Craft beer industry news.
An Iowa craft brewery topped the Brewers Association’s (BA) list of the 50 fastest-growing breweries of 2018, but it wasn’t Toppling Goliath. No, the distinction of being the fastest-growing U.S. brewery in 2018 belongs to Lake Time Brewery.
Willie’s Superbrew, a first-of-its-kind hard seltzer with real fruit, has announced the addition of Sparking Mango & Passionfruit to its ever-growing list of flavors. The new flavor is the third of Willie’s newly-released brews joining Sparkling Pomegranate & Acai and Willie’s flagship, Sparkling Ginger & Lemon.
Ecliptic Brewing is excited to announce a new year-round IPA. Vega IPA features an always evolving variety of hops with a focus on experimental and never before used options.
GroundUP Restaurants and Zipline Brewing Co. have agreed to produce a beer for the company’s restaurants.
Pro Refrigeration is happy to introduce Niko Lukoff as the newest member of Team Pro. If Niko’s face, or name, seems familiar, it is likely because he has spent the past decade serving the craft brewing industry in various roles from Hop Distribution (NikoBrew Hops), Brewery Consultation and Brewery Equipment supply (Jupiter Brewing Solutions).
The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley has announced a new ownership structure and the formation of its first board of directors. Building on the success of the company’s 30th anniversary in 2018, founder Tracy Hayward announced she now shares ownership with co-presidents and long-time employees, CMO Michele Lex and CFO Medhane Kidane.
BarrelHouse Brewing Co. releases two of its top sellers in a sexy new package: cans. Six-packs of Sunny Daze and Mango IPA can be found at most major retailers and finer craft beer shops starting late March 2019.
The Connecticut Alcohol Retailers Exchange (CARE), has announced they have launched a new intro video and a campaign encouraging residents to support retailers selling beer at locations statewide and other pro-consumer initiatives.
As warmer weather finally reaches the South, Georgia’s Reformation Brewery celebrates the change in seasons with a new release for their IPA series, Nolan The Wanderer. Always changing, the series seeks to explore trends with small batch, seasonal releases in the IPA style category and has three new releases scheduled for 2019.
After an eight-month search, the Boston Beer Company has identified its next chief marketing officer. The country’s second-largest craft brewery today named Lesya Lysyj, who is currently the U.S. president of Welch’s Foods Inc., as its new CMO.
On Monday, March 25, 2019, Worthy Brewing soft-launched its new cans, new merchandise and serious yet playful mantra ‘Earth First. Beer Second.’
Two Roads Brewing Company, known for its lineup of Road Less Traveled brews, is excited to announce the release of two brand new beers, designed to cool you down in the warmer months.
Around this time last year, the Beer Institute (BI), a national trade association representing the American brewing industry, warned that President Donald Trump’s aluminum and steel tariffs would cost the beer industry $347 million annually. Well, as it turns out, the BI’s worst fears are coming true. The Washington, D.C., lobbying group tapped Harbor Aluminum — a research firm that specializes in the global aluminum industry – to study and estimate the cost of aluminum tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 since they were imposed on March 8, 2018.
Boulevard Brewing Company today announced one of the first craft beer endorsements by an active Major League Baseball player. The Kansas City-based craft brewery has inked a deal with Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield to promote its flagship Unfiltered Wheat brand. Additionally, Boulevard announced a sponsorship agreement with 20th Century Fox to make its Space Camper Cosmic IPA the exclusive craft beer of Dark Phoenix, the next film in the X-Men saga.
