Kirin Holdings Co. of Japan has agreed to take a minority stake in Brooklyn Brewery, people familiar with the matter said, in one of the first investments by a Japanese company in a U.S. craft brewer. The investment will give Kirin a roughly 20% interest in Brooklyn Brewery, the U.S.’s 12th-largest craft brewer by volume, the people said. With the investment, Kirin joins a host of Japanese companies that are using...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 12, 2016 05:54 UTC