Podcast: Tony Magee: 'Our job at Lagunitas is to take over Heineken'

The Lagunitas Brewing Co. founder talks about his life a year after entering a 50-50 partnership with Heineken International.|
BILL SWINDELL
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Tony Magee is having fun.

A year after his Lagunitas Brewing Co. announced a 50-50 partnership with Heineken International, the 56-year-old is brimming with ideas and plans to grow the business of craft beer both domestically and globally.

In the latest “Drinking Stories” podcast, Bill Swindell sat down with Magee to talk about what's next in the $22 billion craft beer business and the role the Petaluma brewery will play in expanding the sector's reach globally. To subscribe to our podcasts, click here. The topics covered included a new European brewery, two new London pubs, a new beef business and the role of social media in spreading the craft beer movement.

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