Craft beer industry news.
On February 12, 2016, Odell Brewing will celebrate the return of The Meddler, a barrel aged Oud Bruin Ale. This release will be the first of six cellar series offerings throughout 2016. The Meddler Oud Bruin is a blend of several generations of brown ales that were aged in toasted oak barrels between eight months and two years.
Cincinnati-based Rhinegeist Brewery announces expansion of Cidergeist, the brewery’s craft cider brand, into Boston and across the state of Massachusetts. Rhinegeist Brewery will partner with Massachusetts Beverage Alliance to distribute both Semi Dry and Dry Hopped ciders. Cidergeist can be found on draft and in 12oz six packs in Massachusetts’s bars, restaurants, liquor and grocery stores beginning March 1, 2016.
Koerner Distributor President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul Koerner, announces that his organization will begin distribution of the highly acclaimed and anticipated Half Acre Beer Company in their 52 county territory in Central and Southern Illinois. The brand is led by flagships such as Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Pony Pilsner, Lead Feather Black Ale, and the current IPA seasonal Gone Away IPA. Half Acre comes to market in 4pk 16oz cans as well as draft.
Beginning March 1st, 2016, pFriem Family Brewers will officially occupy the entirety of the 20,000 sq. ft. Hood River Halyard building. The six year-old waterfront building is LEED silver certified and is owned by the Port of Hood River. pFriem Family Brewers originally occupied suite 101 when they opened their doors in 2012. Until recently, the building was also the home of Pocket Fuel and Real Carbon.
Chicagoland beer distributor Louis Glunz Beer, Inc. and specialty beer importer Merchant du Vin announce today the arrival of two new brews from Belgium-based Lindemans Brewery—SpontanBasil, a lambic fermented with fresh basil in collaboration with Mikkeller, and Oude Kriek Cuvée René, a lambic made with whole cherries. Available in limited quantity in the U.S. for the first time, these special-release 750-mL beers make their brief stint at Chicago-area retailers this week.
On Sunday, February 14th, Weyerbacher Brewing will be releasing their seasonal sensation, Sunday Morning Stout. After making its official debut in March 2015, Sunday Morning Stout has become a highly anticipated release in 2016. Sunday Morning Stout is an American Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels. Aromas of roasted coffee and bourbon awaken your senses while their flavors blend with hints of chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla and caramel.
Want to know why the “long tail” of craft is growing faster than 350 percent, according to research firm IRI Worldwide? Look no further than Cincinnati’s Rhinegeist brewery, which tripled production to more than 31,000 barrels in just its second full year of business. Rhinegeist, which only sells its beer in Ohio and Kentucky, is one of a growing number of well-capitalized and entrepreneurial-minded craft startups outpacing category growth by brewing dozens of different styles and overinvesting in sales personnel.
SweetWater Brewing Co. releases a brand new spring seasonal, Hash Session IPA, hitting shelves beginning February 8. This marks the brewery’s third release using hop hash, and their first session IPA. SweetWater is one of the only breweries in the nation using hop hash, the concentrated resin that’s left after hops are run through the pelletizer.
Bluewater Brewing Company is the newest craft brewery to open its doors in Alabama. The brewery is located in Florence, Alabama and begins distribution this week. Bluewater has partnered with Alabama’s premier craft distributor, AlaBev, to ensure its product is served to prime locations in Florence and north Alabama.
Huss Brewing Co. has announced that draft favorites Koffee Kölsch and The Husstler Milk Stout will now be available in six-packs! The 12-ounce cans will hit retail shelves for year-round statewide distribution starting next week. In addition, Huss Brewing will debut these cans to the public at the annual Strong Beer Festival on Saturday, Feb.13, at Steele Indian School Park.
When we’re crafting a beer hops are not just hops and coffee is not just coffee. We source our ingredients from all over the world; we meet the farmers and maltsters and constantly seek out innovation and quality. In our latest project “Son of a Baptist” we’ve partnered with 10 exceptional coffee roasters from across the nation to create a beer that showcases just how unique and special coffee beans really are.
Hopsy, the recently launched online marketplace for local craft beer, today announced a partnership with Caviar, an easy way to order from popular local restaurants, to offer on-demand delivery of fresh draft beer from a list of local microbreweries. Beginning today, residents of the East Bay can get growlers of local craft beer delivered to their doorsteps in as little as 30 minutes.
Building on its leadership in engineered craft-brewing sys- tems, WeCan Brewing Systems, LLC introduces its newest breakthrough technology in the Semi- Automatic Tri-Keg Washer System. Improved automation technology, powerful new components and rugged, ergonomic fill nozzles highlight some of the enhanced features of the new Tri-Keg Washer System. The system is suitable for most craft brewers keg washing needs at a reasonable cost.
Cask Brewing Systems — the company that invented micro-canning equipment for craft brewers — is offering a new canning line that doubles the speed of its fastest machine. Cask’s ACS X2 (Automatic Canning System X2) has ten CO2 pre-purge heads, ten fill heads, and two can seamers. That is twice the pre-purge, filling and seaming features of Cask’s ACS machine, which has been a hit with micro-canners since its debut in 2005.
