Andy on November 30th, 2009

Not a lot of new information here but the parties have decided to release a joint statement today making public what I and others have already reported. Understandably at this stage of the proceedings, the breweries have not released details of how their merged enterprises will operate in the future, including about any brand [...]

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Andy on November 26th, 2009

I don’t usually do much linking here, but my buddy Harry Schuhmacher over at the painfully expensive but excellent Beer Business Daily has put up a public post briefly pontificating on the amount of money it will take craft brewers to build the capacity necessary to achieve certain goals they have discussed in the past. [...]

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Andy on October 19th, 2009

Despite all signs to the contrary, including an email to customers and the Brewers Association membership offering its entire brewhouse for sale, the Pennichuck Brewing Company is apparently no longer closing. Not sure what the sudden, dramatic back and forth is all about but an outside investor has apparently come forward to help the [...]

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