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Cismontane Brewing Acquires Lightning Brewery Assets

Cismontane Brewing Acquires Lightning Brewery Assets

Southern California’s Cismontane Brewing Company today announced that it has acquired the brewing equipment assets of distressed Poway, Calif.-based Lightning Brewery in a transaction that will not include the rights to the Lightning brand or its tasting room. In a conversation with Brewbound, Cismontane Brewing CEO Evan Weinberg described Lightning Brewery as a struggling entity on the verge of bankruptcy and said he intends to accept offers for the acquired brewing equipment or resell the entire brewery as a turnkey operation.

TRVE Brewing Releases Red Chaos and Vol. 5

Saturday, June 3rd at noon, TRVE Brewing Co. will release their final beer aged on fruit from the 2016 harvest. Red Chaos is a golden mixed culture ale aged on over three pounds per gallon of tart Montmorency cherries grown on the Western Slope of Colorado.

21st Amendment Brewery Releasing Watermelon Funk

The 21st Amendment Brewery has transformed their summertime favorite Hell or High Watermelon wheat beer into a mind blowing, shake your booty beauty named Watermelon Funk.

Point Brewery Releasing 160th Anniversary Ale

To celebrate 160 years of brewing history, Stevens Point Brewery is treating Wisconsin craft-beer fans to an authentic turn-of-the-century ale — turn of the 19th century, that is.

Surly Pushes Toward 100,000 Barrels, Releases 12-packs

Surly Pushes Toward 100,000 Barrels, Releases 12-packs

Minnesota’s Surly Brewing Company showed the most sales growth among the top 50 domestic craft brewing companies last year, selling about 76,550 barrels of beer, according to data released last week by industry trade organization the Brewers Association.