Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2020

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

F. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	December 26, 2020			December 28, 2019
	(in thousands)
Machinery and plant equipment	$	641,790		$	571,506
Kegs		61,582			66,011
Land		25,753			25,759
Building and building improvements		174,328			130,311
Office equipment and furniture		31,115			29,202
Leasehold improvements		43,157			48,528
Assets under construction		84,564			59,027
		1,062,289			930,344
Less accumulated depreciation		(439,206	)		(389,276	)
	$	623,083		$	541,068

The Company recorded depreciation expense related to these assets of $65.4 million, $56.1 million and $51.8 million, in fiscal years 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

Impairment of Assets

The Company evaluates its assets for impairment when events indicate that an asset or asset group may have suffered impairment. During fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded impairment charges of $4.4 million, $0.9 million and $0.7 million, respectively.