"For Vermont, having Harpoon - an in-state brewery - purchase some of assets, and having WhistlePig - an in-state distillery - purchase other assets, it's a great outcome," Kenary said. The deal will also increase production capacity for WhistlePig as it moves into the Middlebury facility. Bay will move a canning line from the Middlebury facility to Windsor, which will increase production significantly at the Harpoon brewery. Bay Brewing Company would be the right choice to carry on and protect the Long Trail legacy," Fulham's statement reads. "So when the time came to choose someone to take the helm at Long Trail, I knew Dan and the team at Mass. In a statement released on Friday, Fulham acknowledged their "shared commitment to the Vermont community and passion for making great beer." "It's kind of fun to be able to be open about that now, rather than having to hide it," Kenary said with a laugh. While hosting each other for dinners over the years, Fulham would be sure to have Harpoon IPA, and Kenary would have a six-pack of Long Trail Ale. Home to Harpoon Brewery, Simon Pearce, SILO Distillery, Path of Life Sculpture Garden, Great River Outfitters, Artisan Eats, Blake Hill Preserves, and Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company Market. Kenary and Long Trail CEO Daniel Fulham have been friends for a long time, Kenary said. Artisans Park We are a collection of 8 unique Vermont businesses all located in the same park. But there's a real sense of pioneering in the industry - these are the folks that created the craft beer revolution." "Like Harpoon, they've been around for a while, so they're not the shiny new toy. "These are beers your father and mother drank," Kenary said. There were fewer than 100 breweries in the country when he launched in 1986 now, there are more than 9,300. Today's beer scene is a "completely different world" from when these brands started, Kenary said. It also brings together several brands from the same era of craft brewing: Long Trail was established in 1989, and Otter Creek hit the scene in 1991 they teamed up in 2010. "We have really deep community roots in both, and we view this deal as an opportunity to deepen those roots."
The move "puts more stakes in the ground for us as a New England craft brewer," Kenary said. Bay partners with WhistlePig to produce the distillery's ready-to-drink Piggyback canned cocktails and several barrel-aged beers. The company - which owns Harpoon, as well as Catamount Brewing, UFO Brewing, Clown Shoes and Arctic Chill Hard Seltzer - opened its Vermont brewery in 2000.
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Bay in 1986 he holds brewing license 001 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Long Trail Brewery in Bridgewater Corners will remain the Long Trail Brewery, Kenary confirmed. Bay will begin brewing Long Trail, Otter Creek and the Shed beers in Windsor, but no other immediate changes are planned.
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