Press Release:

(Pottsville, PA) – D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. values the three-tier system and its relationships with its wholesaler partners. We believe the value of these relationships has lead to our success in the Ohio market, which has also benefited our wholesale partners and the total malt beverage industry. Unfortunately, we have reviewed the reports that one of our wholesale partners has decided to sell its distributorship to ABI and that we are not part of the transaction, which is their right but has consequences.

Since we have not been formally notified and we are left guessing as to the true nature of the transaction and what it means for our family of brands in the Lima/Versailles, Ohio territory, we can only interpret this change of events as our wholesaler seeking to terminate its relationship with our company.

As such, we believe we have the right to accelerate that unilateral termination in order to ensure that our valued customers in the great State of Ohio receive the service and the quality of products they expect and deserve.

We hope to complete this successful transition as soon as possible.