Craft beer industry news.
Fort Point Beer Company announced today the expansion of its packaged product line with 12 ounce cans. Fort Point favorites KSA, Park, Villager and Westfalia are now available in six packs at select retailers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Two Beers Brewing Company, located in the heart of Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood, is thrilled to announce the release of Wonderland Trail IPA, a brand new beer joining the growing brewery’s year round lineup. Inspired by the Wonderland Trail, an exhilarating 93-mile trek around Mount Rainier, this hop-forward beer was developed to honor the treasures of the Pacific Northwest – hikes, hops and all. Featuring five varieties of Yakima-grown hops, and offering up a 7.1 percent ABV and 84 IBUs, Wonderland Trail will be available in 12-ounce cans and on draft beginning the week of November 2. Holding special meaning for the Two Beers Brewing team, combined with the trail’s 100-year anniversary, the release of this beer will also act as a fundraiser for Washington’s National Park Fund.
Henniker Brewing Company is proud to announce the expansion of its craft beer packaging lineup to now include 6-pack, 12oz cans, of its popular flagship beers, Hop Slinger IPA and Working Man’s Porter. The 12oz cans will replace the 22oz bottles, which were previously offered for the two flagship beers. Henniker Brewing started distribution of the cans across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine beginning in November 2015.
Silver City is proud to announce the return of the highly-limited, Bourbon Barrel-Aged variant of Old Scrooge on November 19th. Aged in single-use Kentucky Bourbon barrels since last Christmas, Bourbon Barrel-Aged Old Scrooge includes dimensions of warming bourbon and wood. Subtle layers of oak, candied fruit, and vanilla waft to the nose, while the rich malt character of the beer bonds with the whiskey notes of the barrel.
DuPont will present a new brewing enzyme for faster production of consistently tasty beer at BrauBeviale in Nuremburg, Germany, Nov. 10th to12th. DuPont™ Danisco® Alphalase® Advance 4000 is a robust solution for brewers to reduce or completely eliminate diacetyl during beer fermentation. The enzyme keeps beer quality high while optimizing production capacity and saving on energy consumption.
Left Hand Brewing Co. introduces Bittersweet Imperial Coffee Milk Stout, brewing the perfect blend of stout and coffee in a limited time offering. Offered in 22oz and draft, Bittersweet brings together Left Hand’s iconic Milk Stout with Allegro Coffee’s Mocha Java Blend, for a truly Colorado craft pairing.
The latest Hip Hoppy Series can release from Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. features a tribute to rapper Eazy-E with the name “Gimme that Nut Brown Ale” based on his popular 1990’s song, “Gimme that Nut.” Eazy-E’s persona was in the public eye again recently in the late summer release of the movie Straight Outta Compton which chronicled the rise of Eazy-E and his rapper friends in the music industry.
21st Amendment Brewery and Wirtz Beverage announced today a partnership that will bring the California-based craft brewery’s portfolio of beers to southern Nevada for the first time. “We’re so excited that Nevada is one of the first Western states to distribute 21st Amendment beers from the new San Leandro brewery,” said Michael Shetler, Craft Brand Specialist for Wirtz Beverage Nevada. “This is a great new chapter in the evolution of 21st Amendment and Wirtz Beverage is excited to help introduce new beers like El Sully Mexican Lager and Toaster Pastry – great innovations to complement their core lineup.”
Stone Brewing Co. is sorry for providing yet another IPA…but not really. The craft beer company is only guilty of one thing: Being an unapologetic band of hopheads eternally psyched to continue exploring the ever-expanding possibilities of India pale ales. For its latest collaborative beer, Stone teamed up with 4 Hands Brewing Co. and Bale Breaker Brewing Company—two rising stars of American craft brewing—to create 4 Hands / Bale Breaker / Stone Sorry Not Sorry IPA. This imperial IPA brewed with experimental hops and peaches will start arriving today in 22-ounce bottles and on draft at retailers, restaurants and bars where Stone beer is sold.
The brewers at Samuel Adams today announced the limited release of highly-coveted Samuel Adams Utopias, a beer unlike any other. Only the ninth batch brewed since the first release in 2002, this year’s Utopias, like previous vintages, was brewed in small batches using traditional methods, blended with previous vintages going as far back as 1992, then finished in the Barrel Room at the Samuel Adams Boston Brewery.
After nearly two months of negotiations, extensions and industry speculation, global brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev said Wednesday that it had reached a formal agreement to acquire its largest competitor, London-based SABMiller, in deal valued at approximately $106 billion. As part of the deal, dubbed MegaBrew, and in effort to appease U.S. antitrust regulators, the Belgium-based A-B InBev will divest its interest in MillerCoors, a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors. Molson Coors will purchase the remaining 58 percent stake of MillerCoors that it did not already own for $12 billion.
Out of the shadows and ready to rumble, Scarface Imperial Stout is back with a one-two punch from Speakeasy Ales & Lagers. The man, the myth, the legend, will arrive in stores and on draft in two bruising variations. Get a taste of mob life this fall and winter by enjoying the original Scarface Imperial Stout, and a special bourbon barrel-aged edition.
On November 9, 2015, Odell Brewing will release its first ever canned beer. The brewery’s new state of the art canning line will package around 310 cans per minute.
Add San Diego’s Coronado Brewing to the growing list of established regional breweries freshening up their look. Coronado, complete with a new “stay coastal” motto, is evolving both its consumer messaging and its look as the company enters its 20th year. “The packaging design for the launch of our new cans offered a great opportunity to dive deeper into our coastal story,” said Heather Dueitt, the company’s marketing managers.
