Brewing, Cideries & Spirits  April 24, 2019

Canarchy brewery collective appoints new CEO

LONGMONT — Canarchy Craft Brewery Collective, a consortium of craft breweries, has named industry veteran Tony Short as the company’s new CEO.

Short boasts more than three decades of executive experience to the position, including serving as president of Major Eagle Inc., one of Florida’s largest beer distributors, and more than three decades in senior management roles with Anheuser-Busch.

Canarchy had operated without a CEO since May 2019, when chief executive David Pillsbury left after six months on the job. Canarchy at that time promoted chief operating officer Matt Fraser to president. Fraser was joined in June 2018 by Todd Whitbeck, who…

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