Pete's Brewing Company

Pete's Brewing Company was founded by homebrewer Pete Slosberg and Mark Bronder in 1986. Its major product line was Pete's Wicked Ale, an American Brown Ale that is 5.3% alcohol by volume. The company was acquired by the Gambrinus Company in 1998, a company that owns the Spoetzl Brewery in Texas, the Bridgeport Brewery in Oregon and the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley. In 2004, Pete's Brewing Company was number 42 in America for sales by volume.^[1]

Pete's Brewing Company

Location	San Antonio, Texas, USA
Opened	1986
Closed	2011
Owned by	The Gambrinus Company
Active beers
Name Type Pete's Wicked Ale American brown ale Strawberry Blonde Golden lager Rally Cap Ale Ale Wanderlust Cream Ale Cream ale

Brand discontinuation

Pete's Wicked Ales's brand owner, The Gambrinus Company, discontinued the Pete's Wicked Ale brand in 2011,^[2] sending letters to their distributors citing "rapidly declining sales volumes".^[3]

In 2016, Hoppin Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio brought back Pete's Wicked Ale with Wicked Re-Pete 2X.^[2]

See also

• List of defunct breweries in the United States