Rumor Mill: Firestone Walker to MN

Has been courted / is being courted, yes.

 

I NEED THIS

 

Cannot wait if this is true!

 

Wouldn't it make more sense for FW to court Minnesota distributors...

 

Could this be at least partly the result of the Duvel-FW deal announced a while back? I had hoped for increased distribution because of the merge/acquisition.

 

Minnesota distributor "please let us help you sell more of your beer"
FW "maybe if you are lucky"
Minnesota distibutor "please"
FW "we will think about it, we sell enough beer as it is now, sorry we don't need to sell
More"

?

 

FW: Hey, we want to sell our beer in MN
Distributors: OH, PICK ME, PICK ME!!!!
FW: Hmm... all of you want to sell my beer b/c its awesome and people are gonna but the shit out of it, who should I pick?
Distributor 1: I will buy it from you at this price and these terms
Distributor 2: I will buy it at a higher price and these better terms
Distributor 3: I will buy it at distributor 2's price and terms AND I'LL BLOW YOU

Distributor's courting FW.

 

Long overdue. Seems like every other state gets their beer

 

That makes more sense

 

Can't come soon enough. To everyone who's asked (& many who haven't) over the past several years, my response is always "Firestone Walker" is the brewery I'd most like to have in MN.

IMHO, this would put a cherry on top of the state's amazing transformation from beer backwater to a place with an astounding number of choices over the past 6-7 years.

 

Every state on the West Coast maybe. Hopefully they will start to fill out the middle of the country after this deal.

 

I am now seeing rumors of Firestone building a brewery in MN?

http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...-to-build-second-brewery-in-minnesota.328968/

 

I don't see anything in there that indicates MN.

 

That is kind of what I figured too, but someone thought they did and make a whole new thread about it. I got pretty excited when I clicked on the link though.

 

@AnalogErik, this reply is more in-line with other recent post re: Firestone Walker and Minnesota, and the fact that Cold Spring* packaged some cans for "FireWalker" earlier this year, but see this thread on the other site.

Hopefully you folks will get your itch scratched at any rate.

*21st Amendment isn't criticized over their decision to co-package their brands at Cold Spring, so I'm not sure why anyone would ding Firestone Walker deciding to do the same. The Third Street facility is state of the art, after all.

 

This is my hope. Not sure if it'll make a difference.

 

I see them invading the rest of Illinois, Wisconsin or even michigan before Minnesota for some reason. Fingers crossed though. Union Jack is fantastic as is all of their barreled stuff

 

This is one brewery that i covet , would love to see them in MN.. This one needs to be here

 

I'd just hope the hoppy stuff they send to MN is fresh and not already half a year old by the time it reaches shelves.