Craft beer industry news.
In 2015, Goose Island sought to heighten the drinking experience by designing a custom bottle worthy of the beer itself. Instead of the typical 12- and 22-ounce bottles, Bourbon County Brand Stout is now packaged in a 16.9-ounce brown bottle with embossed lettering. Constantia Flexibles was tasked with creating a premium neck and back label for this custom bottle.
Back by popular demand, Ithaca Beer Company is launching Super Stout as a full year brand in package and draft in January 2016. First released in early 2015, Super Stout was well received by coffee lovers and craft beer drinkers alike.
Trophy Brewing Co., led by founders Chris Powers, David Lockwood, and Brewer Les Stewart is opening its production brewery and taproom on Maywood Ave. near the State Farmers Market on the South side of Downtown Raleigh. Their dream of bringing their specialty brews to more people is coming to fruition on Monday December 21st, 2015 at 3:00 pm when the production brewery and on-site taproom opens.
Abita Brewing Company has released an alcoholic version of their famous root beer, the first product in its line of ‘Bayou Bootlegger’ hard sodas.
Gateway Brewing’s latest release Mahogany Lager brings new color to the lager spectrum. This smooth, dark lager is the US debut of Great Western Malting’s Sacchra-50 malt.
Boston Beer Company today announced that Frank Smalla, the former senior vice president of finance for Kraft Food Groups, Inc. will join the Samuel Adams-maker as senior vice president of finance on January 4, 2016. Smalla will assume the role of chief financial officer when current CFO, William Urich, steps down in 2016, the company said.
Anheuser-Busch has made its sixth craft brewery acquisition, today announcing the purchase of Four Peaks Brewing, the largest craft brewery in Arizona. Four Peaks will join a growing roster of craft brands, including Golden Road Brewing, Elysian Brewing, 10 Barrel Brewing, Blue Point Brewing and Goose Island, all of which are now part of what A-B calls “The High End” business unit.
The Cicerone® Certification Program today announced that Tenth and Blake Beer Company’s Jason Pratt has become the eleventh individual to earn the title of Master Cicerone®. Pratt earned the certification through a series of exams culminating with two days of intense written and oral questioning about beer styles, draft systems, beer evaluation, brewing technology and beer and food pairing given on November 3 and 4 in Chicago.
Birmingham, AL – Alabama’s craft beer industry continues to expand as AlaBev, Alabama’s premiere craft beer distributor, releases the first brew in their Master of the Brewniverse series. The series provides homebrewers a platform to take their brew public through a bi-annual competition hosted by AlaBev. Each spring and fall, AlaBev will partner with a… Read more »
In a bold collaboration with Mother Nature, Rogue Ales announces the launch of its new Hop Family series of IPAs, celebrating all 8 varietals of hops grown at Rogue Farms.
Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing is reportedly for sale. Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter, said that the employee-owned brewery, the fourth-largest in the country, could be valued at more than $1 billion. The decision to explore a sale comes as sales of products like Fat Tire, the company’s flagship, and Ranger, its IPA, are waning.
After several months of research and public participation, Scarlet Lane Brewing Company is launching Tiberius Centurion IPA in January 2016. The double-IPA will join the year-round lineup of Scarlet Lane beers.
Kruger Brau brewery is now using a Cask Brewing Systems SAMS (Semi-Automatic Canning System) machine to package its beers in aluminum cans. Kruger Brau is Cask’s first South African customer and one of only two micro-canners in that nation.
Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced it would purchase Arizona’s largest craft brewery, Four Peaks Brewing. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close during the first quarter of 2016. First Beverage Group acted as the financial advisor to Four Peaks and Spencer Fane provided legal counsel.
