Green Flash brewery in Virginia
Beach
Green Flash Brewing appears to be selling its Virginia Beach brewery
online.
The listing through Heritage Global Partners was live
Saturday morning. It advertises: “Global Private Treaty Featuring An Amazing
Turnkey Opportunity for a 1 Year Old 50 Barrel Brewery Operation, Constructed
in 2016.”
All of the parts of the brewery, including the brewing
equipment, bottling line, kegging line and other parts, are being sold.
“To be clear, this is NOT an auction or liquidation of the
equipment. This an offering for the complete, turnkey operation only. We are
seeking offers from parties interested to acquire everything from the site in a
turnkey purchase, take over the lease, etc.,” wrote Nick Dove, the executive
vice president of Heritage Global Partners, in an email.
When reached by phone Saturday morning, Green Flash founder
Mike Hinkley did not immediately provide a comment.
The sale comes two months after Green Flash laid off 15
percent of its employees and scaled back distribution to 18 states, from 50.
The San Diego-based craft brewer opened a 58,000-square-foot
brewery and taproom in November 2016 off General Booth Boulevard . It had plans to
put out 100,000 barrels each year. All the Green Flash beer sent east of the
Mississippi River comes out of the Virginia
Beach brewery.
Six of the 45 employees at the Virginia Beach taproom and 33 out of 220
nationally were losing their jobs as the company scaled back, Hinkley told The
Pilot in January. He expected the amount of beer made to go down by about a
third.
On Saturday morning, the brewery and tasting room was set to
open as usual. Employees in the tasting room said they had not been told to do
otherwise.
by Robyn Sidersky The Virginian-Pilot
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