Thieves steal more than 78,000 beers from Atlanta craft brewery

ATLANTA – Atlanta police are searching for more than 3,000 cases of beer stolen from the Sweetwater Brewing Company.

According to the company, thieves stole two trailers loaded with 78,528 bottles of beer from the brewery lot early Tuesday morning. The trailers held 20 pallets each of Sweetwater’s summer variety pack.

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The company used GPS to track down both trailers, but only one-fourth of the stolen beer was recovered. Sweetwater asked retailers to contact 911 if anyone other than regular distributors tried to sell them beer.