in sodo 2007 formerly called hart brewing industry alcoholic beverage restaurant founded 1984 founder beth hartwell headquarters seattle washington united states number of locations 5 products beer owner florida ice & farm co. divisions portland brewing company website http www.pyramidbrew.com pyramid breweries inc. is a brewing company headquartered in seattle washington . it produces beer under the pyramid brand at two breweries and several brewpubs in washington oregon and california . it was founded in 1984 as hart brewing and is currently owned by the costa rican company florida ice & farm co. contents 1 history 2 beers 3 facilities and alehouses 4 references 5 external links history edit originally named hart brewing the company was founded by tom baune and beth hartwell in 1984 in kalama washington . a pioneer of craft brewing in the pacific northwest hart s signature beer was pyramid pale ale which it followed with pyramid wheaten ale in 1985 . in 1994 hart debuted the apricot ale a fruit beer that quickly became its most prominent brand . the company opened new facilities and greatly expanded its production and changed its name to pyramid breweries in 1996 . it also started experimenting with other styles which won a number of brewing competitions in the u.s. and abroad . eventually it grew to become one of the five largest craft brewers in the country . 1 pyramid eventually stopped brewing in kalama in favor of other locations but maintained its headquarters in seattle . in 2004 pyramid acquired portland brewing company makers of the mactarnahan s brand . 1 2 in 2008 the company was itself purchased by independent brewers united the parent company of magic hat brewing company of burlington vermont . magic hat maintained the seattle office and the pyramid and mactarnahan s facilities and products . 3 two years later the joint company was acquired by north american breweries of rochester new york . 4 in december 2012 the parent company was purchased by cerveceria costa rica a unit of the costa rican company florida ice & farm co. 5 beers edit pyramid once featured one of the largest selections of beer types among a single brewer . citation needed they made beers covering all the major types including ales lager weizens ciders citation needed porters and ipas . nowadays pyramid offers six year round beers including hefeweizen apricot ale thunderhead ipa and outburst imperial ipa . pyramid also offers seasonal beers including curve ball blonde ale oktoberfest and snow cap winter warmer along with seasonal variety packs and limited release beers . facilities and alehouses edit pyramid operates a brewery in portland oregon . it also runs three brewpub restaurants dubbed alehouses one near the brewery one in seattle and a small outlet in the oakland international airport . 1 the alehouse in sacramento closed its doors in march 2013 6 the berkeley location closed in 2015 7 and the walnut creek location closed in early 2016 . 8 references edit a b c oliver garrett 2011 . craft brewing . in oliver garrett . the oxford companion to beer . oxford university press . pp. 681 682 . isbn 0195367138 . foyston john february 16 2004 . mactarnahan s of portland will be sold to seattle s pyramid . seattle post intelligencer . hearst communications . retrieved march 15 2012 . pyramid breweries to be acquired by magic hat rochester north american buys magic hat pyramid and mactarnahan s cerveceria costa rica to buy north american breweries . oct 26 2012 . retrieved may 21 2013 . sacramento s pyramid alehouse closes its doors pyramid alehouse s berkeley location shuts down pyramid alehouse in walnt creek has closed external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to pyramid breweries . pyramid breweries inc. beer portal companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pyramid breweries & oldid 737201326 categories companies based in seattlebeer brewing companies based in washington state american beer brandshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2014commons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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