St. Stan's Brewery

St. Stan's Brewery is a micro-brewery in Modesto, California. The company was established in 1984. It is regarded as a high quality beer.[1]

The brewery produces traditional German beer styles. St. Stan's was the first brewery in the United States to brew an Altbier style beer. The brewery was a leader in the microbrewery movement in the 1980s.

It was lead plaintiff in a 1997 class-action suit against Anheuser-Busch, which it accused of engaging in anti-competitive practices by coercing or bullying distributors to get them to stop distributing product for smaller breweries.[2][3] A Justice Department investigation was ended but the class-action lawsuit was unaffected.[4]

In 2008, Susan Little-Nell, the owner of St. Stan's, was one of a number of craft breweries lobbying against an Anheuser-Busch attempt to get California state law changed to allow it to give out free souvenirs up to $5 value rather than just $.25. She described tough situation of small brewers in face of "free-for-all promotional spending of international corporations."[5]

St. Stans, both the brewery and the brewpub, closed on an unknown date, but apparently by early 2015. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Michael Skube, Staff writer (June 8, 1995). "Beers of distinction NOT JUST ANY BREW WILL DO: QUAFFERS SEEKING QUALITY ARE FILLING THEIR GLASSES WITH MICRO LAGERS AND ALES". The Atlanta Constitution. p. H1.
  2. ↑ Groves, Martha (July 30, 1997). "'Davids' Sue Beer Goliath". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. ↑ John R. Wilke and Bob Ortega (October 2, 1997). "Anheuser's Sales Practices Under Probe --- Justice Agency Investigates Charges Brewer Abuses Its Top Market Position". Wall Street Journal. p. A3.
  4. ↑ "Food: Vendor news". Discount Store News. Nov 23, 1998. p. 23.
  5. ↑ Hecht, Peter (July 22, 2008). "Battle brews between beer giant, small makers over free swag". McClatchy - Tribune Business News.
  6. ↑ Guerra, Patty (February 7, 2015). "Biz Beat: Modesto brewpub closes, but owner plans ‘better-than-ever’ future". The Modesto Bee.http://www.modbee.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/biz-beat/article9530906.html

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