Oskar Blues is getting aggressive. Today, the Longmont, Colo. based brewery broke news of an east coast expansion in Brevard, North Carolina. If you’re keeping count, Oskar Blues is now the third regional brewery planning to build a second location in N.C. – Sierra Nevada and New Belgium are the others.
North Carolina is rapidly becoming the hottest destination for craft brewers to expand. Today, the Longmont, Colo. based Oskar Blues Brewery announced plans to build a 30,000 sq. ft. brewery in Brevard, North Carolina. Plans also call for a 6,000 sq. ft. restaurant and music venue and the entire project should be complete by December,… Read more »
On the eve of the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), Bell’s Brewery President, Larry Bell, has managed to once again make the news. Last year he was squabbling with Northern Brewer over the use of the previously named “Three Hearted Ale” homebrewing kit. This year, he’s discussing a sale. Yesterday, Bell told MLive.com that he’d… Read more »
It’s not quite the European expansion that Stone Brewing’s CEO and co-founder has been discussing for some time now, but Greg Koch is headed abroad. Koch has partnered with Avanish Vellanki and Shailenda Bist on a new craft brewing project based in India. Independence Brewing Company will become the only independently owned and operated craft… Read more »
Thousands of craft brewers from across the country will converge on San Diego next week for the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference, presented by the Brewers Association. As one of the largest industry events for professional brewers, brewpubs and packaging breweries, CBC offers a wide-ranging spectrum of seminars and discussions aimed at providing brewers the chance… Read more »
Redhook Brewery’s VP of Commercial Operations, Andy Thomas, has issued a follow-up statement regarding the exploding keg that killed an employee on Tuesday. Twenty-six-year-old Ben Harris was pressurizing a keg as part of a cleaning process when it exploded, sending him to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Harris, a newlywed and expecting father later died… Read more »
John Bryant, best known for being a sales and marketing standout in the craft space, is getting back into business with a new project: Spokane, Wash. based No-Li Brewhouse. No-Li is a collaborative re-branding effrot between Bryant and current Northern Lights Brewing Company founder and head brew master Mark Irvin.
Talk about building from the ground up: Golden Road co-founder Meg Gill is so busy running L.A.’s newest brewery that she doesn’t even have time to take a seat. “I’m still working on the floor of my office because I don’t have anyone to go buy me a chair, and I don’t have time to… Read more »
Andy Thomas, the VP of Commercial Operations for Redhook Brewery has released an official statement regarding the death of a brewery employee this morning. The worker, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, was reportedly cleaning a keg when it exploded. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene and transported the worker to Portsmouth… Read more »
A Redhook Brewery employee is in critical condition after an exploding keg sent the worker to the hospital with “life-threatening injuries,” according to the website for the Portsmouth Press Herald. The worker was reportedly cleaning the keg when it exploded. The brewery has since closed the brewery’s ‘Cataqua Pub’ for the remainder of the day… Read more »
UBS, the global financial services company headquartered in Switzerland, released an investment report today on the country’s top craft brewer, Boston Beer Co. The inaugural rating for the makers of Samuel Adams? Neutral. UBS sees “limited upside” in SAM shares. UBS reports that despite being the largest craft brewer in the U.S. — they produced… Read more »
In honor of the 2012 Boston Marathon, Boston Beer Co. created a special brew with the runners in mind. The beer, a low-alcohol gose-style, is appropriately named “Samuel Adams Boston 26.2 Brew.” It pours a hazy golden, almost pale color with a thin head. The light body and medium carbonation make for some clean lacing… Read more »
By now, you’ve probably already heard that New Belgium will be building a second location in Asheville, NC. The Fort Collins, Colo.-based company is one of four regional craft breweries — those producing more than 15,000 barrels annually — to announce secondary locations this year. The others – Sierra Nevada, Victory Brewing and Lagunitas –… Read more »
Magners USA announced the launch of its new 500ml can this week. The new package will be available to distributors in all major U.S. this spring. Cans will be sold in 4-packs and 24-can cases. Below is the official statement.
