Saothair Capital Partners, a Pennsylvania-based private equity firm, purchased FIFCO USA, Genesee’s parent company. It will bring back two former executives, and return to the name of North American Breweries.
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Rohrbach Brewing Company changes hands after 35 years
Brothers and Brockport natives Joel and Nathan Will are buying Rohrbach Brewing Company from founders John Urlaub and Patty Yahn-Urlaub, who started it in the German House on Gregory Street.
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DeWolf Brewing Company set to open in Victor
After establishing an early home brewing club in Spain, Rochester native Justin DeWolf returns home to create a new brew destination.
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K2 Brothers Brewing buys Young Lion Brewing brand
The Walworth-based brewery gains recipes; will continue brand production.
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24 bottles of beer on the wall
Gino Fanelli returns with his reader favorite Beer Advent Calendar.
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Young Lion Brewing selling to Other Half Brewing
The Canandaigua brewery announced the plans in a statement Wednesday.
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Genesee honors union workers with new IPA
The Genesee Brewery – a union shop since 1943 – announced their new brew today: Union-made Hazy IPA.
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Autumn beverage forecast
New products from Stoneyard, Barry’s via Ireland—and the beers we’re cheers’ing.
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Kindred Spirits
Rohrbach Brewing Company and Black Button Distilling’s partnership undergoes a natural expansion.
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Black Button Distilling gears up for opening of its new home
The sprawling new University Ave. locale is slated to be New York State’s largest bourbon producer.
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Can you drink beer in an elementary school? Welcome to K2 High
K2 Brothers Brewing purchased a 72,000 square-foot elementary school for its second location.
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Genesee wins top honor at state beer competition
The Genesee Pilot Brew House’s Helles took the top prize at the New York State Craft Beer Competition.
