Funky Buddha Launches Craft Food Counter & Kitchen
Funky Buddha is brewing up something special yet again – this time, in the kitchen. The brewery announces today its plans to build Craft Food Counter & Kitchen inside it’s Oakland Park tap room.
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Odell Brewing and La Cumbre Collaborate for Albuquerque Beer Week
On May 12, 2015 La Cumbre Brewing Company and Odell Brewing Company teamed up to make a special collaboration beer for the upcoming Albuquerque Beer Week. The brew, dubbed Paradisal Pale Ale, is a limited draft-only release featuring rare hops.
Malting Company Rahr Announces Massive Expansion
Rahr Corporation, a producer and distributor of malt and industry-related brewing supplies, has detailed plans to construct four new facilities in its hometown of Shakopee, Minn. as part of a massive $68 million expansion.
Vacationland Distributors Signs Sap House Meadery
The team at Vacationland Distributors, LLC. proudly announce their first partnership with a meadery: Sap House Meadery, based in Ossippee, New Hampshire.
Breakside Announces Limited Releases
Breakside Brewery is releasing new limited edition beers in bottles “Back to the Future IPA” for Portland Beer Week and “Oui, Chef” the latest in the Farmhouse, Fruit & Funk Series.
Portland Brewing Releases Velvet Majesty
Portland Brewing unveils a limited-edition beer to kick off a perfectly paired, three-year partnership with the Portland Rose Festival.
Odell Releases Barrel Thief
On June 1, 2015, Odell Brewing will release its latest Cellar Series offering, Barrel Thief, an Imperial India Pale Ale aged in medium toast American oak barrels.
The Last Call: North Carolina Beer Bill Granted Second Chance
Last month, a pair of craft-friendly bills in North Carolina that would have dramatically raised the self-distribution cap and legalized contract brewing in the state failed to make it out of committee. However, Creative Loafing Charlotte reports some of the less contentious language from one of those bills has reemerged as part of a broader alcohol regulation initiative that has been making headway.
Jester King Releases Foudreweizen
We’re very excited to introduce Foudreweizen, our second collaboration with Live Oak Brewing Co. in Austin, Texas! Foudreweizen is a farmhouse wheat beer fermented in an oak foudre.
Knee Deep Expands Distribution Throughout Massachusetts
Knee Deep Brewing Company of Auburn, CA. is now on it’s way to Massachusetts. Knee Deep beers will be available to Bay State residents in both bottle and draft beginning next month.
Firestone Walker to Debut La Piccola
Multiple versions of the same collaborative dark saison wild ale—called La Piccola—will be unveiled at the 2015 Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest on May 30, capping off a year of cross-continental brewing hijinks between brewmasters Agostino Arioli of Birrificio Italiano and Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker Brewing Company.
Rogue Releases Wasted Sea Star
The Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), Oregon State University, and Rogue Ales & Spirits are pleased to announce the release of Wasted Sea Star.
Merchant du Vin Announces Leadership Shakeup
Kyle Skinner has been hired as Controller, taking over from Tanya Yelkin, who will begin a long happy retirement in July, after 24 years at Merchant du Vin. Kyle, CPA and MPAcc, served as Senior Auditor with Merchant du Vin’s accounting firm Bader Martin PS before joining us, bringing broad knowledge of accounting and information systems.
Breaking Down the Brewers Association’s Top 50 List
The final numbers are in. After announcing the top 50 craft breweries in March, the Brewers Association today released its 2014 sales figures, painting a much more definitive picture of last year’s winners and losers.