RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe has confirmed he’s incentivizing Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Ore., to pick Virginia as its new East Coast site.
Multiple news outlets report Deschutes is looking at different places on the East Coast to house its first area location. McAuliffe recently confirmed that he visited the brewery in mid-September to help entice it to break ground in the commonwealth.
McAuliffe says he’s under a non-disclosure agreement and could not say much about Deschutes and its interest in Virginia, but that it’s deciding between Virginia and another state.
Deschutes CEO Michael LaLonde says nothing has been ruled out and that there will be a decision by the end of the year. Other states the brewery has looked at include North Carolina and South Carolina.
