UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 28, 2007

 

The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

001-14092
(Commission
File Number)

04-3284048
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston, MA
(Address of principal executive offices)

02210
(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (617) 368-5000

 

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

      On March 28, 2007, the Company entered into a Brewing Services Agreement (the "Agreement") with CBC Latrobe Acquisition, LLC ("CBC"), a Pennsylvania limited liability company whose sole member is City Brewing Company, LLC of Lacrosse, Wisconsin ("City Brewing"). Under the Agreement, the Company will be able to brew and package certain of its products at the brewery located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania acquired by CBC in 2006. Pursuant to the Agreement, CBC will ensure that a certain minimum capacity will be available to the Company throughout the term of the Agreement. The Company has committed to minimum production levels at the brewery during the 2007 and 2008 calendar years. As a material part of the Agreement, the Company will purchase certain equipment to be installed at the brewery in Latrobe for upgrades to the brewhouse, storage of the Company's proprietary yeasts, and packaging of the Company's products. Under the Agreement, CBC will be able to purchase such equipment from the Company at or prior to the end of the initial term of the Agreement at the amortized value of such equipment. City Brewing, with whom the Company currently has a brewing services agreement with respect to production at City Brewing's brewery located in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, has guaranteed the performance of the Agreement by CBC.

 

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

      Exhibit 99 - Press Release of The Boston Beer Company, Inc. dated April 3, 2007.

 

      The information in Exhibit 99 attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized

 
 

The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
(Registrant)

   
   

Date: April 3, 2007

/s/ Martin F. Roper

 


 

Martin F. Roper
Chief Executive Officer
(Signature)*

   

*Print name and title of the signing officer under his signature.

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