Subject line basically says it all. I recently had some sub-par Austmann beers, after having some glorious ones in the past, and I now notice that "(Hansa Borg)" is in their name which I don’t remember from before. So I’m wondering when ownership changed, and whether there has been a noticeable change in quality. |
About February 2016 |
Damn, I don’t actually know Hansa Borg, but I assume based on your subject that Hansa Borg sucks and this is a negative influence? Austman is brilliant from the few beers I’ve had of theirs. |
Hansa Borg is the 2nd largest brewery group in Norway. |
Yeah, seems so. Offlist, mjs just hunted out this which confirms that time period: http://www.matindustrien.no/bransjenytt/hansa-borg-inn-i-austmann/ |
I’ve had 20 of their beers but only two in 2016 (none this year). I think it is more like coincidence that you had some of their better beers first. I’ve had good ones and average ones in all kind of styles also. |
From what I can see on their Norwegian site it's still the same people who are running the brewery so you/they might just have had bad luck with the brews. That being said Hansa Borg isn't exactly a friend of micro brewers (ref. Jikiun/Nøgne Ø) so it wouldn't be a surprise if they white collar the soul out of Austmann too. |
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