Big Beer Buyouts: Do They Hurt Craft Brewers?

Beer giant MillersCoors announced this month that it bought a majority stake in Athens-based brewery, Terrapin Beer Company. The news came as a big disappointment to Paste Magazine news editor Jim Vorel. He wrote a commentary about the merger for Atlanta Magazine titled, "This is how Terrapin quietly sold out to Big Beer and betrayed its fans."

We speak with Vorel about the recent trend of big beer buy outs.

Here are some of your Twitter reactions:

@OSTtalk @MillerCoors @TerrapinBeerCo I wish it hadn't happened. But if Hopsecutioner is still delicious,, I'll still drink it ...— Michael Ruffin (@ruffinmichael) August 22, 2016

@OSTtalk craft beer is local. It allows us to visit exotic places, meet interesting people, and drink all their beer.— Sam Burnham (@C_SamBurnham) August 22, 2016

@OSTtalk @TerrapinBeerCo Brewers have a responsibility to make a quality product. That’s it. There’s no “betrayal” here. @JimVorel— Robbie Medwed (@rjmedwed) August 22, 2016