Schlafly Beer of St. Louis expands with Ohio distribution

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Add Schlafly Beer to the lengthy checklist of breweries on retailer cabinets in Northeast Ohio.

The St. Louis craft brewery has expanded into Ohio and Michigan, bringing its distribution footprint to 16 states and the District of Columbia.

In Northeast Ohio, Schlafly beer is distributed to Heinen’s, Fortunate’s Markets, Dave’s Markets, Beerhead and The Wine Spot.

Calling Michigan and Ohio “nice beer-loving states,” the brewery’s CEO Fran Caradonna mentioned in a press launch final week, “In simply two weeks in Ohio, we’ve already bought most of our preliminary allotment.”

The transfer into Ohio from Schlafly, a well-regarded brewery, provides to the wholesome store-shelf provide in a state that already has 400 breweries. Roughly 40 of the nation’s prime 50 producing craft-brewing corporations have distribution in Northeast Ohio. And Schlafly isn’t even within the prime 50, in response to the Brewers Affiliation.

The brewery has six year-round brews – Pale Ale, Kölsch (a World Beer Cup winner), Simply A Bit Hazy IPA, Hefeweizen, Oatmeal Stout and Dry Hopped American Pale Ale – plus assorted seasonals together with Pumpkin Ale and Espresso Stout. Right here’s the brewery’s full checklist of beers.

The brewery was based in 1991. For these questioning if there’s a relationship to late conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, the reply is sure. Schlafly’s nephew Thomas Schlafly based the brewery. In 2018, Schlafly Beer gained an enchantment that upheld trademark of the title, which was contested by family of Phyllis Schlafly, who was a catalyst within the opposition to the Equal Rights Modification within the Seventies.

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