] The Yakima Brewing and Malting Co. announced Wednesday it ] would offer 500,000 shares of preferred stock in hopes of ] raising money to boost production for a popular new beer. ] Sales of Grant's Mandarin Hefeweizen beer are on track to ] beat company records. The company has been unable to keep ] up with consumer demand but hopes raising capital will ] enable it to increase production. ] ] Mandarin is available in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, ] California, Arizona and Florida in bottles and on draft. Orange flavored beer? Well it must be good if they can't keep up with demand. |