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Craft Brew Alliance

Logo: Craft Brew Alliance, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Beer brewing company

Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. was a beer brewing company that originally was composed of five beer and cider brands: Redhook Ale Brewery, Widmer Brothers Brewery, Kona Brewing Company, Omission Beer, and Square Mile Cider.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2008Founded1
  • Industrybrewing industry1
  • HeadquartersPortland1
  • Websitecraftbrew.com
  • Listed onNasdaq (BREW)1
  • Incorporated inWA6
  • Business address929 North Russell, Portland, Or 972276
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer, Smaller reporting company6
  • Legal formBusiness Corporation4
  • LEIJJD4WAP2U5KDLYQQGZ834
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered address929 North Russell Street, 97227 Portland, United States4

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Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. was a beer brewing company that originally was composed of five beer and cider brands:3

Corporate structure

Craft Brew Alliance sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Craft Brew Alliance reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$204.0M8 Dec 31, 2019$196.0M8 Dec 31, 2018+4.1%
Accumulated depreciation$90.7M8 Dec 31, 2019$82.8M8 Dec 31, 2018+9.6%
Property and equipment, net$113.3M8 Dec 31, 2019$110.7M8 Jan 1, 2019+2.4%
Finance-lease assets$2.4M8 Dec 31, 2019$08 Dec 31, 2018
Operating-lease assets (leased space)$23.5M8 Dec 31, 2019$19.7M8 Jan 1, 2019+19.2%

Real estate and locations

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Countries it operates in308 Dec 31, 2019309 Dec 31, 20180%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Stakes in other companies (equity method)$09 Dec 31, 2018$2.0M9 Dec 31, 2017−100.0%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$21.9M8 Dec 31, 2019$22.0M8 Dec 31, 2018−0.2%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$2.4M8 Dec 31, 2019$2.9M8 Dec 31, 2018−15.6%
Trademarks and trade names (indefinite-lived)$44.2M8 Dec 31, 2019$44.3M8 Dec 31, 2018−0.1%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$835.0K8 Dec 31, 2019$1.3M9 Dec 31, 2018−34.9%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$19.1M8 Dec 31, 2019$17.2M8 Dec 31, 2018+11.2%
Raw materials$8.4M8 Dec 31, 2019$7.1M8 Dec 31, 2018+18.0%
Work in process$2.9M8 Dec 31, 2019$3.2M8 Dec 31, 2018−11.1%
Finished goods$4.7M8 Dec 31, 2019$4.3M8 Dec 31, 2018+7.7%

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The company was formed on July 1, 2008, with the merger of Redhook Ale Brewery and Widmer Brothers Brewery. CBA acquired Kona Brewing Company on October 1, 2010. In 2012, CBA launched a new brand called Omission Beer, promoting the beer as specially crafted to remove gluten. In 2013, CBA launched a cider – Square Mile Cider, and in 2014 entered into a partnership with The Chive to create KCCO beer under the independent/Chive-owned Resignation Brewery moniker.

The company was originally named Craft Brewers Alliance, but changed its name to Craft Brew Alliance on January 12, 2012.

As of March 15, 2012, Craft Brew Alliance is publicly traded as Nasdaq: BREW. Prior to this date it was publicly traded as HOOK.

From Wikipedia’s article on Craft Brew Alliance, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Who has led Craft Brew Alliance, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Paul S. Shipman2007
  2. Terry E. Michaelson2008–2014
  3. Andrew J. Thomas2014–2020

President

  1. David J. Mickelson2007
  2. Andrew J. Thomas2011–2013

Chief financial officer

  1. Mark D. Moreland2009–2014
  2. Joseph Kirk Vanderstelt2015–2018
  3. Christine Nicol Perich2019–2020

Chief operating officer

  1. David J. Mickelson2007
  2. J. Scott Mennen2016–2020
2010201520202025
Board members and other officers (30)

Products and brands

  • beer

Listed on Wikidata.1

The company produces brands such as Redhook, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Omission Beer and several others.

Redhook

Redhook was founded in the early 1980s in Seattle. At first, the brewery was a small shop in the Seattle neighborhood of Ballard. The beers brewed by Redhook include ESB, IPA, Pilsner, Copperhook, and seasonal brews. Anheuser-Busch sold Redhook to Tilray on 8 August 2023 due to the decline in sales from the 2023 Bud Light boycott.

Widmer Brothers Brewing

Widmer Brothers brews various beers including their flagship, Hefe American Hefewiezen, Drop Top Amber Ale, Upheaval IPA, Steel Bridge Porter, PDX Pils, various seasonals and 10+ small batch beers on tap at the Brewery on Russell St. Anheuser-Busch sold Widmer Brothers to Tilray on August 8, 2023, due to the decline in sales from the 2023 Bud Light boycott.

Kona Brewing Company

The Kona Brewing Company was founded in the spring of 1994 and is Hawaii's largest brewery.

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Omission Beer

The company's Omission Beer is designed to have low gluten content by using a proprietary enzyme to remove gluten from traditional beer ingredients – namely malted barley.

Square Mile Cider Company

Launched in 2013, there are two primary products under this brand – "The Original" which is a traditional hard apple cider; and "Spur & Vine", which is a "hopped apple cider".

Appalachian Mountain Brewery

On December 2, 2014, CBA entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Boone, North Carolina–based Appalachian Mountain Brewery (AMB). As part of the partnership, CBA acted as "master distributor" for AMB, allowing their products to ship via the Anheuser-Busch InBev distributor network. CBA had taken an undisclosed, minority stake in AMB. On October 10, 2018, CBA announced that it acquired 100% of the AMB brand, brewery, and pub. The transaction closed November 29, 2018. On June 3, 2023, the former owners of the Appalachian Mountain Brewery announced they had purchased the company back from AB InBev and will be severing ties with the company to refocus on local distribution.

Cisco Brewers, Inc.

On September 25, 2015, CBA announced a strategic partnership agreement with Nantucket-based Cisco Brewers. As with previous partner, AMB, CBA acted as "master distributor" for AMB, allowing their products to ship via the Anheuser-Busch InBev distributor network. CBA had taken an undisclosed, minority stake in Cisco Brewers. On October 10, 2018, CBA announced that it had acquired 100% of the Cisco intellectual property assets related to its malt beverage products; Cisco's founders continue to own and operate the Cisco Brewers brewpub properties and retail merchandising, including the original brewery and grounds in Nantucket.

Wynwood Brewing Co.

On December 15, 2016, CBA announced a strategic partnership agreement with Miami, Florida–based Wynwood Brewing Co. ("Wynwood"). CBA took a 24.5% stake in Wynwood, valuing the deal at under $30 Million. As with previous partners AMB and Cisco Brewers, CBA acted as "master distributor" for Wynwood, allowing their products to ship via the Anheuser-Busch InBev distributor network. On October 10, 2018, CBA announced that it had acquired the remaining 75.5% of equity in Wynwood, making Wynwood a wholly owned subsidiary of CBA, although Wynwood co-founders Luis Brignoni and his father “Pops” Brignoni would continue to run the operations.

From Wikipedia’s article on Craft Brew Alliance, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Former names

  • CRAFT BREWERS ALLIANCE, INC.Apr 25, 2008 to Jan 10, 20126
  • REDHOOK ALE BREWERY INCDec 30, 1996 to Jun 26, 20086

Timeline

  1. Apr 2, 2014New chief executive Andrew J. Thomas becomes CEO10
  2. Jul 3, 2008New chief executive Terry E. Michaelson becomes CEO11
  3. 2008Founded Founded1
  4. May 24, 2007New chief executive Paul S. Shipman becomes CEO12
  5. Aug 18, 1995Went public Listed on NASDAQ1

Held by these funds

The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. Change is in shares since the quarter before.

FundSharesValueShare of the fundChange
Gts Securities LLC16,775$450.5K0.0%New

13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.

Members of Congress who traded it

1 trades disclosed by members of Congress. “Vs S&P since” is the stock’s change since the trade minus the S&P 500’s.

DateMemberTradeAmountVs S&P sinceFiling
Oct 1, 2020Dan NewhouseRepublican, HouseSale$1,001 - $15,000Report

Members report amounts as ranges, not exact figures. Returns are price-only (no dividends).

SEC filer profile

How Craft Brew Alliance is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARCRAFT BREW ALLIANCE, INC.2
  • CIK0000892222
  • Employer ID (EIN)91-11412542
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer<br>smaller reporting company2
  • Incorporated inWashington2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)2082 Malt Beverages2
  • Business address929 North Russell, Portland, OR 972272
  • Phone503-331-72702
  • Shares outstanding19,545,308 as of Jul 30, 202048
  • Public float$177.9M as of Jun 28, 20198
  • On EDGAR sinceAug 8, 19962
  • Filings811 in all: 4 (333), 8-K (140), 10-Q (73), 3 (37), SC 13D/A (29), SC 13G/A (26), DEF 14A (23), 10-K (22)2
    All 38 form types

    4/A (19), SC 13G (12), DEFA14A (11), 425 (10), CORRESP (7), UPLOAD (7), 10-K/A (6), CT ORDER (6), 10-Q/A (5), ARS (5), S-8 (5), S-8 POS (5), 8-K/A (4), SC 13E3/A (4), SC 13D (3), 10-K405 (2), 8-A12G/A (2), EFFECT (2), S-4/A (2), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 424B3 (1), DEFM14A (1), DFAN14A (1), NT 10-K (1), PREM14A (1), PRER14A (1), S-3 (1), S-4 (1), SC 13E3 (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 11, 2020
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Aug 5, 2020
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 28, 2020
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Oct 7, 2020

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