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Taylor: Saint Archer Was California's Fastest-Growing Brewery Before MillerCoors Sale

Mikey Taylor · Pro Skater: If You Don’t Plan For This, You Lose Everything · Feb 23, 2026 · at 25:54

Mikey Taylor, pro skateboarder and co-founder of Saint Archer Brewery, discusses the brand's rapid trajectory leading to its acquisition by MillerCoors.

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“We were, I think, the fastest growing brewery in California, and then we ended up selling our business in Miller Coors.”

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The claim, plainly

Saint Archer Brewing Company was the fastest-growing brewery in California before being acquired by MillerCoors.

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Assessment

Mikey Taylor correctly stated that Saint Archer Brewing Company was acquired by MillerCoors (announced in September 2015 and closed in October 2015) after experiencing explosive growth (from 7,200 barrels in 2013 to an expected 35,000 barrels in 2015). However, the superlative claim that it was definitively 'the fastest growing brewery in California' is not supported by industry data. Contemporary announcements from MillerCoors and Tenth & Blake described Saint Archer as 'one of the fastest-growing breweries in California,' while Stone Distributing Co. specifically identified it as the fastest-growing brand launch in its own 15-year distributor history. Other California breweries, such as Figueroa Mountain Brewing and Ballast Point, recorded comparable or higher growth rates during the same 2013–2015 window.

Saint Archer was acquired by MillerCoors' Tenth & Blake division in autumn 2015 after growing production from 7,200 barrels in 2013 to ~17,000 in 2014 and a projected 35,000 in 2015.
The official September 10, 2015 MillerCoors acquisition release characterized Saint Archer as 'one of the fastest-growing breweries in California,' not the single fastest.
Stone Distributing Co. confirmed in May 2014 that Saint Archer was the fastest-growing brand ever launched in Stone's 15-year distribution history.
Industry records from the Brewers Association and Inc. 5000 show other California craft breweries (such as Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. and Ballast Point Brewing Co.) experiencing equal or higher growth rates between 2013 and 2015.

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[1] wikipedia.org [2] stabmag.com [3] csusm.edu [4] brewbound.com [5] sandiegobeer.news [6] brewbound.com [7] wordpress.com [8] shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com

"fastest-growing" "Saint Archer" "California" Saint Archer Brewing Company fastest growing California Brewers Association Saint Archer Brewing fastest growing brewery in California MillerCoors Saint Archer Brewing acquired MillerCoors fastest growing brewery "Saint Archer" "Stone Distributing" "fastest growing" "fastest-growing craft brewery" California 2014 OR 2015 "Saint Archer" "fastest-growing brewery"

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