Craft beer industry news.
City Star Brewing has released Outlaw Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, the latest in the City Star Zoller Barrel Aged Series, in the City Star taproom on Saturday, Feb. 2. The 2019 vintage of this imperial stout was aged one year in Spirit Hound Distillers whisky oak barrels and weighs in at a whopping 14 percent ABV.
Second Chance Beer Company, a San Diego-based award-winning independent craft brewery, announced today it is expanding distribution to the greater Los Angeles area and Arizona.
The founder of Columbus, Ohio-based Actual Brewing has been accused of multiple incidents of sexual misconduct by several former employees and beer industry professionals, according to the Columbus Alive, a weekly entertainment magazine and website operated by GateHouse Media’s Columbus Dispatch.
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) yesterday named Matt Gilbertson, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s North American vice president of M&A, treasury and corporate real estate, to its board of directors. As part of its minority ownership of CBA, A-B has the right to designate up to two individuals to serve on the company’s board.
With tax breaks for alcohol producers set to expire at the end of 2019, the push to make excise tax relief permanent officially started today as the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) was reintroduced into the U.S. Senate by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Roy Blunt (R-MO).
Cigar City Brewing (CCB) has announced expansion into the Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine markets in February 2019.
Toronto-based Steam Whistle Brewing has reached an agreement with New Belgium Brewing, one of the world’s leading craft breweries, to brew its most popular brand for the Canadian market.
Today, Allagash Brewing Co. releases Sun Drift, a beer brewed with lemon zest, fermented with Brettanomyces yeast, and then blended with black tea.
A love of dessert wines inspired New Belgium Brewing’s latest small batch version of their award-winning sour brown La Folie – La Folie Grand Reserve: PX.
Victory’s innovation, releasing in February, will include three new year-round offerings: 1) a Golden Monkey brand extension called Twisted Monkey, 2) a new every day IPA, No Brainer IPA and 3) an on-trend New England Style IPA, Cloud Walker Hazy Juicy IPA.
Continuous and strategic growth has been imperative to the overall success of Asheville, North Carolina’s Hi-Wire Brewing. Established in 2013, Hi-Wire has expanded its distribution footprint to over six states and is proud to announce it will be opening its fourth retail taproom in Knoxville, Tennessee in summer 2019.
Doomsday Brewing Company, a local microbrewery specializing in small batch craft beer and artisan pizza, has announced that they have expanded with a third location at Hazel Dell Towne Center in Vancouver, Washington after negotiating a lease since September 2018.
Brent Miles, former Head Cidermaker of Sly Clyde Ciderworks and original Head Cidermaker at Seattle Cider Company, announced that he is starting a new venture—Brown Hat Consulting. Brown Hat will provide consulting for the craft cider industry, specializing in helping new cideries, as well as breweries looking to expand into cider, navigate the start-up process.
Effective Jan. 14, 2019, ROAK Brewing Co. located in Royal Oak, Michigan has named Aaron Lanctot their new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
