Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney Announce They Are New Owners of Wrexham Lager Without Actually Speaking — Watch

Mar. 15, 2025

Ryan ReynoldsandRob McElhenneyareclose friends, owners of a Welsh soccer team, and now beer owners, too.

Reynolds, 48, and McElhenney, 47, announced they are the new co-owners ofWrexham Lager Beer Co Ltdin a video, shared first with PEOPLE. The company is the oldest lager brewery still existing in Great Britain and has been brewing in Wales since 1882.

The venture comes nearly four years after the actorsentered their bid for Wrexham AFC in 2020and finalized the purchase in February 2021.

To share the news, Reynolds and McElhenney made a video using 1882 technology to convey how the drink leaves them “literally speechless.”

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney for Wrexham Beer.Courtesy Maximum Effort

Courtesy Maximum Effort

“We’re now proud co-owners of Wrexham Lager,” types Reynolds as he opens a can of the beer. McElhenney explains that they are typing out their message as a nod towhen the beer first started brewing.

Reynolds' hand soon starts “cramping” and they “move on to the drinking part.”

In a joint statement shared with PEOPLE, the actors reflect on the company’s rich history.

Wrexham Lager currently sells a lager, lager export, and a pilsener. It’s sold in the UK, Australia, Japan, Scandinavia — and “distribution in the US and Canada is set to go live in the coming months,” according to a press release.

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.Leon Bennett/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

Leon Bennett/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

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Reynolds' and McElhenney’s continued friendship comes as no surprise as McElhenneypreviously told PEOPLEthat Reynolds is a “kind and generous soul, and somebody you can rely on.”

“He’s such an inspiration,” said theAlways Sunny in Philadelphiastar. “Our families have grown incredibly close, and even though we live on opposite coasts, we feel like we’re right next to each other.”

source: people.com