Green Flash Brewing Company Selects
TrenStar’s Keg Management Solution

TrenStar’s keg management unit is the 4th largest keg owner in the United States behind Anheuser-Busch, SABMiller and Molson Coors.

DENVER, CO – April 11, 2006 —  TrenStar, Inc. today announced that California’s Green Flash Company has selected its MicroStar Keg Management LLC unit to provide keg management services.  MicroStar Keg Management is the fourth largest keg owner in the U.S behind Anheuser-Busch, SABMiller and Molson Coors.

Beginning in April 2006, MicroStar will make kegs available to Green Flash on a “per-fill” fee basis under a 5-year keg management agreement.

Green Flash takes its name from real phenomena visible at sunrise and sunset, when part of the sun appears to suddenly change color.  Green flashes usually are brief, lasting only one or two seconds.  Green Flashes do not always light up the sky, but are often small and inconspicuous. 

“Green Flash Brewing Company is a rising star that will require the level of performance MicroStar delivers to achieve its ambitious distribution goals,” said David Webster, TrenStar’s North American Operations Director.  “Green Flash captures what is great about craft brewing today – finely shaped beers in the neo-California style, and to be found soon in your neighborhood.” 

MicroStar owns more than 410,000 kegs for distribution in the United States. The fleet includes half-barrels and 5.16-gallon or “sixth barrel” kegs, the industry’s fastest growing container for draft beer sales.

TrenStar group companies own and manage a proprietary fleet that includes an additional 4.2 million kegs in Europe. The keg fleets were launched in 2002 when mobile asset management operations began for two of the largest brewers in the region, Scottish Courage Breweries and Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing Company Limited. TrenStar’s outsourcing operation in Europe offers a supply chain solution for brewers, which combines advanced RFID technology and keg management expertise. Asset pooling which is a key feature of the operation will result in lower capital requirements, reduced operating costs and higher service levels for participants. The United Kingdom’s ratio of draft to packaged beer is 60 percent draft as compared to 10 percent in the United States