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Founders of Bell’s, Stone, SweetWater leery of offers from private-equity firms and large brewers

Bensch isn’t unique in his determination to resist over- the-top premiums from eager dealmakers. He and other craft entrepreneurs say private-equity firms and large brewers can’t be trusted to preserve a culture that values employees, local communities and good beer over maximum profit. What’s more, brewers can get easy financing to expand production and continue to outpace the industry’s volume sales growth by 15 times.

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