S&N 'battle' heats up

The on-going battle for control of the UK's largest brewing company seems to be heating up. How does this affect cask conditioned beer, I hear you cry! Well, S&N have tentacles that reach Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, and still have an equity say in what happens with the Courage real ale portfolio. Their control of S&N Pub Enterprises and Waverley TBS is also significant for 'route to market' for our growing band of craft brewers.

S&N's defence is on-going, but it looks half-hearted compared to the challenge to Elders in the late 1980's. Then, S&N employees took to the streets in support of the company that employed them. I am not sure the S&N employees of 2008 would be so vociferous.

As a footnote, I overheard one wag state that give S&N has no brewing presence in either Scotland or Newcastle, the new company name is to be '&'.