Virginia’s Two Largest Craft Breweries are Teaming Up

Dear Client: In the latest craft convergence story, Virginia’s two largest craft breweries, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery and Starr Hill Brewery, are forming a single entity, with Hardywood acquiring Starr Hill in an all-equity deal, per The Virginian-Pilot.  As part of the deal, Starr Hill’s owners will become partial owners of Hardywood while the brewery’s “leadership, employees and brand will stay intact.” The breweries’ combined nine taprooms across the state will continue operating and “will cross promote each other’s beer