HE WAS CHASING IS
STILL OUT THERE.
>> A LOT OF HOUSTONIANS ALREADY
DESPISE SDLAO US BECAUSE OF THE
CARDINALS.
NOW THERE'S WORD THAT A ST.
LOUIS-BASED BEER COMPANY IS
TAKING OVER ONE OF OUR VERY
POPULAR LOCAL CRAFT BREWERIES,
KARBACH.
THAT'S NOT SITTING WELL WITH
MANY LOCALS WHO SAY KARBACH
SOLD OUT, INCLUDING THE OEFRN
TWO RESTAURANTS, TAKING A STAND
BY DROPPING KARBACH FROM HIS
MENUS.
RYAN KORSGARD IS JOINING US
LIVE WITH THE BAD FEELINGS OVER
THIS BREWERY NEWS.
RYAN?
>> Reporter: BILL, SOME PEOPLE
SAYING, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT
THEY SOLD OUT, OTHERS CALLING
FOR A BOYCOTT, BUT THESE TWO
BUSINESSES RIGHT BACK HERE SAID
NO MORE.
THE LINE FORMED OUTSIDE THE HAY
MERCHANT AND UNDERBELLY AT
WESTHEIMER AND WAUGH IN
MONTROSE SAYS THAT HE WOULD
STOP CARRYING THE KARBACH.
>> I'M TIRED OF THEM TREATING
THEIR LOCALS LIKE THIS.
I THINK IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO DO
THIS, AFTER MAKING ALL THIS
MONEY AFTER WE'VE BEEN
SUPPORTING THEM FROM DAY ONE.
>> THE OWNER SAID HE WANTED TO
POUR IT ALL OUT, BUT THEN
DECIDED TO SELL IS IT CHEAP
WHILE THEY WERE AN INDEPENDENT
CRAFT BREWER.
>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
SUPPORT LOCAL AND IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR INDEPENDENT F-IF
YOU LOOK AT ANHEUSER-BUSCH'S
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OVER THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF, IT'S
PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T
WANT US TO SUPPORT CRAFT OR
LOCAL, THEY WANT TO ACQUIRE,
THEY WANT TO BUY THAT.
>> THROUGHOUT THE THE
AFTERNOON, THE BEER KEPT
FLOWING, CUSTOMERS CAME, SOME
OUT OF PROTEST, OTHERS SAW A
REALLY GOOD DEAL.
>> IT BOTHER ME.
WE LOVE BEER.
THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE MONEY.
>> Reporter: BACK LIVE, YOU CAN
SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HERE TODAY AND WE'RE TOLD BY
THE OWNER THERE IS A LOT OF
BEER ON HAND, BUT THEY SAY THE
KARBACH DRAFT WILL PROBABLY RUN
OUT TONIGHT.
LIVE IN MONTROSE, RYAN
KORSGARD, KPRC CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN.
WE HAVE EXPANDED COVERAGE OF
RYAN'S STORY ON OUR HOME PAGE
AT CLICK2HOUSTON.COM.
THERE YOU'LL FIND A SLIDE SHOW
THAT HAS PHOTOS OF THE BREWERY
AND YOU CAN ALSO VOTE IN OUR
ON-LINE POLL.
