Tilray Brands announced the acquisition of Montauk Brewing Company. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to the company's adjusted EBITDA.
Montauk Brewing joins Tilray's growing U.S. beverage-alcohol segment, which already includes SweetWater Brewing Company, the 10th largest craft brewer in the nation with distribution across more than 40 states, the Alpine and Green Flash iconic Southern California brands, and its leading lifestyle bourbon and spirits brand, Breckenridge Distillery. To fully optimize the value and strength of its U.S. craft beer portfolio, Tilray also announced today that it has appointed veteran beer and beverage industry executive Ty H. Gilmore as President of Tilray's U.S. beer business, a newly created position.
Irwin D. Simon, Chairman and CEO said, "Tilray Brands continues to strengthen our U.S. footprint and operations through investments in and growing our portfolio of leading lifestyle CPG brands that resonate powerfully with consumers. Montauk Brewing is an iconic brand with leading market share and distribution in the northeast. Tilray Brands intends to leverage SweetWater's existing nationwide infrastructure and Montauk Brewing's northeast influence to significantly expand our distribution network and drive profitable growth in our beverage-alcohol segment. This distribution network is part of Tilray's strategy to leverage our growing portfolio of U.S. CPG brands and ultimately to launch THC-based product adjacencies upon federal legalization in the U.S."
Mr. Simon continued, "We are excited to welcome Montauk Brewing's founders Vaughan Cutillo and Eric Moss, as well as Terry Hopper, Montauk Brewing's General Manager, to the Tilray Brands family, and I look forward to working closely with Ty Gilmore to maximize the performance of our enormously powerful craft and lifestyle beverage brand portfolio."
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