Craft beer industry news.
W.M. Sprinkman Corporation (WMS) is proud to announce and welcome Graham Broadhurst as the Director of Brewery Operations. Graham will be responsible for sales leadership, product development and overall management of the Sprinkman Brewing System division of WMS.
Southern Tier brewing is proud to announce the arrival of two great seasonal beers. Beginning January 2016 the brewery will add 2XSMASH and Back Burner Barley Wine Style Ale to its robust seasonal catalogue.
With the arrival of December comes two of our most anticipated beers, Marin Brewing’s Hoppy Holidaze, and Moylan’s White Christmas Spiced Winter Lager.
Powerful, decadent, united by barrels and graceful age, Syndicate No. 03 is ready to break from the shadows. This long awaited beer by Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, the third installment of the Syndicate Series, features a blend of strong ales aged in American spirits barrels for no less than twelve months.
Reyes Beverage Group, via its Premium Distributors outfits in Virginia and Washington D.C., has acquired the distribution rights to a pair of the most prominent craft brands in the country. In two separate announcements, the company said it purchased the rights to Lagunitas Brewing – already one of its top craft suppliers – and Stone Brewing, which is building a second brewing facility in the area.
This week Linden Street Brewing announced several new endeavors it will undertake to start the 2016 off on the right foot.
Bell’s Brewery will expand distribution into Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas next year and has begun the process of identifying new wholesale partners in each state. In a press statement, the Michigan-based brewery said launch plans have not been determined but that potential distributors are being identified.
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”) (Nasdaq:BREW), a leading craft brewing company, announced today that it has secured a $50 million credit facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The new credit facility increases CBA’s overall borrowing capacity and takes advantage of favorable interest rates to support the company’s strategic projects and long-term growth while providing more flexibility to borrow and repay funds.
Innis & Gunn, the award-winning independent brewer of oak-aged beers, is releasing a new winter seasonal beer in the United States. Bourbon Aged Dark Ale (7.4%) is a cola-colored ale made with Innis & Gunn’s house ale malt, crystal and toasted malts, roasted barley and Super Styrian Goldings hops.
ManCan, the innovator of stainless steel, keg-style growlers, has partnered with top beverage engineers to develop the Perfect Pour Regulator. The development of the new Regulator coincides with ManCan’s Kickstarter shipments to their early backers, set to occur in the coming weeks.
December 5, 2015 marks the 82nd anniversary of the 21st Amendment. On that date in 1933, Prohibition ended in the U.S. when 36 states ratified the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment which began Prohibition in 1920. In recognition of “Repeal Day,” Massachusetts beer distributors today highlighted the industry’s growth over the decades and its continued success in the Bay State.
NEW YORK — Oculto – a lager blended with beer aged on tequila barrel staves – unveiled two new interactive packaging innovations during its Garden of Hedon event in Miami on Thursday, November 19. These included a first-of-its-kind illuminated bottle design featuring smart label technology and “Relics of the Night,” which leverages the Internet of… Read more »
On Saturday, December 5, the Center for Alcohol Policy will commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution. On that date in 1933, Prohibition ended in the United States when 36 states (the requisite three-fourths majority of the then 48 states) ratified the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, thereby repealing the 18th Amendment which began Prohibition in 1920.
Hydro Dynamics, Inc, would like to announce that its technology integrated into the ApoWave© hop extraction technology will have its first commercial brewery installation at Witch’s Hat Brewing Company in South Lyon, MI. Witch’s Hat’s award winning beers are sold around Michigan as well as its own bar at the brewery. The ApoWave© equipment is expected to be installed in the next couple weeks with the first “cavitation” beers available shortly after.
