Justin Kendall

Justin Kendall

Editor, Brewbound

Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound’s events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a nearly 20-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.

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Reyes Beer Division to Gobble Up Greenco in South Carolina

Reyes Beer Division to Gobble Up Greenco in South Carolina

The Reyes Beer Division has struck a deal to acquire Greenco Beverage in Greenville, South Carolina. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close on September 24.

Danelle Kosmal to Join Beer Institute as Vice President of Research

Danelle Kosmal to Join Beer Institute as Vice President of Research

The Beer Institute (BI) today announced the hire of Danelle Kosmal as vice president of research. Kosmal will join the trade association — which represents the interests of brewers, importers and beer industry suppliers — in late August.

People Moves: Oskar Blues Founder Enters Cannabis Industry; Jim Randall Joins BeerBoard

People Moves: Oskar Blues Founder Enters Cannabis Industry; Jim Randall Joins BeerBoard

Oskar Blues founder Dale Katechis will join Colorado-based cannabis company Veritas as a partner who “will play an active role in strategic growth initiatives for the brand,” a spokesperson told Brewbound. Katechis founded Oskar Blues in Lyons, Colorado, in 1997. The brewery grew to become the 14th-largest craft brewery by volume in the U.S. in 2015, when Fireman Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in it.

SweetWater to Take Over Red Truck Brewing’s Fort Collins Production Facility

SweetWater to Take Over Red Truck Brewing’s Fort Collins Production Facility

The westward expansion of Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing Company under Canadian cannabis firm Tilray continues. After adding distribution in Colorado earlier this year, the company will go deeper in the Centennial State with the acquisition of a 32,450 sq. ft. production facility, taproom and restaurant in Fort Collins that previously housed the U.S. operations of Canada’s Red Truck Brewing Company since May 2017, and Fort Collins Brewery before it.