Craft beer industry news.
Payette Brewing Company, Idaho’s largest brewery and makers of Rustler IPA, is thrilled to announce they will begin distribution in Montana and Wyoming this month with Oklahoma on the horizon. Montana and Wyoming will be the sixth and seventh state Payette Brewing adds to their distribution portfolio, following Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
About six months ago, headlines were suggesting that Dogfish Head was struggling to grow as fast as its competitors. Speaking to a crowd of 300 beer industry professionals at last week’s Brew Talks meetup, held on May 4 at World Café Live during the 2016 Craft Brewer Conference in Philadelphia, Calagione provided some context.
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May 12th, Fort Collins Brewery (FCB) will be releasing the Savor Series’ second beer, Kettle-Soured Dark Cherry Imperial Red Ale. The Savor Series is a limited batch reserve series featuring styles that don’t hold back. In the past, FCB has had fun exploring fruit beers and has continued to explore how fruit can be highlighted by certain techniques and styles.
Starting in June, craft beer drinkers will be able to find Green Man beer on shelves in Georgia. This will be the fifth distribution state for the Asheville, NC-based brewery, after expanding distribution in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. Green Man began bottling 6 packs in 2013 and since has been steadily filling out its distribution footprint throughout the Southeast.
As Missouri’s third largest craft brewery with about 30,000 bbls of annual brewing capacity now on-line, Urban Chestnut had been able to distribute to Kansas City, MO, and Chicago in the past two years. Last week, Urban Chestnut expanded its distribution footprint to the full state of Kansas.
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), along with beverage leaders including Diageo and New Belgium Brewing, and the glass processing and recycling industry, have convened a dynamic group of organizations to make glass recycling work in the U.S. The nearly two dozen member organizations announced today they are joining forces to create the U.S. Glass Recycling Coalition. The coalition’s primary goal is to help build a foundation to make glass recycling a successful industry, and an efficient, high-quality and convenient service consumers want and expect.
In the midst of last week’s Craft Brewers Conference, and on the heels of disappointing first quarter earnings from the country’s largest publicly traded craft outfit, Boston Beer, a trio of beer companies last week released their Q1 financial results. All three companies — Anheuser-Busch InBev, MillerCoors and Craft Brew Alliance — each posted first quarter depletion declines.
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, a leader in casual dining known for its delicious, handcrafted pizza, distinctive taproom fare and vast craft beer selection, announced today it signed a four-unit franchise development agreement to open new restaurants in South Carolina in Greenville, Spartanburg and Horry counties, with the first location slated to open in Myrtle Beach in the fourth quarter of 2016. This announcement comes on the heels of a year of record-breaking success and is part of Old Chicago’s aggressive franchise expansion plans for South Carolina.
San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing has announced plans to begin national distribution of its aluminum packages. The company will begin selling three year-round offerings in 12 oz. cans next month. 6-packs of the company’s Jibe Session IPA, Passion Fruit Kicker and Sea to Sea Zwickel Lager began shipping to U.S. distributors today, according to a press release.
Firmly rooted in tradition with an eye on the future, Saddle Creek Logistics Services celebrated its 50th year in business last week. On its golden anniversary, the company is announcing the appointment of Scott Thornton as chairman of the company. He succeeds Saddle Creek founder David Lyons who passed away last July.
On May 3rd, K&G Data Solutions released a cloud-based version of their quality software, Brew-Q. Focusing on feature-rich customization and streamlining data entry and reporting, Brew-Q offers a way for breweries to move beyond spreadsheets and simple data entry programs.
Mission Brewery is proud to announce the release of their new premium IPA “Plunder,” adding to the award winning collection of beers they produce. The beer features 9 different hops, while being extremely well balanced and drinkable with a 7% ABV.
Upland Brewing Co. announced today that it will release Marion the Agrarion Dry-Hopped Farmhouse Ale in early May on draught and in 4 packs throughout their distribution area. It will be on tap at Upland pubs and tap rooms starting Friday, May 6th.
