Craft beer industry news.
Off-premise trends are looking “challenging” for craft beer, Brian “BK” Krueger and Dave Williams of Bump Williams Consulting (BWC), shared during a Brewers Association (BA) Collab Hour last week.
Scout Distribution announced today that it will acquire Classic Beverage beverage-alcohol portfolio in the greater Los Angeles territory, covering LA, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Riverside, Kern and San Bernardino counties. The transaction is expected to close in November.
Birdsmouth Beer, a New Jersey craft lager brewery, will be opening Saturday, October 15th at the newly renovated Fort Monmouth Commissary building in Oceanport.
Football is back and so are draft sales, according to on-premise data firm BeerBoard. Draft beer consumption nationwide increased +21% during the NFL’s opening weekend (Thursday, September 8-Sunday, September 11), compared to the same period in 2021.
CraftHaus Brewery celebrates its eight years of magic beers at its annual brewery HausFest on Saturday, September 24 from 6-10 p.m.
Threes Brewing Releases Food For Thought Rye Lager
Back by popular demand, but this time with a chai twist, 2 Towns Ciderhouse releases Hollow Jack, a pumpkin chai spice cider slated to hit stores in September 2022 as part of 2 Towns’ Limited Release line.
Jones Beach Brewing Co. launches a new beer — Muldowney Irish Red — proudly brewed and named after Richard (“Richie”) T. Muldowney, a fallen firefighter in 9/11 for Ladder 7 and a volunteer at Freeport Engine Company 1-Engine 216.
The Brewbound team discusses the closure of TRU Colors, the craft brewery that hired rival gang members to work together but whose mission was marred by violence. The team also looks at two big distribution deals, including Reyes entering its 10th market, and Allagash’s future plans to move its taproom.
Ashland Hard Seltzer is on pace to double its volume in 2022, with expectations to exceed 500,000 cases (around 36,300 barrels).
Celebrating the harvest season, the Portland, OR-based craft brewery proudly honors this annual event with highest quality hops in the region.
Award-winning Temperance Beer Co. is toasting to nine years of brewing beer with the release of their Oktoberfest Märzen-style lager and a celebration at the brewery complete with fest food, oompah music, and limited-edition steins on Friday, September 9.
Heineken UK has acquired full ownership of Beavertown Brewery, four years after purchasing a minority share in the London-based company.
In an effort to create safe, empathetic spaces in the beer industry, Highland Park Brewery and Breaking Silence, a nonprofit, are collaborating to drive the conversation around interpersonal violence prevention in the alcohol industry.
