A-B Buys Elysian

Dear Client: A-B has just purchased 20-year-old Seattle brewer Elysian, per company statement. The deal should close in Q1 2015.Elysian sold more than 50,000 barrels of beer in 2014, with Immortal IPA accounting for more than a quarter of the company's total volume."For two decades, we've welcomed guests into our brewpubs and served them creative and impeccably crafted beers," said Joe Bisacca, Elysian ‴CEO and co-founder, in a statement. He will continue with Elysian along with his partners, Dick Cantwell