FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

STILLWATER, MN, September 25, 2012. – Founded in 2008, Lift Bridge Brewing Co’s mission has been to create top quality beers for the region while developing relationships with local businesses. Since our first year, we have experienced tremendous growth in our home town of Stillwater and throughout the Twin Cities. We have selected Original Gravity partners in the Twin Cities to take over selling and servicing the territory only covered by Lift Bridge Brewing Co. This will allow us to continue our strong growth and meet increasing customer demand.

“It isn’t just about delivering beer, we enjoy the relationships with our retail partners,” says Dan Schwarz, CEO, Lift Bridge Brewing Co. “We have come a long way from delivering beer out of the back of a mini-van. This is a big step forward and we are excited to work with the team at Original Gravity.”

“We have watched Lift Bridge Brewing Co grow as we have grown over the last 3 years and admired their well calculated and strategic plan. We are extremely excited to add them to our great portfolio of craft beers and mutually grow together as locally owned companies for the years to come,” said Hans “Hanszee” Lofgren, Beer Guru at Original Gravity.

The transition will take place starting October 22, 2012.

About Lift Bridge Brewing Co

Lift Bridge Brewing Co was established in 2008 by a group of Stillwater guys dedicated to creating well-balanced beers that will help you slow down, relax, and appreciate life. Our tasty brews can be found at fine retail establishments throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, as well as our own Brewery and Taproom at 1900 Tower Drive, Stillwater, MN.

Lift Bridge Brewing Co currently offers four year round beers including Farm Girl Saison®, Hop Dish™ IPA, Chestnut Hill™ Brown Ale, and Crosscut™ Pale Ale. We also release season and annual brews. Up next on the release schedule is Harvestör™ Fresh Hop Ale - October, Commander™ Barleywine - November, Biscotti™ - December.

About Original Gravity

Original Gravity is a central group of locally owned and operated distributors that are passionate about craft beer. Original Gravity is committed to a common mission of building quality craft brands with first-rate craft brewers through a dedication to education, innovation, relationships, service and camaraderie in the Twin Cities craft beer market. In three short years, Original Gravity has grown to be a premier craft distributor network for the growing Twin Cities craft beer market.

Contact:
Dan Schwarz
dan @ liftbridgebrewery.com
1900 Tower Drive
Stillwater, MN 55082
Ph: +888-430-BEER (2337) x55

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Michael Agnew of A Perfect Pint and Minnesota’s first Certified Cicerone™ stopped by the brewery this week to see how things were coming along.  Check out what he posted. 

We just posted a time-lapse video of the equipment delivery.  Thanks to the guys at the upcoming TV show “Livin’ the BrewMasters Life” for shooting the video.  Enjoy.

Lift Bridge Brewery - Equipment Delivery from Lift Bridge on Vimeo.

Earlier this week we took delivery of our brewing equipment.  The new equipment was manufactured to our specs by Newlands Systems, Inc.  The system is based on a 15 bbl brewhouse, producing 15 bbls (~450 gallons) of wort.

The brewhouse, jacketed fermenters and bright tank sit on a specially prepared brewery floor.

Once the construction of the brewery is complete, we will update everyone on the availability of tours and growlers.  We are looking forward to sharing the space with you very soon.

We will continue to update the blog with updates.