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Article: Pioneering Northwest Craft Breweries Finalize Merger, Form Craft Brewers Alliance.
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- July 1, 2008
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Widmer, Redhook Combine Decades of Passion and Dedication
WOODINVILLE, Wash. & PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two of the country's original craft breweries, Portland, Ore.-based Widmer Brothers Brewing Company and Woodinville, Wash.-based Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated (NASDAQ:HOOK), today announced the completion of their merger, renaming the combined company Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc.
David Mickelson, the president and chief operating officer of Redhook prior to the merger, and Terry Michaelson, president of Craft Brands Alliance (Redhook and Widmer's sales and marketing joint venture), will serve as co-CEOs of the combined company. Kurt Widmer, co-founder of ...