Craft beer industry news.
In a move that underscores just how quickly the craft beer segment has evolved, Shmaltz Brewing Company today announced plans to vacate an upstate New York brewing facility that it built just five years ago. The company — which launched in 1996 as a contract-brewed, Jewish-themed craft brand – has sold its brewery equipment assets to Queens-based Singlecut Beersmiths for an undisclosed sum.
In the continued fallout of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel, the Beer Institute (BI) is now calling on the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate anticompetitive activity in the aluminum market.
New Belgium Brewing is rolling out 2018’s sour beer offerings in style with the simultaneous release of this year’s La Folie and Transatlantique Kriek.
An exciting new Flavor Adventure is here just in time for summer: UFO Blueberry Lemonade, brewed with the essence of Polar Seltzer’ade Blueberry Lemonade.
Kicking it old school has never been so tasty: Birdsong Brewing will release Rewind Lager on June 2, just in time for the warm summer months.
Live the La Vida Sangria life with Ciderboys’ latest fruitful pairing, a delicious mix of apple cider with citrus and sangria flavors.
This summer, Strongbow Hard Ciders is bringing back by popular demand the renowned Original Dry.
Swilled Dog Hard Cider, a West Virginia hard cider company based out of Franklin, WV, is adding more ciders to their lineup, is expanding into Virginia.
Airborne beer is brewed as a traditional Belgian Brown Ale with anise and clove on the nose.
Petainer, the global lead in one-way kegs, is partnering with BLUE PET in Brazil to start manufacturing petainerKeg – its global family of keg products which are increasingly being used by breweries for draught beer.
Want to know what keeps craft brewers up at night? Here’s the short list: Taking care of employees, staying relevant, fighting for shelf space, differentiating brands in the marketplace, creating value for wholesalers and retailers, competing against taproom-focused breweries as well as corporately held brands, and the continued flood of new category entrants.
In this week’s edition of Last Call: International M&A heats up with Heineken, Pernod and Constellation; Rebecca Spicer to depart the NBWA; Michigan Senators vote to outlaw marijuana-infused alcoholic drinks; Sonoma County tallies the economic impact of Pliny the Younger; and more.
Mike Hess Brewing Co. (MHB) of San Diego is excited to announce their partnership with the San Diego County Fair and the release of the Fair’s collaboration beer for 2018, Tangerine A-Fair IPA, a refreshing mashup of MHB’s renowned San Diego–style India Pale Ale with a “roundhouse kick” of real tangerine fruit.
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers reveals its latest limited edition racket in the series, Safehouse Saison, a 6.2% ABV farmhouse-inspired saison brewed with black peppercorns.
