Corporate Report: Gold Coast Eagle Distributing first in state to serve Birra Castello

Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, the Anheuser-Busch InBev and Corona distributor for Sarasota and Manatee counties, is the first in the state to have local rights to Birra Castello, the first Italian beer in the company's international portfolio.

Castello beer, brewed since 1868 and popular throughout Europe, only became available for export into the United States this year. Las Vegas Beverage Co. holds the exclusive importing rights. Gold Coast Eagle plans to make it available to the rest of Florida next year.

“The acquisition fills a very important void in our import portfolio,” company president John Saputo said in a press release. “We [now] carry a full line of imported beer from all over the world.”