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Craft Brew Alliance and Pabst Brewing Co. announce brewing agreement

Pabst subsidiary to brew historic beers at CBA’s Washington brewery

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January 12, 2016
KEYWORDS craft breweries / mergers and acquisitions / Pabst Brewing Co.
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Portland, Ore.-based Craft Brew Alliance Inc. (CBA) and Pabst Brewing Co. (PBC), Los Angeles, announced that the two companies have entered into a brewing agreement that supports strategic growth objectives for both companies. PBC’s subsidiary Rainier Brewing Co. will begin brewing Rainier Pale Mountain Ale among other Rainier brands at CBA’s brewery in Woodinville, Wash. this spring, the companies say. As part of the agreement, PBC has been granted an option to purchase the Woodinville facility at any time during the next three years, they add.

As part of CBA’s strategy to continue evolving its national brewing footprint and drive financial profitability, the company is making significant investments to increase production capability and efficiency to support its growth in key markets, it says. The expansion investments include increasing capacity in its largest and most efficient brewery in Portland to 750,000 barrels a year and building a new 100,000-barrel brewery in Hawaii. The agreement with Rainier enables it to maximize capacity in its Woodinville brewery while pursuing these expansion projects, it adds. For Rainier, the agreement marks a true homecoming with the return of brewing to its home state of Washington, it says.

“This partnership with Rainier represents an important next step in our overall brewery optimization strategy, which is focused on leveraging the unique strengths and capabilities of each of our breweries to better balance production across our footprint and support our long-term growth,” said Scott Mennen, chief operating officer of CBA, in a statement. “Our partnership with Blues City in Memphis has enabled us to meet consumer demand for core brands such as Kona Big Wave Golden Ale and Redhook Long Hammer IPA, freeing capacity in our Portsmouth brewery to support exciting new strategic partnerships with Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cisco Brewers.

“ As we complete our Portland expansion and continue transitioning more volume to that brewery, we have been looking for an opportunity to best utilize our production team and capacity in Woodinville,” he adds. “With this brewing arrangement, we not only deliver positive impact to our bottom line, we support another beloved Northwest heritage brand, which benefits the industry and beer consumers overall.”

Greg Deuhs, PBC’s master brewer who served as director of operations at CBA’s Woodinville facility from 2008-2012, added: “We are thrilled to be returning to Rainier’s home state and to begin brewing at this wonderful Seattle facility within sight of Mount Rainier. We are excited to revive many historic Rainier beers from our archives — starting with Rainier Pale Mountain Ale, which will be offered in the iconic 16-ounce Rainier ‘pounder’ glass bottle.”

CBA’s Woodinville brewery, known as the Redhook Brewery, was built in 1994 and features a 200,000-barrel-a-year brewing and bottling operation. For more than 20 years, the Woodinville team has brewed a variety of Redhook and Widmer Brothers beers, as well as other brands for contract brewing partners. In 2015, CBA announced that Redhook will open a new brewpub in Capitol Hill in the heart of Seattle to celebrate the brand’s 35th anniversary this year. The new Seattle brewpub builds on Redhook’s legacy of transforming historic Seattle sites into innovative destinations for beer lovers, the company says.

Under the terms of the agreement, CBA will continue to operate the Woodinville brewery and the adjacent Redhook Forecaster’s Pub.

Additional information about the agreement will be included in a current report on Form 8-K to be filed by CBA no later than Thursday, Jan. 14.
 

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