🚨 Jack's Abby to Acquire Wormtown 🚨

Jack’s Abby will acquire fellow Massachusetts-based craft brewery Wormtown Brewery, and will operate the two breweries under the newly created parent company Hendler Family Brewing Co.

The sale is expected to close in “early summer,” “pending licensing approvals,” according to a press release. Jack’s Beverage Co., Jack’s Abby’s contract brewing arm, will also operate under the new parent company. 

The companies’ combined 2022 volume would make them the 35th largest independent craft brewery by volume that year, the most recent year for which barrelage data is available from the Brewers Association (BA). Jack’s Abby produced 52,046 barrels of beer in 2022, while Wormtown produced 23,595 barrels, for a combined 75,641.

Insiders can read the full story, including comments from Jack's Abby leadership, recent scan data for both brands, details on where they overlap in distribution and a refresher on Wormtown’s leadership changes following 2021 misogyny and harassment claims.

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