Rocky Mountain High Brands has entered into an agreement with L and H Resort Systems to acquire Catskill Mountain resort facility on a natural spring in New York.

The company intends to convert the resort into a bottling and canning plant for Rocky Mountain High Brands. Once referred to as America’s First Wilderness area by scholars, the Catskill Mountains have been famous for the mountain ranges to lake waters. The former Friar Tuck Inn is located in Greene County, a few miles away from Kaaterskill Falls.

Rocky Mountain High Brands' president and chief executive officer (CEO) Michael Welch said: “The demographics of this part of upper state New York have changed over the past few years. What was once in demand as a resort area, now is part of a region in need of more employment opportunities. 

“Repurposing the resort to a bottling and canning plant will provide jobs to the area and will provide our Company with an important bottling and canning center in the Northeast.

“There are many grants available for projects such as this. These grants are set up to provide jobs for upstate New York. Since the new bottling plant will be located on a natural spring, RMHB will have tremendous opportunity to bottle our Eagle Spirit Spring Water and canning our Rocky Mountain High Brands’ five flavoured Hemp drinks."

"Repurposing the resort to a bottling and canning plant will provide jobs to the area."

The company plans to bottle local water and add another brand of water to its product portfolio. This is considered to be an important asset for its growth, as it advances toward listing on a national stock exchange.

Rocky Mountain High Brands' founder Jerry Grisaffi said: “This is a tremendous opportunity brought forth to us by Mrs. Lily Li’s group, LSW Holdings. This new location is in the heart of the northeast corridor of the US and will allow easy access to distribution pipelines.  The bottling plant is located right at the source of a naturally pure aquifer and will provide us an invaluable resource that can be bottled and shipped anywhere in the world.”

Rocky Mountain High Brands sells naturally flavoured hemp-infused beverages Citrus Energy, Black Tea, Mango Energy, and Lemonade, as well as low-calorie Coconut Lime Energy drink. It also sells hemp-infused 2oz Mango Energy Shots and Mixed Berry Energy Shots. 

Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.