Rogue Ales & Spirits

A fitness company appears to be the winner of last week’s auction for Rogue Ales & Spirits’ intellectual property, including the Rogue.com domain, the proprietary Pacman yeast strain and trademarks for Rogue and Dead Guy, among other assets.

Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter August 27-28, including headlines from Rogue, Bero, Victory and more.

Will Dead Guy rise from the grave? Bidding for Rogue Ales & Spirits’ intellectual property is underway through August 21.

Pieces of Rogue Ales & Spirits’ business will be sold during an estate auction on March 7, according to a filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon.

A former Rogue Ales & Spirits employee has filed a lawsuit against the now-shuttered craft brewery’s parent company, Oregon Brewing, for allegedly violating the WARN Act.

We’ve compiled our most read stories of the past year, and one company dominated the headlines (with not the sunniest lineup of news): Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B).

Rogue Ales & Spirits, one of the country’s largest craft breweries by volume, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Monday, citing more than $16.7 million in debts.

Rogue Ales & Spirits informed the landlord it owed nearly half a million dollars that it was shutting down on Friday, according to local news reports. The Newport, Oregon-headquartered craft brewer and distiller allegedly owes the Port of Newport $545,000 in rent and Lincoln County $30,000 in taxes. The Port of Newport owns the building that houses Rogue’s 47,000 sq. ft. production brewery, warehouse and taproom.

Oregon’s Rogue Ales & Spirits has apparently shut down operations at its production facility and brewpubs on Friday, according to a report that first appeared in the Lincoln Chronicle.

Dharma Tamm is stepping down as president of Rogue Ales & Spirits after four years at the helm of the Newport, Oregon-headquartered craft brewery. Steven Garrett, Rogue’s VP of marketing and creative, will assume the president role beginning October 1.

Rogue Ales & Spirits, one of the original craft breweries, is proud to introduce the Dead Guy Coffin Club.

Dead Guy is getting a few friends. Rogue Ales & Spirits is transforming its iconic 30-year-old flagship offering into a brand family with the launch of Dead Guy IPA.

Rogue Ales & Spirits, craft beer pioneer and maker of countless IPAs, has taken a bold stance and declared IPAs Are Dead. Today, on Friday the 13th, better known at Rogue as Dead Guy Day, Rogue is proud to introduce…Dead Guy IPA.

This winter, Rogue Ales & Spirits is bringing back Mogul Madness, a longtime favorite featuring brand new graphics.