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Originally Posted by harls
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You'd be surprised how many examples there are. Blue Moon in the US is brewed by MillerCoors which is a joint venture of SABMiller and MolsonCoors. In Canada it's sold as Rickards White. Rickards is of course MolsonCoors.
They also own Creemore Springs and Granville Island but are still producing solid craft beers.
There are also pseudo craft beers relying on buying a history and/or clever marketing "truths".
Sleeman is one. They also managed to pick up Okanagan Spring, Upper Canada, Shaftburey, and Unibroue before being bought by Sapporo.
Stanley Park Brewery is another which is owned by the Mark Anthony Group which makes other craft malt beverages like Mike's Hard Lemonade, Palm Bay, and Rockstar. (I actually like the Noble Pilsner)
And then there's Calgary's own Minhas who along with their rotating "craft" crap they also make beer for homeless people brewed in the US and sold as Canadian beer.