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Oskar Blues purchases Michigan’s Perrin Brewing

March 30, 2015Chris Crowell

Oskar Blues Brewery Logo2015 might end up being the year Oskar Blues Brewing Co. takes over the earth, so don’t say we didn’t warn you. The full globe might be a bit of a stretch, but national distribution status is already within reach, and now the Longmont, Colo.-craft brewer is acquiring collaboration partner Michigan-based Perrin Brewing Co.

According to MLive, Oskar Blues purchased 100 percent ownership of Perrin, which recently underwent a significant management change:

Keith Klopcic, who left West Side Beer Distributing in January, will become the new president at Perrin Brewing Co. under a deal that’s been fermenting since the Michigan and Colorado breweries teamed up for a collaboration beer in December.
Klopcic replaces former brewery head Randy Perrin, a clothing manufacturer who is leaving the company after bankrolling the multi-million dollar operation that opened in fall 2012. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

This move by Oskar Blues is a change of pace from other recent craft brewing industry acquisitions, most of which have come from the deep pockets of Big Beer (with some exceptions).

Oskar Blues hit the 150,000 barrel production mark in 2014 after building a second production facility and restaurant in Brevard, N.C. Perrin clocked in at about 14,000 bbls in 2014.

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