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Marin Institute, the alcohol industry watchdog, released a report today criticizing the hasty approval of two beer mergers that left 80 percent of the United States beer market in the hands of two foreign companies – MillerCoors and Anheuser-Busch InBev. Big Beer Duopoly: A Primer for Policymakers and Regulators describes the drastic shift in U.S. beer market ownership to this powerful duo of global corporations. The report warns of potential adverse consequences to public health, public policy, and to the state-controlled three-tier system of alcohol distribution. Marin Institute called upon the Obama Administration to investigate the mergers hastily approved at the end of the Bush administration. (Source: Marin Institute, 10/13/09)