Mother’s Brewing Partners with Central States Beverage
Beginning in February, the Springfield, MO based brewery will partner with Central States Beverage Company to bring distribution of its product into Lawrence, Kansas.
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Barrelhouse Brewing Partners with Reyes Beverage Group
Barrelhouse Brewing Co. is pleased to announce Reyes Beverage Group as its distributor from Santa Barbara to San Diego with Allied Beverages, Harbor Distributing, Gate City Beverage Distributors, Unique Craft Solutions and Crest Beverage.
Lagunitas Plans to Drop Suit Against Sierra Nevada
Lagunitas Brewing founder Tony Magee said on Tuesday his company will drop a trademark infringement lawsuit against Sierra Nevada Brewing, following backlash from what Magee called “the court of public opinion.” The announcement — which Magee made via his personal Twitter account late on Tuesday evening — comes just one day after Lagunitas asked a judge to issue a restraining order that, if issued, would have prevented Sierra Nevada from releasing its new Hop Hunter IPA.
Point Brewery Releases Point Bock
Point Bock has returned to the Badger State for the winter of 2015. Eagerly anticipated by bock beer fans each January for decades, the malty seasonal brew is available now on draft only in select Wisconsin markets through March while supplies last. Click here for a list of accounts in the Stevens Point area.
Deschutes Brewery Donates More Than $285,000 in 2014
Each year, Deschutes Brewery dedicates $1 per barrel sold to nonprofits throughout its distribution area as part of its commitment to building a healthier society. In 2014, this came to more than $285,000 going to organizations that provide services for the environment, children, families, animals, education and those supporting arts and cultural activities. In addition, the brewery donated an extra $37,000 in beer to support charitable events throughout the year.
Mims Distributing Signs Duclaw Brewing
Mims Distributing Company, a wholesale beverage distributor in North Carolina, has added DuClaw Brewing Company to its lineup of brewing partners. The Baltimore-based brewing company offers more than 35 unique handcrafted beers, including their bestselling brew, Sweet Baby Jesus, a chocolate peanut butter porter.
Hi-Wire Brewing Adds New Hop Circus Series
Work is progressing on our new $3.1 million production home (and for the awesome kick-off party to come). Once we make “the big switch” and our year-round and seasonals beers are being produced at the new brewery, we’ll refocus our Downtown Asheville brewery towards production of unique specialty beers. Well, why wait until the new brewery’s ready, right? We’re getting the ball rolling early with an entirely new series – Hop Circus.
Good People Brewing Unveils New Designs for Flagship Offerings
Good People Brewing Co. has announced new packaging for its staple offerings — IPA, Pale Ale and Brown Ale — completing a rebrand of the craft brewery’s year-round “Ales from the Heart of Dixie” line that began last year with the release of their popular Coffee Oatmeal Stout.
Surf Brewery Announces Seasonal Lager Series
Surf Brewery®, a small commercial craft brewery, open since 2011, with an onsite tasting room and homebrew shop, announced that they are releasing a Seasonal Lager series for 2015, called Surfer’s Point™, after the local surf break near the Ventura pier.
Victory Brewing Company Selects VicinityBrew Brewery Management Software
Vicinity Manufacturing is pleased to announce that Victory Brewing Company has selected VicinityBrew, Brewery Management Software, to enhance operations at their Downingtown Brewery.
Smuttynose Brewing’s ‘Hayseed’ Restaurant to Open in February
The most frequently asked question asked by the many people who tour the new Smuttynose Brewery in Hampton doesn’t involve hop varieties or even beer. It is, “When is your new restaurant opening?” With construction in its final stages there is finally an answer. Hayseed, Smuttynose’s new farmstyle restaurant, will open in early February.
Captain Lawrence Taps Collaboration Beer with Top Philadelphia Bar Owners
On Monday, January 12, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company (444 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY) debuted Think Drink: Volume 1, a limited release draft for select Philadelphia area taprooms and bottle shops. The specialty beer is the result of a massive collaboration project (#ThinkDrink) that began on Tuesday, November 18, when 50+ tavern owners and bar managers embarked on a chartered bus trip to the Captain Lawrence Brewery in Elmsford, NY.
Florida Retailers, Distributors Challenge Tasting Room Carve-Out
Two retail advocacy groups and a couple of powerful wholesaler networks in Florida are challenging a state law that allows brewers to operate as vendors, leaving many in the craft industry in fear that their businesses may be at risk. Brewers in the state have been able to operate on-site tasting rooms outside of the framework of the traditional three-tier distribution system thanks to a tourism exemption, originally written to allow Anheuser-Busch to sell beer products at Busch Gardens, a theme park the company owned at the time.
Lagunitas Lawsuit Tries to Halt Sierra’s New Hop Hunter
The two largest craft brewers in California are now embroiled in a trademark dispute over craft’s most ubiquitous style — the India Pale Ale. On Jan. 12, Lagunitas Brewing Co. filed a lawsuit against rival Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., the second-largest craft brewery in the country. According to the suit, a new Sierra release, Hop Hunter, infringes on Lagunitas’ trademarked logo designs and packaging for its own Lagunitas IPA — particularly the company’s famous labels that feature the stylized, oversized letters “IPA.”