Platform Beer Company
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Platform Beer Company
| logo = Platform Beer logo.png
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Alcoholic beverage
| founded = {{Start date|2014}}
| founders = {{Ubl|Paul Benner|Justin Carson}}
| hq_location = 4125 Lorain Avenue
| hq_location_city = Ohio City, Cleveland, Ohio
| hq_location_country = United States
| key_people = Reed Jaskula (brewmaster)
| products = Beer
| production = 10,000 BBL
| production_year = 2016
| parent = Anheuser-Busch InBev
| website = {{URL|https://platformbeer.co}}
}}
Platform Beer Company was a beer manufacturer in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The brand is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
History
Platform Beer began as a collaboration between Paul Brenner, a homebrew supply store owner, and Justin Carson, owner of a draft line servicing company.{{cite web |date=March 9, 2014 |title=Platform Beer hopes to help brew entrepreneurial spirit with incubator |url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140325/BLOGS02/303259999/platform-beer-hopes-to-help-brew-entrepreneurial-spirit-with-incubator |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |website=Crain's Cleveland Business}} The Lorain Avenue brewpub, which opened to the public in 2014, occupied a building that previously housed part of the Leisy Brewing Company (est. 1873).{{cite web|url=http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=LBC1|title=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: LEISY BREWING CO.|publisher=ech.case.edu|accessdate=May 28, 2016}} Besides its primary aim of producing beer for the Northeast Ohio market, Platform's secondary mission was to educate and facilitate brewing education in the Greater Cleveland area.{{cite web |title=About |url=http://platformbeerco.com/about |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315125023/http://platformbeerco.com/about |archive-date=2018-03-15 |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |website=Platform Beer Co.}} In addition to its availability on draught in local bars and in cans via retail, Platform's beers were also served in Progressive Field and FirstEnergy Stadium.{{cite web |last=Bona |first=Marc |date=April 13, 2016 |title=Progressive Field beers: 11 surprising choices at 2016 Cleveland Indians games (photos) |url=http://www.cleveland.com/drinks/index.ssf/2016/04/progressive_field_beers_11_sur.html#8 |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |website=Plain Dealer}}{{cite web |last=Bona |first=Marc |date=August 4, 2015 |title=Cleveland Browns fans: 9 new beers from 8 Ohio breweries added to FirstEnergy Stadium menu |url=http://www.cleveland.com/drinks/index.ssf/2015/08/new_beers_headed_for_cleveland.html |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |website=The Plain Dealer}} In 2016, Platform procured a building in Columbus, Ohio, where a second brewpub opened.{{cite web |last=Trattner |first=Douglas |date=2016-03-24 |title=Platform Beer to Open Brewery and Taproom in Columbus |url=http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/03/24/platform-beer-to-open-brewery-and-taproom-in-columbus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201031316/http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/03/24/platform-beer-to-open-brewery-and-taproom-in-columbus |archive-date=2021-12-01 |accessdate=May 28, 2016 |website=Cleveland Scene}}
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, the doors of the taprooms were closed for the last time.{{Cite web |title=PLATFORM BEER CO |url=https://platformbeer.co/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=PLATFORM BEER CO |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Infante |first=Dave |date=2023-03-09 |title=AB-InBev Bought Its Way Into a Craft-Brewing Corner. Now It's Trying to Cut Its Way Out |url=https://vinepair.com/articles/ab-inbev-craft-layoffs/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=VinePair |language=en-US}}
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Category:Manufacturing companies based in Cleveland