Mendocino Brewing Company
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| Mendocino Brewing Company | |
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| Location | Ukiah, California, USA |
| Owner | Vijay Mallya, UB Group |
| Year opened | 1983 |
| Active Beers | |
| Red Tail Ale | Amber ale |
| Red Tail Lager | Lager |
| Eye of the Hawk | Amber ale |
| Blue Heron Pale Ale | Pale ale |
| Black Hawk Stout | Stout |
| Peregrine Golden Ale | Ale |
| White Hawk Select IPA | India Pale Ale |
Mendocino Brewing Company, founded in 1983 as the Hopland Brewery in Hopland, California, is a brewery currently located in Ukiah, Mendocino County, California. The company runs a brewpub in Hopland at the location of its original brewery, but has since expanded into a larger facility in Ukiah. In 1994, the company went public in a "Direct Public Offering", advertising its share offering with flyers in six-packs of its beer.[1]. In 1997, Vijay Mallya, owner of the UB Group, bought a significant portion of the company,[2] and today is the beneficial owner of approximately three-quarters of the company's stock.[3]
Its brews include Red Tail Ale, Blue Heron Pale Ale, and Black Hawk Stout, several other regular offerings, and short-run seasonal offerings. Their products are all named for birds of prey, excepting Blue Heron, and feature images of the birds on their labels.
As part of the acquisition by UB Group, the company owns a brewery in Saratoga Springs, New York, and produces Kingfisher brand beers for the U.S. market.
[edit] References and sources
- ^ http://www.dfdpo.com/clientsum6.htm
- ^ http://www.mendobrew.com/company/history.html
- ^ http://www.secinfo.com/d13Wqv.31Fu.htm#17thPage
[edit] External links
- Official Site - website of the Mendocino Brewing Company
- Brewery profile from BeerAdvocate
