ATLANTA (AP) – A mystery is brewing in Atlanta, where someone stole an ocean of beer.
A brewery in the city says nearly 3,300 cases of beer went missing when two of its refrigerated trailers were stolen.
SweetWater Brewing Co. said the trailers had been loaded for a morning pickup when they were taken from the plant north of downtown in the pre-dawn darkness Tuesday.
“For a small company like us to lose that much beer, it really hurts,” said Steve Farace, who handles marketing for the 140-employee craft beer company.
The two trailers carried 3,272 cases altogether – or more than 78,500 bottles – of SweetWater’s Summer Variety Pack, company spokeswoman Tucker Berta Sarkisian said.