Smuttynose Goes to California

Smuttynose Brewing Company on Thursday announced new California distribution partnerships with Craft Beer Guild Distributing of San Diego and El Dorado Distributing of Signal Hill.

The two California distributors will bring Smuttynose beers to the West Coast starting this month. Both distributorships are part of the L. Knife & Sons family of wholesalers. The deal with these new L. Knife divisions makes California the 24th state where Smuttynose beers are available.  

Smuttynose already has existing relationships with L. Knife family in Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Wisconsin

"We've shown strong growth in other L. Knife markets and they certainly know our beers," Smuttynose Founder and President Peter Egelston said. "I have faith that we will see similar results in the California market, even though it's a different landscape because we're both starting fresh."

The first Smuttynose shipment consists of bottled Big Beer Series releases; Homunculus and Rhye IPA, as well as three kegs of Cluster's Last Stand that are heading to Stone Brewing Co., Smuttynose's collaboration partner on the beer. Kegs of Finestkind IPA will also be heading to the Golden State.  

Founded in 1994, Smuttynose is New Hampshire's leading craft brewery. After nearly 20 years in their original home in Portsmouth, the brewery will move into its new brewery and visitors' center on the historic Towle Farm in Hampton in 2014.