A-B and Goose Island in Talks

**ALERT**Chicago's Goose Island has confirmed that it has been in talks with Anheuser-Busch about "distribution issues", as Goose Island president John Hall puts it. There has been buzz about a deal between the two for months. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune this morning, the two are in the process of hammering out a deal. Goose Island is the largest craft brewer in Chicago, where A-B is share-challenged. Presumably, A-B could provide wide and deep distribution throughout the