Dan Martin, the man behind the Weatherbird, was off this week. So I kind of took the opportunity to take a couple of days off from the Bird’s blog, too. Of course, the Weatherbird gets no such break, so let’s…

Jeremiah McWilliams, beer industry expert, explains why InBev needed to buy Anheuseser-Busch. In a nutshell: The company’s own vulnerabilities, success with cost-cutting measures and diversity. (Jeremiah is not to be confused with Adam Jadhav, our beer critic.)

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InBev CEO Carlos Brito was in St. Louis on Tuesday, starting the transition from Anheuser-Busch to Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Bird line suggestions:

• New kid in town
• Toast of the town
• Long live the king
• New kid on the block
• Capping it off

Today’s Bird line: Making…

The Anheuser-Busch InBev deal is one of the largest takeovers in history and will start out with a lot of debt. I mean a lot of debt. Beyond that, though, how things will work under the new company remain the subject…

If you haven’t already heard or read, Anheuser-Busch accepted InBevs $50 billion takeover offer. The new company will be called Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Coming up with today’s Bird line was a little different than usual. Typically, the news copy desk gets…

Those Anheuser-Busch/InBev talks aren’t over, but now they might be a little more friendly than the attempted takeover bid was.

Bird line suggestions:

• Deal is brewing
• Last call?
• A-B see

Today’s Bird line: Beer barons polka

Miller’s relationship with Milwaukee is a lot like Anheuser-Busch’s relationship with St. Louis: Potentially rocky.

Bird line suggestions:

• Miller low-life
• Miller Lite’s out
• Last call for Milwaukee
• Changes brewing
• Another stein mess
• At lager-heads

Today’s Bird line: SAB story

If InBev buys Anheuser-Bush — Calm down! I said if! — what will that mean for the local craft brewers?

The copy desk has come up with a lot of beer-related Bird lines recently, and keep coming up with more…

Anheuser-Busch made it official yesterday, and rejected InBev’s takeover bid saying it was “financially inadequate and not in the best interests of Anheuser-Busch shareholders.”

Bird line suggestions:

• Draft dodger (This was almost the Bird line, but it didn’t match up…

It’s the news we’ve been waiting to hear: What in the world are Anheuser-Busch board members going to do about that $46 billion takeover bid from InBev? Looks like they’re saying “Thanks, but no thanks.” (It’s not over — InBev can…