Anheuser-Busch, the American arm of Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), is trying to buy an Owensboro distributorship in a deal it says poses no threat to consumers, citing its ownership of a Louisville regional distributorship since 1978. On the other side, some out-of-state breweries, in-state craft breweries and other distributors say the move is a threat to the three-tier system in place since post-Prohibition that seeks to regulate alcohol sales to protect the public and prevent alcohol sales from being controlled by only a few.

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