How AI describes Mendocino Brewing

Mendocino Brewing Company is a California brewery founded in 1983 as Hopland Brewery, later relocating to Ukiah in 1997 and producing bird-themed beers such as Red Tail Ale, Blue Heron Pale Ale, Black Hawk Stout, Eye of the Hawk and Peregrine Pilsner. It went public in 1994 and, after Vijay Mallya’s UB Group acquired a large stake in 1997, the company eventually ceased operations in January 2018 with a limited restart in 2019 for local distribution. The business also owned Olde Saratoga Brewing Company and brewed Kingfisher beers for the U.S. market, and it sponsored the Mendocino Steam Donkeys Rugby Football Club.