Southern Tier Partners with Private Equity Hires Ex-Pabst Exec

Dear Client:Lots of deals coming down the pike, though more have been private equity (see Utah craft brewers' private equity solutions over the past year and a half), private buy-outs (Duvel Moortgat on Boulevard) and creative solutions (see Harpoon, New Belgium ESOPS) than the long-threatened big brewer buyouts (although stay tuned on that front). Now, we've just learned that upstate New York's Southern Tier, maker of popular pumpkin beer, Pumking, has struck a deal with New York City based investment