Too Late for Boston Beer Buy Out?

Considering the tireless advocacy Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) founder and chairman Jim Koch has done on behalf of craft beer, a buyout of the brewer, which has arguably been the face of the industry for years, seems far-fetched.

Yet plenty of craft brewers have derided the trend of beer giants like Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) and Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) swooping in and buying up small, regional breweries only to sell out themselves when a big enough check was waved in front of them. It is possible Boston Beer could succumb as well, at least that's what some analysts are suggesting.

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