City Brewing Company

City Brewing Company

City Brewing Company began when independent investors purchased what was originally part of the Gottlieb Heileman Brewery in La Crosse, Wisconsin, reopening it as CITY Brewery. The firm's founding year is not publicly specified. It has since expanded through acquisitions: the Latrobe, Pennsylvania brewery (home of Rolling Rock), a Memphis, Tennessee facility originally built by Schlitz, and the Irwindale, California site that once produced Miller brands. The company offers end-to-end contract manufacturing — batching, brewing, canning, bottling, kegging, variety packing, and warehousing across four plants. Its combined annual capacity exceeds 275 million cases: La Crosse (80 million), Memphis (80 million), Irwindale (75 million), and Latrobe (40 million). The firm produces hard seltzers, flavored malt beverages (FMBs), beer, spirits-based ready-to-drink (RTD) products, and premium non-alcoholic beverages for national brand owners. City Brewing claims to be the largest full-service beverage co-manufacturer by U.S. case volume, warehousing 17 million cases across its network. The firm's ownership structure is not publicly disclosed. No named CEO, principals, or team size appear on the company website. The careers page promotes an employee culture centered on safety, customer focus, and clear communication. The firm's structural differentiator is its scale as a pure-play co-manufacturer — it does not own the brands it produces, distinguishing it from traditional brewers that manage both production and marketing. This contract-only model allows clients to leverage its four-region national footprint without investing in physical plant capacity.