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Sierra Nevada Brewing purchasing craft brewery

Is set to acquire Sufferfest Beer

Feb 6, 2019
Sierra Nevada beer
Sierra Nevada beer

Chico, California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is buying 100 percent of San Francisco, California-based, Certified B Corporation Sufferfest Beer Company. Known for its gluten-removed line of beers, Sufferfest is targeted to athletes. No purchase price or other terms of the transaction have been revealed.

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