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FX Matt to Acquire Flying Dog, Creating Top-10 BA-Defined Craft Brewery

FX Matt to Acquire Flying Dog, Creating Top-10 BA-Defined Craft Brewery

New York’s FX Matt Brewing Company has struck a deal to acquire Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Flying Dog’s production will begin shifting to FX Matt’s Utica, New York-based production facility over the summer with operations in Maryland expected to stop “sometime in August.”

Human Rights Campaign Suspends A-B’s Perfect Corporate Equality Score; Republican Senators Dig Into Dylan Mulvaney Partnership

Human Rights Campaign Suspends A-B’s Perfect Corporate Equality Score; Republican Senators Dig Into Dylan Mulvaney Partnership

After its request for a conversation with Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) leadership last month went unanswered, the Human Right Campaign (HRC) has suspended the perfect 100 score it gave A-B on its 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), which will prohibit the company from using the organization’s designation as one of the “Best Places to Work.”

With Assist from Taylor Swift, Halfday Brings Spirit-Based Cocktails into Kegs

With Assist from Taylor Swift, Halfday Brings Spirit-Based Cocktails into Kegs

Tonight when hordes of fans are pushing their way towards refreshment stands at Massachusetts’s Gillette Stadium during the opening night of Taylor Swift’s much-heralded tour, they’ll have the option to order a glittery purple cocktail inspired by the pop star’s hit, “Lavender Haze.”

CEO of Charleston’s First Distillery Enters the Brewery Business, Acquires Ghost Monkey Brewery

In recognition of American Craft Beer Week, encouraging support for small and independent U.S. breweries, Pixie Paula Dezzutti, owner of Charleston’s first distillery since prohibition, the award-winning Striped Pig Distillery (SPD), is honored to announce her acquisition of Ghost Monkey Brewery (GMB), a Mount Pleasant based microbrewery known and loved for its variety of local craft beers since 2016.

Shiner x Boot Campaign: Combat Boots for A Cause

The independent, family-owned makers of the iconic Shiner Bock, are continuing their partnership with the Boot Campaign, an organization dedicated to honor and restore the lives of veterans and military families, for their annual Toast Our Troops Campaign.