Craft beer industry news.
Ohza, one of the fastest-growing ready-to-drink beverage companies, has introduced a new flavor, Cranberry Mimosa, to their canned cocktail line-up. Available direct-to-consumers online and in retailers starting mid-September.
Atlas Brew Works has introduced Sunny Honey Saison, a collaborative beer made using honey harvested from solar farms that use pollinator-friendly plants as ground cover under and around the panels to help save the bees.
Blake’s Hard Cider (BHC), the Midwest’s largest craft cidery, announces it will continue it’s “be kind mission” with the return of the beloved cider, Fido, with a $5,000 donation to Pets for Patriots, a national non-profit organization that uplifts the lives of military veterans and saves the lives of the most overlooked shelter dogs and cats.
Cider Summit PDX is celebrating the fall season with an encore of its popular Festival To-Go Tasting Kits, offering three different levels this time around: Modern Cider, Bottled Classics and Artisanal Imports.
Kombucha Brewers International (KBI), the leading trade organization committed to promoting and protecting commercial kombucha brewers around the world, will host its seventh annual KombuchaKon, the largest conference and trade show for kombucha brewers, manufacturers and industry professionals worldwide, virtually via Zoom on Sept. 17-18, 2020.
Well, that didn’t go as expected. Heading into the Labor Day holiday weekend, off-premise dollar sales of beer, cider and FMBs increased 12.2%, and once again topped $1 billion, for the one-week period ending September 5, according to market research firm Nielsen.
Double Jack is back by popular demand as Firestone Walker reintroduces its iconic double IPA for the fall season.
Wasatch Brewery toasts centuries of brewing tradition with the release of Great Deceiver Imperial Pilsner. Pilsners are the worldwide standard for phenomenal brews and Great Deceiver now reigns supreme as a devilishly delicious and deceptively sessionable beer.
Heavy Seas Beer is excited to announce the next release from its 15 Barrel Brewhouse, City Sipper Low Cal IPA. City Sipper is the perfect IPA for strolling in the sun. It has all the flavor of your favorite IPA, without the high calorie count—so you can keep sipping all day! This hazy IPA will be available in 4-packs of 16oz cans during a curbside can release from September 25th-27th.
Rogue Ales & Spirits adds a new beer to its impressive product lineup this fall. Pineapple Party Punch, an imperial hazy IPA brewed with citrusy hops, pineapple and toasted coconut, is a tropical escape in a beer.
The leaders of D.G. Yuengling & Sons Inc. and Molson Coors Beverage Company say the smuggling of beer is alive and well. “Just as is the case with a certain brand out of Golden, Colorado, more than a few people have smuggled Yuengling across state lines in the trunk of their car,” Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley said, drawing a comparison to the demand for Coors beer in the 1970s.
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly hurt a lot of businesses in the craft brewing industry. But a theme starting to emerge from some brewers: August was their “best month ever.” Count Night Shift among them.
Two of the largest beer manufacturers in the U.S. are linking up. Molson Coors Beverage Company and D.G. Yuengling & Son announced today a joint venture and long-term brewing partnership to expand distribution of the Pottsville, Pennsylvania-headquartered brewery’s beer beyond East Coast markets.
The 11.2% ABV beer that goes down way too smooth while packing a punch, with a rich flavour profile from the roasted malts, and decadent notes of chocolate from the roasted cacao nibs, is back.
