Last spring, we reported craft distillery Westward Whiskey in Portland, Oregon, had filed for bankruptcy, with CEO Thomas Mooney telling Robb Report at the time that the craft distilling scene was “withering.” But last Friday, news arrived that Westward will live to see another day. A group of private investors acquired the brand and Mooney will stay on as CEO, living up to his statement that they had “no intention of going away.”
Even as Westward was forced to file for…

