ESCONDIDO, CA – Stone Brewing Co. is releasing yet another exciting collaboration beer today—the fifth this year!—dubbed “The Alchemist / Ninkasi / Stone More Brown Than Black IPA.” One of the many unfortunate casualties of Hurricane Irene was the destruction of The Alchemist Pub and Brewery in Waterbury, VT. When Stone Brewing Co. Brewmaster Mitch… Read more »
Upslope Brewing plans to release a new seasonal beer, Upslope Christmas Ale, the first week of December. The beer, an 8 percent dark, malty seasonal is brewed with coriander, brown sugar, orange peel. It will be lightly spiced with ginger and mace then finished with juniper berries at the end of the fermentation process to… Read more »
Originally brewed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Holland’s pioneering alliance of ABT craft beer cafes, Schneider-Weisse TAP X: Nelson Sauvin marks a series of firsts for Germany’s longest-running wheat brewery.
Peak Organic introduced a new lineup of beers this week, each one made with local ingredients from four different states. The Local Series sources grains and hops from New York, Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts. Peak Organic Co-Founder, Jon Cadoux, explains that the motivation behind doing the series was to pick out the intricacies of each… Read more »
The Samuel Adams Single Batch series is a limited-edition collection of the Samuel Adams brewers’ favorite beers. Each is created with unique ingredients and is available nationwide in 22 ounce bottles. The lineup includes four beers: Griffin’s Bow, Tasman Red, Third Voyage and The Vixen.
Recently, Victory Brewing announced that Old Horizontal, their 10.5 percent barleywine wouldn’t be reaching market in 2011. Founder Bill Covaleski told Brewbound that the decision was somewhat bittersweet. “It’s one of those unfortunate situations where we have to make decisions to keep everything flowing at the rate it needs to be,” he said.
Stone Brewing Company’s CEO and Co-Founder, Greg Koch, will be the first to tell you that he is an arrogant bastard. But when it comes to building both a recognizable and memorable brand image, Koch’s ‘arrogance’ has helped him to become one of the true visionaries in the craft beer industry.
Denver-based Renegade Brewing, which opened in late June, doesn’t currently package their beer but that hasn’t stopped Founder Brian O’Connell from thinking about the future. “My long term vision for this company is to grow into large scale distribution,” he said. “We want to start distributing across the state of Colorado, and then regionally and… Read more »
Odell Brewing Company will add yet another style to their lineup of four-packs this fall. The Mountain Standard Double Black IPA will join Isolation Ale and Double Pilsner in the company’s seasonal four-pack series. It’s decisions such as these that are aiding in Odell’s continual ‘managed growth,’ said Founder Doug Odell. “We look to gain… Read more »
Escondido, CA — October 17 — Stone Brewing Co. announces its newest collaboration beer available beginning today and rolling out in select markets across the country over the next few weeks. Stone Brewing Co.’s Steve Wagner and Mitch Steele worked with The Bruery’s Patrick Rue and Tyler King (Placentia, CA), as well as Elysian Brewing… Read more »
You don’t need to look much further than the parking lot at New Belgium Brewing to begin understanding the culture that Kim Jordan has created in Fort Collins. In fact, just take a stroll through downtown and you will spot numerous cruiser bikes all tattooed with the New Belgium emblem. In the brewery’s employee parking… Read more »
Left Hand Brewing Company, now distributed in 27 states, made 24,651 barrels of beer last year. The company is on pace to do 38,000 barrels in 2011, a growth of nearly 60 percent. But Chris Lennert, VP of Operations, is far less concerned about how fast the company grows and more concerned about how they… Read more »
Earlier this year, MateVeza Founder Jim Woods became the first craft brewer to receive Samuel Adams ‘Brewing The American Dream’ microloan, worth $10,000. Woods will now have the chance to take part in their “Experienceship” program and will soon be tapping into Boston Beer Co.’s vast resources.
While nearby neighbors Left Hand Brewing were busy “wowing” the Great American Beer Festival crowds with their new Nitro bottle, Oskar Blues Brewery quietly announced they would be rolling out some new packaging of their own. The Longmont-based craft brewery will soon be packaging their silver-medal winning Deviant Dale’s IPA in a shiny new 16… Read more »