Japanese mega-brewery Sapporo buys San Francisco craft beer maker Anchor Steam Brewing for $85 million

San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing, founded in 1896, is being acquired by Sapporo Holdings Ltd., the makers of Sapporo beer, said to be the No. 1 Asian beer brand in the US. The deal between the historic American craft brewing company and Sapporo took one …
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