date:Oct 25, 2012
or their national drink has waned.
Conscious of microbreweries' success with cask ale, big brewers are waking up to the potential of more traditional beers.
Some industry analysts think that Molson Coors' 2011 takeover of Sharps, the small Cornish producer of the popular Doom Bar beer, is the first in a process of microbrewery buy outs.
These companies have seen that the beer market is changing - consolidation of the industry is going to be the trend, Protz said.
Many microbrewers insist the