Craft beer industry news.
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, NY is beginning the New Year with a cherry bomb bang by bringing tart/sweet newcomer Rosetta Kriek to the market on draft. Rosetta in bottles, which launched October 2015, has elicited a very positive response from craft consumers and retailers alike. The arrival of draft will bring the unique ale to fresh assemblies of beer lovers nationwide.
Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) today announced the release of Organic El Dorado Single Hop IPX. The beer is the ninth bottled release in HUB’s IPX Single Hop Ale Series, providing drinkers an educational celebration of hops for more than three years. El Dorado IPX is available on tap and in 22oz bottles in both Hopworks’ pubs and throughout the Northwest.
Hi-Wire Brewing is set to release the newest beer in its Lager Seasonal Series, Enchanter Baltic Porter. The third installment in this series, this beer will hit shelves early 2106 in 6-packs and on draft.
Oskar Blues Brewery is grabbing 2016 by the horns with the re-release of one of its core brews, Deviant Dale’s IPA (8% ABV, 85 IBUs). Previously available year-round, this dry-hopped behemoth will now be available only seasonally and in limited release, so get it while you CAN.
The American Malting Barley Association, Inc. (AMBA) provides growers with an annual list of malting barley varieties that it’s members are most interested in for the upcoming growing season. AMBA is a nonprofit trade association of 82 US malting, brewing and distilling companies that provide funding for the development of new barley varieties and evaluate new selections for their suitably in the US.
In four short years, Red Hare Brewing Company has gone from the kitchen stove to a newly expanded 17,000 square foot brewery in Marietta, GA. At their current production, Red Hare has become the third largest craft brewery in Georgia and in the top seven percent of the 4,000+ craft breweries in the United States today, according to the Brewers Association.
Another year of double-digit craft beer growth is in the books. According market research firm IRI Worldwide, craft volume sales in key U.S. retail channels grew 18.8 percent in 2015 while dollar sales grew 23.4 percent, to more than $2.9 billion. Total category-wide beer sales, meanwhile, were up just 2 percent in 2015 while total MULC dollar sales eclipsed $33 billion, according to the firm.
After three years with Golden Road Brewing, brewmaster Jesse Houck has departed the company and accepted a new position as Maui Brewing Company’s director of brewery operations, Brewbound has learned. The news comes less than four months after it was announced that Anheuser-Busch InBev would purchase the fast-growing Los Angeles craft brewery.
Jack’s Abby Brewing is pleased to announce that, starting in April of 2016, the Framingham, MA based brewery’s beer will be available in bars and restaurants throughout Westchester County and New York City. Jack’s Abby will be expanding their distribution footprint with Remarkable Liquids. Excluding areas on Long Island, Remarkable Liquids currently distributes Jack’s Abby in all other counties in the state of New York.
With a new ingredient and a bit of wizardry, Firestone Walker’s Velvet Merlin oatmeal stout has been transformed into a mindblowing mouthful known as Nitro Merlin Milk Stout, to be released starting on January 6, 2016.
2016 marks the Twentieth Anniversary of Silver City Brewery. To commemorate the occasion, we present our 20th Anniversary Series of beer releases. Some are vintage throwback recipes harkening back to our original, launch lineup. Others are recipes of the future, yet still inspired by our past.
Creature Comforts is set to release its first limited release offering of 2016 in February. Athena Paradiso with Tart Cherry, Raspberry, and Cranberry will be offered on draft as well as in 12 oz. cans.
Today’s forecast: Cloudy with a chance of grain. The brewers at Full Sail Brewing Company are ready to share their newest beer in the Session lineup – Session Wheat premium American-style Hefeweizen. Session Wheat is medium bodied and refreshing, featuring aromas of malted wheat with a citrusy hop finish.
It’s a new year, which means it’s time for spring seasonals in the craft beer world. Widmer Brothers Brewing today announced the release of its spring offering, a hoppy lager called Hopside Down India Pale Lager (IPL). This is the third release of Hopside Down, the second year as the brewery’s spring seasonal, and before that, the best-selling release in the Rotator IPA Series.
