Changing Taps
7 Dec 2019
Why the Craft Brew Alliance is shifting from craft beer to seltzer, spritz and a fresh start as an alcoholic beverage company
The Widmer Brothers taproom at 955 North Russell Street in Portland is dark. Television screens are off, the tap-list board is empty, and just a handful of Widmer beers sit in the refrigerators behind the bar.
The pub, once known as the Gasthaus, was closed in January by Widmer Brothers’ parent company, Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), which had other plans for it.
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