Craft beer industry news.
Woodchuck Hard Cider is excited to announce the release of their newest Out on a Limb cider, Hot Cha Cha Cha. Out on a Limb is a rotating six-pack that features some of Woodchuck’s most creative cider varieties. Hot Cha Cha Cha is the sixth cider of this series and will be available while supplies last starting November 1st.
At last, a brewery based in the East will expand its brewing capabilities out West. Atlanta’s Sweetwater Brewing said it plans to build a secondary brewing facility in the Pacific Time zone by 2017 and, although it hasn’t decided on a final location, the company has identified California as a potential landing place.
Black IPAs have been a staple of an annual tradition at Founders Brewing Co. – the Black Party – a celebration of experimental dark beers. Project PAM was born out of this tradition and is the third Backstage release of 2015; a Black IPA whose hop combinations and malts have been perfected and balanced over several years. This beer is brewed with a cornucopia of hops including Chinook, Nugget, Centennial, Amarillo, El Dorado and Mosaic, balanced with Crystal and Midnight Wheat malts, then aged in maple-bourbon barrels.
Green Man Brewery is expanding its distribution South once again, taking on the entire state of Florida. The craft beer pioneer in Asheville, North Carolina has been steadily ramping up distribution since its second expansion in 2012, starting with North Carolina and spreading out to Tennessee and South Carolina. Green Man opened its fourth distribution state in August starting with Daytona Beach with a partnership with Perrott Distributing Co., and is rolling out the rest of the state by signing on with six additional distributors in the beginning of December.
What could be better than having beer with your cookies this holiday season? We say NOTHING! That’s why Flying Dog, Maryland’s largest brewery, is teaming up for the second year in a row with Baltimore-based Otterbein’s Bakery on four new cookie-inspired craft beers that will be released in a limited edition holiday 12-pack.
For the 31st straight year, Redhook is celebrating the return of colder days and even colder nights with its latest release of long-time seasonal favorite Winterhook. Continuing its tradition of bringing a little holiday variety to this winter warmer, Redhook has once again riffed on the beer’s recipe to create Winterhook #31.
Riverwalk Brewing Co. is proud to announce that Uncle Bob’s was awarded second place in the English-Style Bitter category at the 2015 Great International Beer & Cider Competition in Providence, RI.
Fresh off the release of Tropical and Juicy IPA, the fourth beer of The Hop Freshener Series, The Hop Concept will be releasing a new set of exploratory beers that will change each quarter, beginning with The Hop Concept IPA: Hull Melon and Blanc.
Craft Brew Alliance today released its third quarter earnings results, which were highlighted by yet another flat depletion performance. Third quarter net sales increased $2.6 million, to $54.7 million (5 percent over the comparable period in 2014), but CBA is struggling to grow beer volumes as thousands of emerging brands continue to erode the market share of larger, more established craft outfits.
Firestone Walker is expanding at home, investing upwards of $15 million to increase brewing capacity at its Paso Robles, Calif. brewing facility. In an effort to double brewing capacity and reduce what co-founder David Walker described as a “hectic” brewing schedule, Firestone Walker will integrate a new 250-barrel brewhouse into its existing production facility.
Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced a number of changes to its commercial leadership roster, most notably that it would replace current vice president of U.S. sales, David Almeida. In separate notes sent to both employees and wholesalers, Zone North America president João Castro Neves said Almeida, who had served as the company’s VP of U.S. sales since 2011, would be named to a “global special project” and report directly to CEO Carlos Brito.
Cascade Brewing has announced a partnership with Favorite Brands, LLC, to distribute Cascade beers throughout Texas. The agreement brings Cascade’s Northwest style sour ales to the Lone Star State for the first time.
In November, Upland Brewing Company will release of five of its sour ales: Way Down Yonder, Malefactor, Strawberry, Blueberry, and Mayhaw (Secret Barrel Society Exclusive). The public lottery, including all but Mayhaw, will open at noon EST on Thursday, November 12th and close at noon EST on Thursday, November 19th.
Sam Calagione’s relentless attempts to brand Dogfish Head beyond beer have put the company in front of millions of new craft beer consumers and helped make the company into one of the most successful craft breweries in the U.S. His latest, a collaborative web series with First We Feast, a food culture site owned by New York-based Complex Media, features Calagione creating beers with famous athletes, musicians and chefs.
