New Belgium enters into agreement with South Carolina brewery

FORT COLLINS — New Belgium Brewing Co. has entered into an agreement to handle the brewing and logistics for Island Coastal Lager, a Charleston, S.C.-based brewing company.

The agreement will expand ICL into additional states, quadrupling the number of states where ICL is sold and exponentially increasing production.

The deal is a contract brewing deal, where ICL is paying New Belgium to brew its beer using New Belgium equipment and staff. New Belgium will handle the logistics and brewing, while ICL manages distribution and branding. The brewing will be done at New Belgium’s Asheville, N.C.,…