Here’s what we know about the sale of New Belgium Brewing Co.

1994: Brian Callahan, production manager, and Alex Long, production and equipment technician, adjust the new bottling system at New Belgium Brewing Co. in 1994.
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1995: Jeff Lebesch, founder of New Belgium Brewing Company, and Floris Delee, an engineer for the company, sit on the steps out side the brewery in 1995.
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1995: Construction workers guide a beer fermentation tank into the ceiling of the new New Belgium brewery site on Linden Street in 1995.
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1997: On its old Abbey ale label, New Belgium Co. has replaced the descriptive term `Trappist style’ with `Belgian style.’ Now, New Belgium has a new, more modern logo on all it’s bottles.
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1998: The warehouse at New Belgium Brewing Company, reflected here in a mirror, uses “light pipes” to enhance natural lighting and circulates air from the outside for winter-time cooling. New Belgium recently won an award for these and other environmentally sensitive improvements as its owners strive to save energy.
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2003: Jeff Lebesch, founder of New Belgium Brewing Co., has retired from the everyday activities of the brewery but remains active in the community.
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2003: Skylights inside the brewhouse are the primary source for lighting New Belgium Brewery. The brewery was awarded the Environmental Stewardship award in 1999, but has always been considered an environmentally cautious business.
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2004: Exhibit designer Mark Dodge checks overhead lighting at the the Fort Collins Museum. At right are components from New Belgium Brewing Co.’s original basement brew house. New Belgium’s Original Basement Brewhouse, right, is part of the Fort Collins museum’s exhibit A Toast to Beer:The Fort Collins Brewing Experience.” Exhibit Designer Mark Dodge checks overhead lighting at the left Wednesday June 16, 2004.
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2005: Sun tubes light the warehouse as Larry Schriver moves a pallet of kegs June 30, 2005 at New Belgium Brewing Company. New Belgium is one of the model cases actively using green energy with its suntubes, wind power and encouraging their employees to bike to work.
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2008: New Belgium Brewing Co. has long advocated green business practices. From left: Peter Good, cellar manager, Bryan Simpson, spokesman, Tara Parker, sales support; Ryan McKee, designer, Carrie Burger, de sign maker.
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New Belgium Brewing Co. and its solar panel array, shown here in 2009, participated in FortZED projects.
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2012: A fermentation tank is lifted slightly to get the truck that carried it out of the way at New Belgium Brewing Co. on Monday in Fort Collins. New Belgium is installing 16 new tanks to help it meet the needs of a growing distribution area. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan A fermentation tank is lifted slightly to get the truck that carried it out of the way at New Belgium Brewing Co. Monday Dec. 17, 2012. New Belgium is installing 16 new tanks for expected expansion.
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2014: Reina Ohnishi and T.J. Yu pour beer at the 26th Annual Colorado Brewers? Festival in Old Town Fort Collins in June. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan Reina Ohnishi and TJ Yu pour beer in the New Belgium Brewing Co. tent at the 26th Annual Colorado Brewers’ Festival on Sunday in Fort Collins.
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New Belgium’s employee-owners gather at the Fort Collins brewery after their 2014 annual retreat.
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Lindsay Guerdrum, a sensory scientist at New Belgium Brewing Co. pours beer through filters to measure the vicinal diketones levels in the new laboratory in New Belgium July 25, 2014.
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New Belgium Brewing Co. employees in Fort Collins raise their beer glasses to toast the ground breaking of New Belgium’s Asheville, N.C., brewery Thursday morning.
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New Belgium Brewing President Christine Perich pours beers for patrons at the Great American Beer Festival at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver Friday, Oct. 3, 2014.
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2014: Elisabeth Hoover pours a beer at New Belgium Brewing Co. on Sept. 17, 2014.
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2015: New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat brought droves of people out to downtown Fort Collins on Saturday.
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Bikes line the outside of New Belgium and people enjoy New Belgium’s third annual Lost in the Woods sour soiree on Feb. 7, 2015, in Fort Collins, CO. The party featured the release of two 2015 sour beers for people to enjoy as they listened to live music and watched various performances.
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2016: New Belgium Brewing’s Christine Perich is stepping down as CEO next month.
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2016: People pack the lawn at New Belgium Brewing before former president Bill Clinton speaks to campaign for his wife and democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Friday, November 4, 2016.
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U.S. Representative Jared Polis (right) welcomes former President Bill Clinton to the stage as Clinton campaigns for his wife, democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, during a rally at New Belgium Brewing on Friday, November 4, 2016.
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Construction crews are adding the finishing touches Wednesday to a beer garden and expanded tasting room set to debut Saturday at New Belgium Brewing Co.
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2016: Dave Ponceby conducts a tour of New Belgium Brewing Company on Friday, February 12, 2016.
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2016: Construction crews are adding the finishing touches to a beer garden and expanded tasting room set to debut Saturday at New Belgium Brewing Co. Wednesday, May 11, 2016.
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Christine Perich, left, assumed the New Belgium CEO position from Kim Jordan, right, about a year ago. Jordan is now executive chair of the brewery’s board of directors.
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New Belgium Brewing Company employees troubleshoot a problem with the canning line on Friday, February 12, 2016.
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A long row of bikes sits outside New Belgium Brewing Company on Friday, February 12, 2016. The company gives employees a bike on their first anniversary.
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New Belgium Brewing Company conducts 11 tours per day, and they’re usually booked in advance.
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Matt Kreston of Breckenridge and Ellie Schlosser of Boulder drink beer on the newly expanded patio at New Belgium Brewing Co. on Aug. 31.
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New Belgium Brewing’s Peter Bouckaert explains how the Transatlantique Kriek is blended at the inaugural Lost in the Woods Sour Soiree held in Fort Collins.
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The public is invited to help build bicycles for Irish Elementary School students Wednesday at Road 34 bicycle bar.
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New Belgium is partnering with Colorado State University for a new lager.
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New Belgium Brewing Co., seen in this June 22, 2016, photo, will expand its distribution network across the United States this spring.
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2017: Bikes hang on the New Belgium Porch during an open house for CSU’s new on-campus football stadium on Saturday, August 5, 2017. More than 10,000 Rams fans got their first look at the facility with a concessions and amenities in operation.
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New Belgium CEO Steve Fechheimer.
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Brent Cordle of Odell Brewing, left, and Christian Holbrook of New Belgium Brewing talk about a beer collaboration.
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CSU fans Morgan Browne and Jarrett Molock watch a scrimmage from the New Belgium Porch during an open house hosted by the Rams at Canvas Stadium on Saturday, August 4, 2018.
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Fans pack the New Belgium Porch during a public scrimmage and open house Aug. 5 at CSU”s new on-campus stadium. Only fans with memberships will be able to access the porch during games this fall, but it will be open to all following games.
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2017: People participate in a Tour de Fat fashion show at New Belgium Brewing on Saturday, September 2, 2017.
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Jeff Biegert of New Belgium was hired as brewmaster for Colorado State University’s new campus breweries.
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A crowd gathers on New Belgium Brewing’s lawn for a bike-in movie.
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New Belgium Brewing recently opened a bar and restaurant inside Denver International Airport’s concourse B, featuring a 20-tap system, beer-centric cocktails and a menu created by Denver chefs.
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