A sad, sad day....Boulevard Brewery acquired by Duvel Moortgat......

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Hate to see this. I'm sure the investment group made millions, but it was still nice to have it locally owned.

Belgian Brewery Buys Boulevard, a U.S. Craft Beer Maker - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/business/belgian-brewery-buys-boulevard-a-us-craft-beer-maker.html?pagewanted=all)

[finketr]

Duvel is actually a pretty decent beer.

[lungs]

I definitely liked Boulevard when I was down in KC even though us Wisconsinites tend to view any beer made in Missouri as swill :)

[sterlingice]

I'm not even a beer person and this is a bit sad :(

SI

[Peregrine]

Jesus, this sucks - Boulevard is a top flight brewery.

[Ryche]

I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. Duvel is pretty excellent and looking for growth potential with this. The only change I think will be seen is more money being pumped into the brewery.

[Scoobz0202]

Yea, Duvel is solid. I think they own Ommegang and they still put out really solid stuff. Just be glad it wasn't Miller or InBev buying it.

[saldana]

Yea, Duvel is solid. I think they own Ommegang and they still put out really solid stuff. Just be glad it wasn't Miller or InBev buying it.

i visited Ommegang within the first couple months after they opened, and they were only making 3 beers, all by hand, all of which were excellent, and still to this day some of my favorites...went back a couple years later, after they had been bought by Duvel Moortgat, and until someone pointed it out to me on the label, i had no idea...every thing was running the same, everything was the same quality, and everything had the same attention to detail they had when they were a small shop...now they make over a dozen awesome belgian style craft beers and are probably the best belgian style brewer on the east coast

Boulevard is a good brewery and i dont think you have anything to worry about

[ISiddiqui]

Boulevard is a good brewery and i dont think you have anything to worry about

Agreed!