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Pelican – Altamar Brands Strategic Partnership, Anchor Brewery Acquisition

J Smoke Wallin — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:35:32 +0000

Well its been a busy couple of weeks since I posted my thoughts on the growth in Craft Brewing. Since then, Tony Foglio and Keith Greggor of Griffin Group (Formerly Skyy and in the old days Diageo/UDV/Paddington) purchased the Anchor Brewery from Fritz Maytag. Wow! I’d like to say they read my post, and went [...]

Kane’s Beverage News Daily – On Pelican Brands and J. Smoke Wallin

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:32:23 +0000

I’m posting the Kane’s article from Fall 2009 tracking some of my activities and discussing the launch of Pelican Brands… now that we have begun adding a strong platform of brands, I thought it was relevant to share this as we articulated our strategy well here.

Kane’s Beverage News Daily

Volume 5, No. 184 The National Beverage [...]

Commentary on the US Beer Market 2009 results and 2010 thoughts…

J Smoke Wallin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:27:12 +0000

I’d thought I’d share some thoughts on the US beer market based on the 2009 results (starting to be published broadly) and my own insights calling on the distributors and retailers at Pelican Brands representing Singha Beer.

First, the 2009 beer market was characterized by tough trading conditions overall, consumers trading down from a number of [...]

Pelican Brands and Singha Beer – Now managing 50 U.S. States

J Smoke Wallin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:56:58 +0000

Our first major brand, Singha Beer from the Boon Rawd brewary is fantastic. I have been eating in Thai restaurants for 25 years and enjoyed Singha all along. The beer is perfectly matched to food. The brewery named us Brand Manager earlier in 2009 and in January 2010 we took over for all 50 U.S. [...]

Wine 2.0 New York was terrific! Catch the overview here!

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:40:34 +0000

This is the first footage from Wine 2.0 packaged up to give a flavor for the event. Overall a great success and positive feedback from our wineries, trade and consumers! More to come!

Boon Rawd Appoints Pelican Brands As Exclusive U.S. Brand Manager for Singha Beer

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:53:08 +0000

Singha Beer is The #1 Thai Beer Exported Around The World. Pelican Brands is Led by An Experienced Team from the Global Beverage Industry

BANGKOK, THAILAND, CARMEL, IN, October 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ — Boon Rawd Trading International announced today that it has appointed Pelican Brands as the exclusive brand manager for Singha Beer in the U.S. [...]