-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, L5l2Vaz2JXQk8d++LiadZd7jRc3R3jQsL8tq7bXXOz6YyrJecKXR7URM6FGzEI7j g0ocEfw3tHwOQC/EHrp58Q== 0000950134-08-009284.txt : 20080707 0000950134-08-009284.hdr.sgml : 20080704 20080512171531 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-08-009284 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080512 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REDHOOK ALE BREWERY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000892222 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MALT BEVERAGES [2082] IRS NUMBER: 911141254 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14300 NE 145TH ST STREET 2: STE 210 CITY: WOODINVILLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98072 BUSINESS PHONE: 4254833232 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14300 NE 145TH ST STREET 2: STE 210 CITY: WOODINVILLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98072 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REDHOOK ALE BREWERY, INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080626 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REDHOOK ALE BREWERY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950703 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated
14300 NE 145th Street, Suite 210
Woodinville, WA 98072-6950
May 12, 2008
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention:    Mr. John Reynolds
Mr. Jay Williamson
Re:    Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated
Registration Statement No. 333-149908
Dear Messrs. Reynolds and Williamson:
Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated (the “Company”) hereby requests, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) accelerate the effectiveness of the above-referenced registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) to Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Company acknowledges that (i) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and (iii) the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Please notify Frank Woodruff of Riddell Williams, P.S., counsel to the undersigned, at (206) 389-1519 as soon as possible as to the time the Registration Statement has been declared effective pursuant to this acceleration request.
         
  REDHOOK ALE BREWERY,
INCORPORATED
 		  
  By:   /s/ Jay T. Caldwell    
    Jay T. Caldwell   
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   
 

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