Craft beer industry news.
Tampa Bay Brewing Co. (TBBC), one of Florida’s oldest independent craft breweries, announced today that 2017 sales increased by more than 27% over the year previous, buoyed significantly by growing demand for their flagship Reef Donkey APA, Old Elephant Foot IPA, and a series of seasonal beers.
Voodoo Brewery Co. has announced expanded distribution plans, partnering with Cavalier Distributing as their distributor the state of Florida. Beginning the week of March 5, Cavalier will distribute draught and package versions of Voodoo’s flagship beers including Hoodoo IPA, Voodoo Love Child Belgian-Style Ale, White Magick of the Sun White Ale, Wyonna’s Big Brown Ale, and Variety 12-packs, as well as seasonal and limited releases as they are available to Tampa and south Florida.
Stony Creek Brewery is thrilled to announce plans to construct a fully operational brewpub inside Foxwoods Resort Casino, the largest resort casino in North America. This will be the company’s second brewing operation in Connecticut, and will create an opportunity to share their award winning beers and aggressively laid back lifestyle with visitors to the Northeast’s premier resort destination.
Montavilla Brew Works is bottling its first beer: Ben’s Barleywine Ale, a barrel-aged and blended barleywine style ale that honors the late Portland brewer, Ben Flerchinger.
Great Divide Brewing Company is excited to announce their new barrel aged series, Wood Werks.
Columbia Distributing, one of the largest beverage wholesalers in the U.S., today announced it would acquire Oregon City’s General Distributors for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, which is set to close on March 31, will add approximately 3 million cases to a multi-state Columbia business that surpassed 62 million cases in 2016.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Burial Beer Co.’s newest wave of expansion is taking shape in South Asheville in the form of a new craft beer bar called Forestry Camp. The two-story structure, built in the early 1900s by members of the Conservation Civilian Corps, will soon house a small selection of Burial beers and focus on a diverse draught and retail beer list featuring breweries from around the country and internationally.
Leaning on its pioneering dry-hopping invention to extract even more character from its ingredients, Pelican has crafted Beak Bender, a contemporary hop-forward yet astonishingly drinkable IPA.
2017 was historically bad for U.S. brewers, who shipped 3.8 million fewer barrels of beer than the previous year, according to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments. According to industry trade association the Beer Institute (BI) — which represents the interests of all brewers and importers and publishes the TTB’s monthly estimates — U.S. beer companies shipped about 170 million barrels of beer in 2017, compared to nearly 174 million barrels in 2016.
Adelais, a German-style pilsner, and Four Seam, a New England style IPA, will both return to cans on Wednesday, January 31, for Idle Hands Craft Ales’ latest can release.
D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., America’s Oldest Brewery is bringing its brands to consumers on draught at bars, restaurants and other on-premise accounts across Arkansas starting today.
As part of its paradigm shifting Rotational Imperial IPA program, one Melvin RIIPA will be released in select markets in cans and on draft every two months through 2018.
In partnership with Hensley Beverage Company, 21st Amendment will be coming in hot this February with an Arizona state-wide rollout and public-facing events throughout Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tucson and beyond during the better part of 2018
Mad River Brewing Company is pleased to announce the first release of the 2018 Artisan Reserve Series, Humboldt Brownie Double Brown Ale.
