It was founded in Seattle in 1981 by Paul Shipman and Gordon Bowker, and is currently owned by Tilray.

[3] Its flagship brewery, the Redhook Brewlab, is located in the Pike Motorworks building in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

[4] Redhook also operated a location in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from the 1990s until June 2018, when it was rebranded under Cisco Brewers from Nantucket, Massachusetts.

[5] Redhook currently produces several styles of beer marketed under distinct brand names.

Redhook distributes its products through a network of wholesale distributors, Craft Brew Alliance Inc, and a distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev, Incorporated (which owns Craft Brew Alliance).