Encore Consumer Capital Acquires Lion Beverages, LLC (The Lion Brewery)

Encore Consumer Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on consumer products, has completed the acquisition of Lion Beverages, LLC (doing business as The Lion Brewery), a contract manufacturer of specialty beverages based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Lion provides brewing, blending, canning, bottling and packaging services to national and regional beverage brands; the transaction follows Blue Point Capital Partners' exit of its U.S. Drinks / Lion Brewery holding.