Fulton Beer
{{Infobox company
| name = Fulton Beer
| logo = |image=Fulton Beer Logo.png
| type = Private
| hq_location = Minneapolis, Minnesota
| hq_location_country = United States
| foundation = 2009
| industry = Alcoholic beverage
| products = Beer
| website = {{URL|https://www.fultonbeer.com/|fultonbeer.com}}
}}
Fulton Beer is a microbrewery based in the North Loop area of Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The company was founded in 2009 by Ryan Petz, Jim Diley, Brian Hoffman and Peter Grande, who had been homebrewing for several years out of a garage in the Fulton neighborhood of Minneapolis.{{cite web|title=The story behind the beer...|url=http://fultonbeer.com/the-story/the-full-story|accessdate=18 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060007/http://fultonbeer.com/the-story/the-full-story|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead}}{{Promotional source|date=September 2020}} The company has also said that early 19th century American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton was the inspiration for the namesake of the brand.{{cite web|title=Fulton Press Kit|url=http://fultonbeer.com/blog/in-the-media/|accessdate=October 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016005658/http://fultonbeer.com/blog/in-the-media/|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Promotional source|date=September 2020}}
History
Fulton's signature beer, Sweet Child of Vine IPA, was initially contract brewed at the Sand Creek Brewing Company in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. However, an important distinction in the contract with Sand Creek enabled Fulton to brew on Sand Creek equipment so Fulton could assert that they brewed Fulton beer. In September 2010 the company signed a lease for a former sewing factory located near Downtown Minneapolis to build their own production building. Their brewery formally opened in November 2011 offering tours and growlers.{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=Emily|title=Fulton Brewery's first growlers go on sale tomorrow|url=http://blogs.citypages.com/food/2011/11/fulton_brewerys_first_growlers_on_sale_tomorrow.php|accessdate=18 September 2013|newspaper=City Pages|date=17 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529083538/http://blogs.citypages.com/food/2011/11/fulton_brewerys_first_growlers_on_sale_tomorrow.php|archive-date=29 May 2013|url-status=dead}} In March 2012 Fulton opened a taproom at their brewery, making them the first brewery in Minneapolis to do so under a revised law.{{cite news|last=Stych|first=Ed|title=Fulton Brewing to open first taproom in Minneapolis Saturday|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2012/03/fulton-to-open-first-taproom.html|accessdate=18 September 2013|newspaper=Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal|date=9 March 2012}}
In September 2013, Fulton announced plans to lease a new 51,000 square foot industrial space in Northeast Minneapolis to use as a production space.{{cite web|last=Black|first=Sam|title=Fulton brewing up major expansion - but not in North Loop|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/real_estate/2013/09/fulton-brewing-signs-major-expansion.html?ana=twt|work=Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal|accessdate=5 September 2013|date=4 September 2013}} Brewing began at their new facility in August 2014 with most of their product brewed and packaged at the new facility. The company had the intention to surpass 25,000 barrels by 2015.{{cite news|last1=Halter|first1=Nick|title=Fulton begins brewing in new facility|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2014/08/fulton-begins-brewing-in-new-facility.html|accessdate=19 August 2014|work=Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal|date=12 Aug 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Jon |title=Fulton set to add another brewery |url=http://blogs.mprnews.org/cities/2013/09/fulton-set-to-add-another-brewery/ |newspaper=MPR News |date=September 7, 2013}}
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Category:Beer brewing companies based in Minnesota
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Minneapolis