Anheuser-Busch acquires Goose Island

You might think about picking up a six-pack of Goose Island beer. Anheuser-Busch was thinking more like the whole brewery. The company announced yesterday that it had acquired the craft brewer based out of Chicago, a relationship that began with Anheuser-Busch serving as the company’s distribution partner.

Anheuser-Busch purchased the rights to Fulton Street Brewery LLC, the legal name of Goose Island. But the two brewpubs in Chicago will continue to be independently run and operated; they were not part of the deal.