Monthly archive for April 2019

On Monday April 22nd Mammoth Brewing announced its intent to acquire Great Northern Brewing of Sparks, Nevada during this summer. Sean Turner of Mammoth Brewing emphasized that “Mammoth Brewing Company will not replace Great Basin…” instead they will brew both brands package products at one production brewery. They anticipate the merger will result in an increase from 15,000 barrels to 40,000 barrels collectively. As Turner explained, this rapid increase will be realized as Mammoth’s production is freed from its current pub-sized brewing equipment.

In an acknowledged sale, Stone Brewing of California announced it has accepted an offer for its Berlin brewery and tasting room from BrewDog of Scotland. Located in the Mariendorf section of Berlin, it is the second Berlin location for BrewDog, which will also open a new facility in Hamburg later this year. BrewDog will continue to produce beers for Stone Brewing in Berlin, along with its own brands. Industry insiders believe the Stone project was too much too soon for the original owner and suggest smaller breweries and tap rooms may

Ninkasi Brewing of Eugene, Oregon acknowledged they have a new majority owner. Legacy Breweries, founded by a former hop company executive, announced their plan to buy two more craft brewers of the same size as Ninkasi. Its strategy is to purchase one in the Midwest and another in the East; these would be augmented by approximately a dozen smaller breweries. The assembled breweries would benefit from centralized purchasing and by sharing production equipment. The larger, Ninkasi sized, facilities could supplement the production of the smaller plants.

Avery Brewing of Boulder, Colorado has sold a majority interest to Mahou-San Miguel of Madrid Spain. The sale amounted to forty percent of Avery; Mahou had previously acquired thirty percent, thus it gained a majority share in the latest transaction. In completing the purchase Mahou partnered with Founders Brewery of Grand Rapids, Michigan – Mahou had previously invested in a minority position with Founders.