stating that the info could be released
next Thursday
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joris pattyn

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One word:
MORONS

JPP

the submarine captain

Joris Pattyn a écrit :

Unibroue's shareholders ? Indeed.


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fred

The offer was made public today -- it was from Sleeman. Not good, but
better than Interbrew!

Pas de. Roughly 75% of Unibroue shares are held by the company's
directorship, and morons they're not. Ready to cash in, obviously, but
not morons. Minority shareholders like myself can only cry into our
bottles of Dix.

the submarine captain

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Cashing in that way, ie. endangering a running business churning out
interesting beers and giving work to local people, seen by European beer
enthusiasts who've seen more than their share of cash-ins over the
years, is deemed at least irresponsible, if not moronic.

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Moronic, no; the directors are the same people responsible for
establishing the Unibroue line in the first place, and obviously they
were able to recognize a good offer when they saw one.

Highly irresponsible, yes, leaving loyal employees and customers
facing an uncertain future. If they had sold out to someone who
understood and appreciated good beer it would be one thing, but
Sleemans...sheesh. Sleemans has made the usual noises about respecting
the Unibroue staff, customers and beers, but they have a lousy history
of thinning product lines and dumbing down beers.

Will be out tonight picking up a number of the 750ml bottles and
storing them away in the cellar 'cos I doubt future releases will be
as good (or even available in that size).

ross reid

Sleeman better than Interbrew? Not by a long shot!!!
Do you have any idea how many small, unique breweries Sleeman has
bought up and then screwed their beers? Upper Canada Brewing in
Ontario; Okanagan Spring Brewery & Shaftebury Brewing Co. in British
Columbia; plus La brasserie Seigneriale in Quebec. They also bought up
the assets of the Maritime Brewing Company in Nova Scotia but, MBC
beers were bloody awful (Atlantic Storm was so bad I couldn't even
choke down part of a bottle and even my son-in-law wouldn't drink it
for free) so, I doubt if Sleeman could screw them up, much.
We certainly aren't overrun with Belgian beers here in Ontario and I'd
hate see the Belgian-style brews of Unibroue decline at the hands of
Sleeman.
At least Interbrew has some connection to Belgium ;-).

Ross.