Craft beer industry news.
Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) has announced it will release its January Hazy IPA, Hindsight 2020, one day early on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2019. The beer will only be available at Hopworks’ North Williams Pub and Beergarden in 16 ounce four packs from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. while supplies last.
Lost Abbey co-founder and chief operating officer Tomme Arthur announced plans to launch a new line of canned sour beers called Tiny Bubbles, which he called his company’s “authentic alternative,” in his opening address earlier this month during the Brewbound Live business conference in Santa Monica.
Ithaca Beer Company will release a new core brand, Every Day Haze IPA on February 6, 2020
Port City announces the return of Long Black Veil®, a Black IPA made with Centennial and Citra Hops. Originally brewed as Port City’s Halloween beer, it is named in honor of the “Female Stranger of Alexandria”, a local historical oddity and legend.
Founders Brewing Co. has announced Civilized Brut, the first seasonal release of 2020. Civilized Brut is brilliantly bubbly, refreshingly crisp and stunningly clear, similar to a fine Brut Champagne. Designed for a more sophisticated IPA drinker, it has a clean and restrained bitterness.
Federal excise tax (FET) relief for makers of beer, wine and spirits is locked in place through the end of 2020. President Donald Trump today signed into law a tax extender package that includes the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which passed both chambers of Congress this week.
Deschutes Brewery is excited to share the 2020 beer release calendar including exciting new releases.
Revision Brewing Company announces the distribution rights change from Mussetter Distributing to Markstein Beverage Co. in the Greater Sacramento Area. In two and a half years, the brewery has exceeded production goals that were initially set to be achieved in year five of business, thus creating a higher demand for distributor resources resulting in the brewery’s move to Markstein Beverage Co.
D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., America’s Oldest Brewery, is proud to announce it has become an Official Partner of the New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center.
Trillium Brewing Company has released Threads, a modern-day interpretation on a nearly extinct, yet incredibly complex, traditional British Strong Ale. Inspired by a rich history of English Brewing, Threads, and its three single-adjunct variants, are aged in a variety of barrels ranging from Bourbon and Maple Bourbon to Rye and Apple Brandy. Trillium and their friends in brewing at Cloudwater, Other Half, Monkish and The Veil, thoughtfully blended portions of each close to three-year barrel-aged ale to unravel a final beer that is incredibly thought-provoking and complex.
Coronado Brewing Company announced Thursday the appointment of James Murray as the San Diego craft brewery’s next CEO. Meanwhile, Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered Monday Night Brewing has hired Jill Matherson as its director of people and culture.
Back in 2014, well before Barrel House Z founder Russ Heissner opened the Weymouth-based brewery, he took a field trip to Night Shift Brewing. As Harpoon’s first head brewer back in 1986, Heissner wasn’t new to the craft beer business, but he wanted a better sense of how the industry was evolving.
Olympia, Washington-based Fish Brewing Company announced Tuesday that it has been sold to Josh Carrigan and Kate Craig after entering receivership earlier this year, the Olympian reported. Bloomington, Minnesota-headquartered Granite City Food & Brewery announced Tuesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The owners of Barley Forge Brewing agreed on Wednesday to sell their business to the owners of Green Cheek Beer Co.
Portland based Ecliptic Brewing is releasing their Tucana Tangerine Sour Ale in 500ml glass bottles as part of their “All the Time” Series in January of 2020. This sunset-hued sour ale, which first launched last spring in 12-ounce cans, was originally part of Ecliptic’s Seasonal Series, but the company saw room for growth with the brand.
