# Tilray Closes Four Breweries, Calls It Craft

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- Canonical URL: https://thedailysku.com/2026/11/04/tilray-closes-four-breweries-calls-it-craft/
- Section: Brands
- Edition: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (No. 15)
- Published: 2026-11-04T06:50:00-05:00
- Modified: 2026-11-04T06:50:00-05:00
- Byline: Celeste Abernathy, CPG & Brands Reporter (fictional satirical character)
- Genre: Satire

*The company is cutting SKUs, distributors and $20 million in costs.*

NEW YORK—Tilray Brands is reorganizing its beverage business around craft beer and functional drinks, Food Dive reported, targeting $20 million in cost cuts over two years. It is reducing its U.S. breweries from 10 to six, cutting distributors by 9% and has trimmed SKUs by about 28% since 2025.

The company closed Hop Valley, Redhook and Revolver and sold Atwater. A partnership with Carlsberg begins in January. Revenue in its fiscal first quarter rose 23% to $257 million.

A fictional brewer described fewer, smaller and more carefully chosen beers as the original definition of craft, and said the company had arrived at it by subtraction. (I weighed a remaining six-pack: 2.1 kilograms.)

## The Real Story (factual)

Food Dive reported on Nov. 3, 2026 that Tilray Brands is reorganizing its beverage business around craft beer and functional drinks, targeting $20 million in cost cuts over two years. It is cutting U.S. breweries from 10 to six, closing several brands and partnering with Carlsberg starting in January.

Tilray Brands is restructuring its beverage unit around craft beer and functional drinks, targeting $20 million in savings, cutting U.S. breweries from 10 to six, closing several brands and starting a Carlsberg partnership in January.

### Sources

- [Tilray Brands targets $20M in cost savings after craft brewery closures](https://www.fooddive.com/news/tilray-brands-beverage-reorganization-craft-beer-functional/873578/), Food Dive

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