The nearly decade-long debate over Massachusetts’ controversial franchise laws resumed Monday, as the state’s craft brewers and beer wholesalers packed a meeting of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. Brewers and wholesalers remain divided on how to reform strict franchise laws, which brewers claim lock their businesses into nearly unbreakable relationships with wholesalers. Each side presented revised proposals, which they argued would benefit each other.
BeerBoard, the leader in real-time data, insights and consumer engagement for the on-premise, announced today that D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. has signed on as the company’s newest brewing partner. The move adds yet another of America’s leading brewers to BeerBoard’s vast client list.
Ithaca Beer Company is preparing to introduce the next member of its growing Big Hoppy Family of limited double IPA’s in 16 oz. 4-pack cans and draft. Following Mr. Sticky and Uncle Buzzy, Aunt Lupey Double IPA visits wholesalers and retailers on October 10.
Elevation Beer Co. has released a limited run of its Double IPA and its famed Mosaic IPA in cans will return this month. The brewery is also serving a variety of small batch IPA releases in its tasting room this summer.
Budweiser has unveiled Harvest Reserve Deep Golden Lager, a limited-edition beer created in collaboration with the farmers who have grown the barley used to brew Budweiser for generations.
Molson Coors has acquired financially troubled London craft brewery Hop Stuff. In a blog post, Hop Stuff founder James Yeomans said the company had been facing “financial difficulties in the recent months” that forced it to enter “administration,” a process similar to bankruptcy in the U.S., on July 12.
Brewery Ommegang and HBO Licensing & Retail are pleased to announce the 15th and final offering in their multi-year, multi-beer partnership inspired by HBO’s award-winning drama, Game of Thrones.
Brown’s Brewing Company is known as a dark beer trailblazer thanks to its flagship, open-fermented, true English style Oatmeal Stout and high gravity Whiskey and Bourbon barrel-aged porters.
When Juliana Barazza – general manager of Concrete Beach Brewery and native to Colombia – thinks of summer, she thinks of Mango Biche – a typical Colombian snack where unripe green mangos are served with salt, lime and pepper.
In this week’s Last Call: Budweiser becomes the ‘official beer’ of the National Women’s Soccer League; California revises the definition of ‘beer’; A-B back away from its Asia Pacific IPO; Founders Announces the end of CBS; and more news.
