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SMALL BREWERS FEAR WORST ; Anheuser-Busch buyout could curtail distribution for craft beers

BOSTON - The chairman of a craft brewers trade group worries that InBev's $52 billion deal to buy Anheuser-Busch could squeeze small breweries' distribution efforts.

Rich Doyle, the chief executive of Harpoon Brewery in South Boston and the chairman of the Brewers Association's board of directors, said many craft brewers are concerned that industry consolidation could make it tougher to land distribution arrangements.

"We're very concerned about the narrowing of choices for small brewers' beer," Doyle said. "When you read in the paper that 80 percent of the beer sold in the United States is now controlled by two companies, that's a pretty sobering fact."

InBev's overtures had initially been ...

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