Beer Behemoth in Austin

Dear Client:Earlier this week we reported on the merger between KEG 1 and the newly formed Capitol Wright Distributing Company, [see BBD 12-10-2014]. Now a little more color has emerged on the deal. The "Beer Behemoth" as the Austin Business Journal penned it will "control nearly 70 percent of the Central Texas market" and bring "annual sales to more than 13 million cases."Ed Butler, president of Capitol Beverage, revealed that talks surrounding the merger popped up at the beginning of