Craft Brewing and Distilling News for May 16, 2022

•Chris Jackson of Jackson Family Wines is acquiring Golden State Cider for an undisclosed sum. Golden State will combine with Jackson’s Seismic Brewing to create a new company, Sonoma Craft, to be led by Golden State CEO Chris Lacey, the North Bay Business Journal reported, adding that Healdsburg-based Golden State has volume of about a half-million cases, mainly distributed within California.

•MolsonCoors has appointed Jeff Agase to lead Tenth & Blake, its U.S. craft beer arm that houses the breweries AC Golden, Atwater, Hop Valley, Leinenkugel’s, Terrapin, Revolver, and Blue Moon’s RiNO brewery in Denver. Agase, who joined MolsonCoors in 2010, was previously vice president of distributor network development. He replaces Paul Verdu and reports to Pete Marino, Molson Coors’ president of emerging growth. The appointment is effective June 1.

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