Deschutes Top 5 In Craft Brewing - Adds 100,00bbl New Capacity With 600,000bbl Coming in 2014

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Some interesting production updates from Deschutes Brewery.  Looks like they are now in the top five for production among craft breweries in the U.S….one expansion is complete and another major expansion coming in 2014.  How long before we see news of a Deschutes east-coast facility?  Details from Shanken News Daily:

Bend, Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery has entered the ranks of the  nation’s top five craft brewers, despite being available in just 19  states. A recent brewery expansion at company headquarters should enable  Deschutes to meet strong demand in existing markets while it maps  longer-term plans to establish a more national footprint.

Deschutes, launched 24 years ago by Gary Fish as a brewpub, sold  223,000 barrels of beer last year, making it the fifth-largest craft  brewer in the U.S. market. Despite its success, Deschutes tends to be  overlooked by East Coast industry observers because its brands aren’t  distributed there.

Fish tells Shanken News Daily that the 100,000 barrels of new  capacity that went online in late spring will help meet demand in  current markets—and that there are no immediate plans to enter other  states. “We’d like for our beers to be in all 50 states, but we’re very  conscious of not over-committing,” he says. A second brewery expansion  phase should start in 2014 and ultimately push capacity to around  600,000 barrels.

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