Pete's Brewing Company Explained

Pete's Brewing Company
Location:	San Antonio, Texas, USA
Owner:	The Gambrinus Company
Opened:	1986
Active Beers:
Closed:	2011

Pete's Brewing Company was founded by homebrewer Pete Slosberg and Mark Bronder in 1986. Its major product line was Pete's Wicked Ale, an American Brown Ale that is 5.3% alcohol by volume. The company was acquired by the Gambrinus Company in 1998, a company that owns the Spoetzl Brewery in Texas, the Bridgeport Brewery in Oregon and the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley. In 2004, Pete's Brewing Company was number 42 in America for sales by volume.^[1]

Brand discontinuation

Pete's Wicked Ales's brand owner, The Gambrinus Company, discontinued the Pete's Wicked Ale brand in 2011,^[2] sending letters to their distributors citing "rapidly declining sales volumes".^[3]

In 2016, Hoppin Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio brought back Pete's Wicked Ale with Wicked Re-Pete 2X.

See also

• List of defunct breweries in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2006-04-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060405142503/http://www.citybrewery.com/images/top50.pdf . 2006-04-05 .
2. Web site: Marc Bona . cleveland com . 2016-03-08 . Hoppin' Frog to bring back version of Pete's Wicked Ale . 2024-06-17 . cleveland . en.
3. Web site: Gambrinus Discontinues Pete's Wicked Ales . February 2011 .