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February 11, 2021
MORGANTON, N.C. Officials with family-owned Catawba Valley Brewing Company say they are expanding their services to North Carolina’s coast by opening their newest location at the beach in Wilmington.
Catawba Valley Brewing Company purchased Wilmington, N.C.’s Skytown Beer Company location after having conservations with restaurant owners Hayley and Stephen from Beer Barrio.
“We’ve been actively evaluating locations for some time and have come to love the beer scene and lifestyle in Wilmington. We felt we could really integrate and contribute there,” said Billy Pyatt, Catawba’s CEO and co-owner. “We knew Hayley and Stephen from Beer Barrio, their Front Street restaurant, and a few very cooperative conversations with them resulted in us buying their brewery location.
Catawba Brewing Co.’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Time is one of its most popular releases of the year, and will be celebrated in time for its grand opening celebration in Wilmington on April 2. However, the brewery will open to the public at the end of this month in the old Skytown Brewing space. (Port City Daily/Courtesy of Catawba Brewing Co.)
WILMINGTON Catawba Brewing Co. will become brewery number 19 to join the Port City’s craft beer scene as it takes over Skytown Beer Company on New Centre Drive at the end of the month. It will be the fifth facility that the 22-year-old company has opened across North and South Carolina.
By Jessica Maurer, posted Feb 11, 2021
Catawba Brewing Co.âs newest facility is at 4712 New Centre Drive in Wilmington, formerly home to Skytown Beer Co. (Photo courtesy of Catawba Brewing) Catawba Valley Brewing Co., one of the Southeast’s oldest and largest family-owned craft brewers, has announced its expansion to North Carolina’s coast, having acquired Skytown Beer Co. at 4712 New Centre Drive in Wilmington.
Family restaurateurs Hayley Jensen, Stephen Durley, Carol Jensen and Michael Jensen expanded upon their success with Beer Barrio by opening Skytown Beer Company in 2018.
The concept featured Jensen s and Durley’s national award-winning homebrew recipes paired with barbecue and pub fare.