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Blue Moon Creator Quietly Launches High End-Focused Beer Brand in Colorado

Blue Moon Creator Quietly Launches High End-Focused Beer Brand in Colorado

Blue Moon inventor Keith Villa, who retired from MillerCoors in January after a storied 32-year career, isn’t leaving the beer business after all. Much of the press following his departure from the country’s second-largest beer company centered around the launch of Ceria Beverages, a startup focused on releasing a line of non-alcoholic craft beers containing THC. At the same time, however, Villa and his wife, Jodi, had quietly launched Donavon Brewing Company in their hometown of Arvada, Colorado.

Reuben’s Brews Launches New Barrel-Aged Sour Series

Reuben’s Brews, a family-owned Seattle neighborhood brewery, introduces its new barrel-aged sour series with the release of Brettania – Boysenberry and Blackberry.

Brewery Ommegang Releases Hopstate IPA

Brewery Ommegang is proud once again to shine the spotlight on New York State hop farmers with the release of Hopstate IPA, a classic India Pale Ale brewed exclusively with New York State hops. Hopstate IPA is part of the brewery’s Farmhouse Series, a line of beers that draws inspiration from the brewery’s home on the site of a historic 140-acre hop farm.

Ninkasi CFO Departs; Company Eliminates 3 Marketing Positions

Ninkasi CFO Departs; Company Eliminates 3 Marketing Positions

Another longtime Ninkasi Brewing executive has left the building. In an email to Brewbound, Ninkasi co-founder and CEO Nikos Ridge confirmed that CFO Nigel Francisco left the Eugene, Oregon-based craft brewery in June, after about a decade, in order to pursue a similar role with King Estate Winery, which is also located in Eugene. In an unrelated move, the craft brewery also laid off three employees in the marketing and communications departments, Ridge confirmed.

TAPS Opens Full-Scale Production Brewery and Tasting Room

TAPS Fish House & Brewery, a pioneer of the SoCal-Orange County craft beer scene, is bringing its innovative and award-winning touch to Tustin with the opening of its first-ever tasting room and full-scale production brewery in a 19,000-square-foot space.

Grist Brewing to Join Sterling Ranch Development

Sterling Ranch, a master-planned community located in northwest Douglas County just south of Downtown Denver, is pleased to announce two new Colorado-based businesses coming to the community – the Grist Brewing Company and Atlas Coffee.