Encore Consumer Capital Acquires Lion Beverages, LLC (The Lion Brewery)
January 7, 2020
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.
- Buyers
- Encore Consumer Capital
- Targets
- Lion Beverages, LLC (The Lion Brewery)
- Sellers
- Blue Point Capital Partners, U.S. Drinks, LLC
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
Explore More
Related Acquisitions
-
Encore Consumer Capital Acquires Chalet Desserts
May 16, 2024
Food & Beverage
Encore Consumer Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on consumer products, has acquired Chalet Desserts, a Sacramento-based specialty manufacturer of frozen bakery desserts. Encore said it will partner with founder and CEO Dave Laukat and the existing management team to pursue organic growth, capacity investments and add-on acquisitions to expand the platform.
-
Encore Consumer Capital Invests in KYLA Hard Kombucha
May 20, 2019
Food & Beverage
Encore Consumer Capital completed an investment in KYLA, Inc. (KYLA Hard Kombucha), a Hood River, Oregon-based alcoholic kombucha brand. The capital is intended to support KYLA's innovation pipeline and sales and marketing efforts as the brand expands retail and on-premise distribution across the U.S.
-
Encore Consumer Capital Invests in LYS Beauty
April 1, 2025
Consumer Products
Encore Consumer Capital has made a significant minority equity investment in clean beauty brand LYS Beauty to fund product innovation, inventory expansion, strategic hires, and global marketing as the brand scales. Founder and CEO Tisha Thompson will retain majority ownership as LYS prepares to expand distribution, including a Sephora at Kohl's launch across 800+ stores.
-
TricorBraun Acquires Craft Beverage Warehouse
November 4, 2025
Packaging
TricorBraun has acquired Craft Beverage Warehouse, a Milwaukee-based digital printing specialist for canned beverage brands. The purchase expands TricorBraun’s North American beverage packaging and digital printing capabilities and will be integrated into CanSource, with Craft Beverage Warehouse operating independently until early 2026; financial terms were not disclosed.
-
Consortium Including Charlesbank, Oaktree and Blue Ribbon Partners Recapitalizes City Brewing Company
March 16, 2021
Food & Beverage
A consortium led by Charlesbank Capital Partners with participation from Oaktree Capital Management, Blue Ribbon Partners and City Brewing management agreed to an equity investment to acquire 100% of City Brewing Company; the transaction was expected to close in April 2021. The recapitalization will fund a $630 million investment program to expand capacity, launch a West Coast facility (the Irwindale Brew Yard acquired from Pabst Brewing Company), and support leadership transitions and growth initiatives.
-
Lion Equity Partners Acquires Elkhart Tri-Went Industrial
February 4, 2022
Manufacturing
Lion Equity Partners’ affiliate, Lion Equity Holdings II, LLC, has acquired Elkhart Tri-Went Industrial (ETI) from Netherlands-based Aalberts N.V. ETI is a specialized manufacturer of extruded aluminum components and fabricated copper tube products serving OEM end markets; Lion Equity said it will invest in capital equipment, workforce growth and pursue organic growth and strategic add-on acquisitions to expand ETI.
Track M&A activity that matters to you
Get real-time deal alerts, build buyer lists with AI, and access our full acquisition database. Start your free trial today.