High Heel Brewing, an innovative new craft beer company founded by master brewer Kristi McGuire, will introduce a line of craft beers specifically aimed at female craft beer consumers. The company, which produces its beers in partnership with St. Louis-based Brew Hub, plans to introduce its first two beers this summer. High Heel’s beers will be brewed at Brew Hub’s brewery in Lakeland, Florida, and will be available throughout the state beginning in June. Republic National Distributing Company will distribute the beers throughout Florida.
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Cape May Brewing Company is thrilled to announce a second Jersey Fresh-certified brew: Beets By May. This innovative new beer was inspired by Farm and Fisherman restaurant in Cherry Hill, and contains a generous helping of Jersey Fresh beets from Formisano Farms in Buena, NJ, and will be available at the brewery’s Tasting Room at 1288 Hornet Road in Cape May beginning May 26.
During a state of the industry address earlier this month at the Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia, Brewers Association director Paul Gatza said something that should have caused every brewery owner in the room to pause. “A rising tide does not float all boats anymore,” he said. So what’s keeping craft brewers up at night as they look out at volatile and rapidly evolving craft beer landscape? Watch the video above to hear what was on the mind of some CBC attendees.
Stone Brewing Co. today announced plans to expand its taproom footprint in California, adding a 10,000 sq. ft. pilot brewery and tasting room in downtown Napa. The company plans to install a 10-barrel pilot brew system, which will be used to produce unique small-batch creations and will complement the company’s core beer lineup.
The Long Trail Brewing Company is proud to announce the release of Green Blaze IPA, an American IPA brewed with a forest of Mosaic, Equinox, Columbus and Chinook hops. “We’ve been working really hard to find the coolest, tastiest recipe we could come up with,” said Sam Clemens, brew house lead at Long Trail. “We think we nailed it with this one.” This new year-round offering replaces the highly regarded English-style India Pale Ale in Long Trail’s core lineup.
Dry Dock Brewing Company’s Sour Apricot hit cans this week! Six-packs of this session-able sour ale will be available at North Dock today, at South Dock tomorrow, and in liquor stores across Colorado as early as next week. Also beginning today, guests can fill Crowlers of Sour Apricot at North Dock.
For the first time, Southern California’s The Bruery & Bruery Terreux beers will be available statewide in Minnesota. Artisan Beer Company will distribute a unique selection of barrel-aged and sour beers to the North Star State starting June 1st. “I’m extremely proud to have our beers finally available in Minnesota,” commented Patrick Rue, Founder & CEO of The Bruery & Bruery Terreux.
Neenah has released a new, all-encompassing swatchbook for The Design Collection of specialty papers. This new specification tool brings together the 15 specialty grades that make up this inspired portfolio of premium papers for luxury packaging and high-end print collateral — including the newly added Astroking Papers.
Less than two months after Boston Beer introduced its Truly Spiked & Sparkling line of hard seltzers in select markets, the company this week announced plans to expand distribution nationwide. Truly, a 5 percent ABV, 100-calorie sparkling water made from fermented cane sugar, comes in three flavors and will hit national retail shelves in June.
Rockford, IL – In 2013, in the same riverside brewery an English immigrant named Jonathan Peacock began building in Rockford, Illinois in 1849, a trio of young Rockfordians fulfilled their shared dream to be in the craft brewing business and opened an all-new version of Peacock’s Rockford Brewing Company. The beer was flowing and the… Read more »
Evans Brewing Company, publicly traded under the stock symbol ALES, has expanded product distribution to Washington with the signing of an agreement with Browar Polska Inc. to distribute the company’s core year-round packaged beers to retailers throughout the state. Evans Brewing 22-ounce bottles are expected to hit shelves in the Washington market in early June.
Two small Asheville, N.C.-based beer companies are tying up as the Thirsty Monk Pub and Brewery chain, which produces its own batches of beer and pours those from other U.S. outfits, today announced it would acquire neighboring French Broad Brewery. In a press release, Thirsty Monk owner and president Barry Bialik said the company planned to “grow the French Broad Brewery brand” and incorporate its beers into Thirsty Monk’s locations.
Sprecher Brewing Company, long recognized as a leader in the craft beer and craft soda markets, will double its portfolio of “hard soda” beverages with the introduction of three new products — Hard Cherry Cola, Hard Orange Cream and Hard Cola.
