US. Brewers Supply Group acquires Crosby and Baker

Post published:04/05/2011
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Brewers Supply Group (BSG), the industry leader in distribution of brewing ingredients to the North American Craft Brewing Industry, has acquired one of its competitors, Crosby and Baker Ltd. The deal becomes effective on May 1, 2011. Crosby and Baker started in 1968 as a home winemaking bookstore by Nancy Crosby and Patrick Baker. In 1988, Seth Schneider joined the business and acquired ownership in subsequent years. Under Mr. Schneider’s leadership the business grew to a staff of sixty and three locations: Westport MA, Atlanta GA and Salt Lake City UT. The company services the home brewing, winemaking and craft brewing industries with a broad range of brewing and winemaking supplies to home brewing retail outlets.

Commenting on the deal, Ian L Ward, President of Brewers Supply Group said, “This is a great opportunity to expand our offering to our craft brewing and winemaking customers and to offer the Brewers Supply Group service experience to the Home Brewing community. We look forward to welcoming our new colleagues, vendors and customers.”

About Brewers Supply Group:
Brewers Supply Group provides an integrated approach to brewing ingredients by providing our customers with the highest quality malt, hops and filtration products. With customer friendly warehouse distribution points in the West, Pacific Nothwest, Mountain Region, Midwest and Eastern parts of the United States, BSG is one stop source for all of brewing and distilling needs.

The company distributes domestic malts from Rahr and Briess and importy and distributey malts from Gambrinus in Canada, GlobalMalt and Weyermann in Germany, Crisp and Simpson’s in the UK, Castle in Belgium and Maltexco in Chile.

BSG’s hop division selects the finest hops directly from domestic and foreign growers. Hops is processed and packaged in the US employing the most modern techniques to ensure freshness and quality.

In addition to malt and hops BSG supplies a range of brewing aids such as enzymes, filtration and stabilization agents, from leading suppliers, Kerry Group, Murphy & Son, and PQ Corporation.

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