News From the Industry

All Star Distributing Sponsors 2012 Eastern League All Star Game

From The Reading Phillies — April 16, 2011

The Reading Phillies announced that the team and the city of Reading, PA will host the 2012 Baseballtown All-Star Classic on July 10-11, 2012. All Star Distributing is a proud sponsor of the game, which hasn't been held in Reading since 1974. Read more...

The Story of Yuengling

From Beer Business Daily — April 11, 2011

Yuengling. There's nary another success story like it. Back in the early 1960s, there were about 1,500 breweries across America. Kinda like now. But as A-B expanded via rail thanks to the miracle of pasteurization, and then Philip Morris bought Miller Brewing Co. and launched the light beer revolution, and the Coors family expanded their territory of their cult beer with celebrities and sports figures as distributors, well, America turned to light lagers heavily advertised. And regional breweries were shuttered weekly. Read more...

Anticipated sale of Iron City Brewing officially announced

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review — April 6, 2011

A New York City-based private equity firm, Uni-World Capital, today officially announced it will buy the brands and assets of Iron City Brewing Co. Read more...