American beer company New Belgium Brewing has entered into agreements with nine wholesale partners to distribute its beer across Ohio from 16 December 2013.
The company's new wholesale partners include Superior Beverage Group; Heidelberg Dist; Stagnaro Distributing; Bonbright Dist; Classic Brands of Ohio; Choice Beverage; Matesich Dist; Muxie Dist and Spriggs Dist.
Beers to be available across Ohio include 22oz Fat Tire, Ranger IPA, Seasonal Release (Accumulation White IPA) and Lips of Faith.
Ohio will be the company's 35th state of distribution. It will also introduce some draft online in the initial rollout.
New Belgium Brewing sales co-pilot Brian Krueger said; "This has been long in the works and now that expansion projects have brought on additional capacity here in Fort Collins the time is right."
The company also plans to release its portfolio-wide packaging refresh in Ohio this December, pending TTB final approval. The new look will enter all other markets in January 2014.
