Bold Rock Hard Cider has unveiled the new packaging and bottle design for its full line-up of award-winning hard cider styles. The refreshed look comes as Bold Rock enters its fourth year making craft cider with apples locally picked in the Blue Ridge Mountains and continues to expand its reach throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. In addition to Bold Rock’s flagship Virginia-based Cider Barn, which features a public taproom, the company recently opened a second production facility and taproom in Mills River, North Carolina, and the regional craft cidery’s variety of hard cider styles can now be found in nine states from Pennsylvania through South Carolina.
Sonoma Cider, the award-winning brand crafting distinctive, certified organic hard ciders from gluten free ingredients and hands-on passion, is adding a fourth flavor to its already impressive core line-up, The Washboard. Set to be released on January 25, 2016, The Washboard features the sophisticated flavor of imported Indian sarsaparilla blended with the crisp, tart juice of organic Pacific Northwest apples, and a touch of vanilla.
Devils Backbone Brewing Company kicks off the new year with the debut of Danzig Baltic Porter, the first release in its 2016 Trail Blazer series. Danzig Baltic Porter (8% ABV) blends a rich English porter with a Germanic lager approach. Fairly robust, this strong black lager has notes of chocolate and coffee with hints of caramelized sugar.
Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, announced plans to build a new beverage can plant in the community of Nichols, New York to meet increased demand from beverage customers for specialty can sizes. The location of Nichols, which lies in the southern county of Tioga, will provide several economic and logistical advantages.
Golden Eagle Distributors, an Anheuser-Busch InBev wholesaler based in Tucson, Ariz. has announced the sale of its 9 million case beer and non-alcoholic beverage operation to its larger competitor, Phoenix-based Hensley Beverage. Hensley, also an A-B InBev wholesaler, sells approximately 20 million cases of beer and non-alcoholic beverages throughout Arizona. The combination of the two companies means nearly all A-B InBev products — about 30 million cases — sold in state will be controlled by a single distributor.
Port Townsend’s Propolis Brewing is teaming up with Beerthirst to distribute its multi-awarding ales in British Columbia. The new expansion will bring Propolis’ unique, hand-crafted seasonal herbal ales to specialty liquor stores throughout British Columbia in late January 2016. The introduction will give British Columbian craft beer drinkers access to award winning Propolis ales such as Beltane Golden Elderflower Saison Brett and Spruce Golden Saison.
As the second bottle release for the company, we are excited to launch the Dark Illusions Series with Volume 1 being launched in both bottles and kegs for the Indiana market. Dark Illusions is an experimental, small batch series of beers that highlight a mix of unique ingredients with experimental hops and malts.
A new year means new beer and Coronado Brewing plans to ring it in in epic fashion. For the first time in four years the company is adding a brand new year-round offering to its core line up. Stingray IPA is set for national release in early January and will be in international markets by the end of the month.
Beginning on January 16th, the first two craft beer offerings by HiJinx Brewing Company will be available in cans through distributors, taverns and grocery stores throughout the Lehigh Valley, as well as at the brewery in south Allentown. HiJinx Brewing Company will be canning its “Wicked White” and “Hop Havoc” throughout the next year to increase availability of the beers to both long-time HiJinx fans, as well as newcomers to the brewery’s finely crafted beers.
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”) (Nasdaq: BREW), a leading craft brewing company, and Pabst Brewing Company (“PBC”), the largest American-owned brewer, announced today that they have entered into a brewing agreement that supports strategic growth objectives for both companies . PBC subsidiary Rainier Brewing Company (“Rainier”) will begin brewing Rainier Pale Mountain Ale, as well as other Rainier brands, at CBA’s brewery in Woodinville, Washington in the spring of 2016. As part of the agreement, PBC has been granted an option to purchase the Woodinville facility at any time during the next three years.
We have a new coolship at Jester King, as we begin our fourth season of spontaneous fermentation! Our coolship is used to capture airborne yeast and bacteria as the wort cools overnight. The wort then ferments “spontaneously”, meaning that we do not pitch our mixed culture of yeast and bacteria. For us, spontaneous fermentation is the ultimate partnership with nature when it comes to making beer inextricably tied to a particular time and place.
Two beer companies quickly becoming known for their growing interest in partnerships today announced a tie-up of their own, one that will support the “strategic growth objectives for both companies.” In a joint statement, Craft Brew Alliance and Pabst Brewing, Rainier Brewing Company’s parent, today announced a brewing arrangement that will bring production of a new Rainier product back to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in 13 years. The arrangement is slated to commence in the second quarter of this year.
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For Portland Brewing, a new year means a new beer, and if Raise the Roost is any indication, 2016 is sure to excite. Brewed with a special strain of Belgian yeast, this Belgian-style Red Ale is a unique take on the traditionally popular springtime beer. You don’t have to wait until spring to enjoy the new brew — Raise the Roost debuts mid-January.
