Craft beer industry news.
Sonoma Cider, the award-winning producer of such innovative hard ciders as The Hatchet, The Pitchfork, and The Anvil, announces a new agreement with Brown Distributing Company for service in the Florida market which went into effect on November 16, 2015.
Brewbound, a leading media platform covering the beer industry, yesterday recognized Jim McGreevy, president and CEO of the Beer Institute, and Bob Pease, CEO of the Brewers Association, as Persons of the Year during its San Diego Session. The Brewbound Person of the Year Award recognizes its recipient(s) for their outstanding achievement and leadership in the U.S. brewing industry. 2015 marks the second annual Brewbound awards ceremony.
Creature Comforts will soon release its third and final 750ml bottle for 2015. Brettomatic is a hoppy Pale Ale fermented 100% with Creature Comforts’ house blend of Brettanomyces that will be available in souvenir bottles on December 6th and 13th at the brewery as a part of a special tour that will cost $35 and include two 750ml bottles.
The craft beer community in Houston will have something new to pour in their beer steins this holiday season. Spindletap Brewery – a Houston-based craft brewery located on the city’s northeast side at 10622 Hirsch Road – will begin a roll-out of its signature beers to select bars and restaurants throughout the Houston area this week.
It only took 142 years, but the U.S. craft beer industry has finally set a new record. The Brewers Association announced today that as of Nov. 30, there are 4,144 breweries operating in the country, surpassing the previous record of 4,131, which dates back to 1873.
Sun King Brewing is continuing to reestablish distribution across its home state of Indiana, today announcing expanded coverage to 39 counties in southern Indiana via Monarch Beverage. The decision to grow comes nearly one full year after the company pulled out of some Indiana markets to avoid exceeding a statewide small brewery production cap that, at the time, was set at just 30,000 barrels. That cap was raised in May, when Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed into law a bill that tripled the production limit to 90,000 barrels for self-distributing breweries with tasting rooms.
Winters are long and cold here on Cape Ann. But, with the bitter weather comes great surfing conditions! When the swell is up most of the crew of Cape Ann Brewing Company can be found dropping their shovels and brewers paddles in favor of a wet suit and their favorite board.
A hoppy accident at Green Flash Brewing Co.’s San Diego brewing facility is the catalyst behind its limited edition holiday release, Jolly Folly IPA. Boldly hoppy, just like the award-winning craft beers the brewery is renowned for, the seasonal offering was created when a newer team member committed a ‘folly’ by mistakenly mixing two different beer tanks, resulting in 500 barrels (or 15,500 gallons!) of the merry new brew
Conshohocken Brewing Company announced that it has added industry veteran Matt Pushinsky as its Head of Sales. Pushinsky joins the team from Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey, where he was the East Coast Territory Manager. He also had significant stints with import suppliers Belukus Marketing and Sovereign Brands.
A federal mediator is slated to oversee negotiations this Wednesday between Portland, Oregon’s Teamsters Local 162 and General Distributors, Inc (GDI), a beer wholesaler responsible for getting brands like Corona, Coors, Sierra Nevada and a number of craft products to market.
ThirstyBear Organic Brewery joins the ranks of other acclaimed West Coast breweries such as Sierra Nevada, Rogue and Speakeasy by mastering the art of aging barley wines. Since opening in 1996, founding brewmaster Ron Silberstein has diligently dedicated a portion of his year-round craft beer program to the production of singular barley wine. ThirstyBear’s cellar includes barley wines dating back to the year 1999. Annually released on the day following Thanksgiving, ThirstyBear proudly launches its latest seasonal, CELLAR SERIES: BARLEY WINE 2012 (9.4% ABV, 65 IBU), this Friday, November 27, 2015.
Steamworks Brewing Co. continues with its special monthly “firkin” tapping Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, featuring a specialty beer in the spirit of a British Yuletide treat: Figgy Pudding.
Shebeen Brewing Co. is pleased to announce their partnership with Pennsylvania distributor, Nevulis Beverages in beginning distribution coverage of the Keystone state. With ongoing coverage in Connecticut, New Jersey and South Carolina markets, Shebeen will now be distributed in four states.
Creature Comforts is bringing back one of its most comforting beers just in time for the holidays! Koko Buni will be back this year as a seasonal offering and available in the Athens and Atlanta markets. A limited quantity will be packaged in cans, which will be available mid-December in 4-packs in hopes that more consumers will have access to the beer.
