Publisher: Beer Universe | Your Choice. Your Beer. Drink Up.

Beer Universe, Inc. was founded in the fall of 2007 by two individuals who had a passion for social networks and a taste for great beer. Each member of the team brings his own unique perspective and skill set, making the combined group one of diverse ideas and talent, enabling Beer Universe to open up the online beer world in new ways to new groups of beer lovers around the world. Over the past year, the beer industry has gone through a rapid evolution: the mega merger of Anheuser–Busch and InBev, the joint venture of Molson Coors and SABMiller, and Carlsberg and Heineken’s acquisition of Scottish & Newcastle. We’ve witnessed Snow overtake Bud Light as the #1 distributed beer worldwide. The consolidation of the market has been quite noticeable. Moreover, the price of natural ingredients has increased dramatically — hops, barley, etc. While large vendors were struggling to grow in the U.S. marketplace, craft brewers were growing at 13–15% year over year. Many consumers were switching from wine to beer and brewers were catering to the entire spectrum of drinkers. It’s been truly an incredible time for the beer industry.