Craft beer industry news.
Southern Champion, maker of BuzzBallz, adjusted operations from solely cocktail production to add the creation of hand sanitizer to donate to health care facilities, municipalities, and retail personnel in Texas.
Big Storm Brewing has filed the required federal application to begin manufacturing ethanol.
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a business unit of Ardagh Group, has partnered with O’Connor Brewing Company to manufacture all of its 12 oz. long-neck glass bottles.
Ball Corporation has added production of 32 oz. crowler cans and expects to have a supply ready to hit the market in two days. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the $2 trillion stimulus package to aid the public health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Deschutes Brewery founder Gary Fish told the Bend Bulletin that the company has laid off about 60% of its staff.
Dealmaking activity in the beer space hasn’t slowed down despite growing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. Much to the contrary, in fact.
From craft beer to cider and now seltzer, the brewers at Southern Tier Brewing Company will chart new territory and innovate within the craft hard seltzer space.
Paying tribute to its Louisiana roots, Urban South Brewery is excited to announce the release of its award-winning Snoball Juice IPA, now available for year-round distribution.
Three Heads brewer Derek Armstrong and Rohrbach brewer Joel Will have developed a recipe (over the phone, of course) that combines two locally beloved brews–Space Kitty and The Kind.
In response to the Coronavirus shutdown, Roadhouse Brewing Company is countering the temporary closure of the Roadhouse Pub & Eatery and Brewery Tap Room by launching Thursday evening Virtual Happy Hours, continuing Trivia Night in virtual form, and debuting a ‘Dry Mug Club’ to benefit team members dramatically impacted by the shutdown.
Vitamin Sea Brewing Company Dino Funari shares how the Massachusetts craft brewery’s growing popularity hasn’t made the company immune to the realities of business, as well as the challenges of balancing time at the brewery with his day job, the goal of maintaining a work-life balance and much more.
After careful thought and consideration, WeldWerks Brewing Co. has decided to postpone the 2020 WeldWerks Invitational to Saturday, October 17, 2020.
Oregon Fruit Products LLC has released Lemon Puree, the company’s first limited-edition Fruit for Fermentation offering for 2020.
As draft beer has almost entirely stopped flowing in the U.S. due to on-premise shutdowns caused by efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, craft brewers are turning to crowlers — 32 oz. cans filled and sealed on demand — to sell the beer left in their kegs before it oxidizes.
Torch & Crown Brewing Company co-founder and CEO John Dantzler shares how the New York craft brewery is adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal assistance small businesses need, the loosening of liquor laws during the crisis, and much more.
