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Pyramid Breweries Inc. Declares $0.044 Per Share Quarterly Cash

Dividend

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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001--Pyramid Breweries Inc. (Nasdaq:PMID) today announced its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.044 per common share, payable on October 12, 2001 to shareholders of record on September 28, 2001.

Pyramid recently reported its eleventh consecutive quarter of sales growth, with net sales increasing 13% to $8.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001. For the six month period ended June 30, 2001, net sales increased 8% to $15.2 million.

The company initiated its dividend program in the fourth quarter of 1999. In February 2001, the company announced an increase in the quarterly dividend to $.044 from $.04 per common share. The dividends paid in 2000 were a return of capital to shareholders for Federal income tax purposes and the company believes that a portion of the dividends to be paid in 2001 may be a return of capital. Nearly all Pyramid shareholders receive favorable tax treatment of dividends that are a return of capital.

Pyramid Breweries Inc. is one of the leading brewers of specialty, full-flavored beers and sodas, produced under the Pyramid and Thomas Kemper brand names. Pyramid also operates two local breweries and restaurants, under the Pyramid Alehouse name, in Seattle, Washington, and Berkeley, California. For more information, visit www.PyramidBrew.com.

Statements concerning future performance, developments or events, concerning potential sales, restaurant expansion, production capacity, and any other guidance on future periods, constitute forward-looking statements which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which are described in the company`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases and other communications. Actual events and results may differ materially from stated expectations.

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CONTACT: Pyramid Breweries Inc.

Wayne Drury, 206/682-8322 ext.214

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KEYWORD: WASHINGTON CALIFORNIA

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: FOODS/BEVERAGES RESTAURANTS DIVIDEND

SOURCE: Pyramid Breweries Inc.

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SEATTLE,, Aug 31, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pyramid Breweries, Inc. (PMID, Trade), a leading producer of specialty, full flavored beers and sodas, announced that Seattle executive Scott Svenson has joined Pyramid`s Board of Directors.

Svenson, a Seattle native, recently returned after spending eleven years in London. After six years of advising high growth middle-market companies, initially at Drexel, Burnham Lambert (New York and London) and then at Apax Partners & Co (the largest independent venture capitalist in Europe), Scott became Deputy CEO of the third largest long-term healthcare provider in the UK at the age of twenty-seven. As one of the youngest main board directors ever of a UK public company, Scott played a crucial role in turning the business around from annual losses of over (pound)3.0m to operating profits of over (pound)8.0m in less than three years.

In 1994 Svenson co-founded Seattle Coffee Company, the first gourmet coffee retailer and wholesaler in the UK. As CEO, Scott built the business to over 75 retail locations in under three years and managed the sale of the company to Starbucks in May 1998. Following the acquisition, Scott accepted the role of President, Starbucks UK and was subsequently promoted to President, Starbucks Europe during which time he authored the company`s European Strategic Plan.

"We are delighted that Scott has agreed to join our board," said Martin Kelly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "He brings us a wealth of financial expertise, and his experience in building specialty beverage brands via retail stores complements our strategy to build the Pyramid brand through an expansion of our Alehouse division," added Kelly.

Svenson sits on the Boards of Carluccios Ltd (a London-based Italian deli/cafe operator and distributor of branded packaged goods), Santa Fe plc (a UK-based chain of middle market Southwest American-themed restaurants), and Buerk Craig Victor LLC (a Pacific Northwest-based venture capital and investment banking company) as well as serving on the advisory boards of the London Business School and CapVest Development Capital (London).

Pyramid Breweries Inc. is one of the leading brewers of specialty, full-flavored beers and sodas, produced under the Pyramid and Thomas Kemper brand names. Pyramid also operates two local breweries and restaurants, under the Pyramid Alehouse name, in Seattle, Washington, and Berkeley, California. For more information, visit www.PyramidBrew.com.

Statements concerning future performance, developments or events, concerning potential sales, restaurant expansion, production capacity, and any other guidance on future periods, constitute forward-looking statements which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which are described in the company`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases and other communications. Actual events and results may differ materially from stated expectations.

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