Tilray Brands is moving large-scale production from Revolver Brewing’s facility in Granbury, Texas, to other facilities, the company confirmed in a statement to Brewbound. Revolver’s Texas location “will continue to operate, focusing on unique and innovative brews, and the taproom will remain open.”
Boston Beer Company is winding down its own-premise operations in Los Angeles. The company plans to close its Truly LA and Angel City taprooms at the end of their respective leases, according to an internal memo sent today by founder and future-CEO Jim Koch, and confirmed by Brewbound.
Facing declining sales and a list of creditors, the parent company of Inglewood, California-based Three Weavers Brewing has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Brewery-incubator Pilot Project opened its second Chicago location last week, located in the heart of Wrigleyville. The 3,500 sq. ft. space on N. Clark St. is less than a 5-minute walk from Wrigley Park (home of the Cubs), and includes a large patio space, full menu and a downstairs “Devious” cocktail lounge – branded after Pilot Project’s own line of canned cocktails.
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TRVE Brewing to close; Australian PE firm bids $3.75M for Alamo Beer; Trump delays tariff implementation until August; Patagonia and Deschutes update packaging, plan to launch co-branded IPA; Beer Institute/Morning Consult survey results.
BrewDog has shuttered its Cincinnati, Ohio-based bar nearly six years after the outpost opened, the company confirmed on Monday. The company cited increased operating expenses and declining on-premise traffic among the reasons for the closure, which was effective immediately.
Tilray Brands’ cost-cutting measures continue with closure of the Redhook Brewlab in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Chief corporate affairs officer Berrin Noorta told Brewbound that “Redhook Brewlab is now closed as we look for a new location.”
Monster Brewing will cease operations in Utah late next month, the company announced Thursday. Production of its Utah-based brands Wasatch Brewing and Squatters Brewing will shift to other facilities within Monsters’ bicoastal network, according to a statement from Monster Brewing president Ray LaRue.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) continues to reshuffle its craft brewing operations. The world’s largest beer manufacturer announced a $1 million investment in Wicked Weed’s Asheville, North Carolina-based operations that coincides with the winding down of operations at its 104,000 sq. ft. production facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, “over the next few months.”
Molson Coors will cease operations at the Leinenkugel’s Chippewa Falls brewery and the company’s Tenth Street Brewery in Milwaukee, effective January 17.