(Petaluma, CA) – Or more like they were according to Lagunitas Brewing founder, Tony Magee. Magee posted on Twitter on Wednesday night about a dinner that he had with an A-B InBev executive in which he told the exec that he would rather “die on payroll” than sell Lagunitas to them. See the tweets below.

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Have I mentioned the visit I got from the Budweiser guy who did the deal to buy Goose? We had dinner, a burger, I think. He was shopping. — LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 31, 2013

He was a nice fella. Didn't exactly say what he wanted, but the three calls to meet seemed clear enuf. I told I'd rather die on payroll. — LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 31, 2013

Selling ones brewery is selling all of ones best friend's careers, their hearts, the portion of their lives they spent working for you. — LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 31, 2013

After meetin Andy Goeler, the guy Bud assigned t'Goose, the guy fr St. Louis w/the huevos t'welcme us t'Chicago, I'd rather put out my eyes. — LagunitasT (@lagunitasT) January 31, 2013