SAN FRANCISCO – Brewbound.com attended the 2011 Craft Brewer’s Conference in March and was able to finally meet with with Craft Beer Program Director for the Brewers Association, Julia Herz, on the final day of seminars. A full house turned out to listen to Herz speak alongside Nick Lake of The Nielsen Company and Heather… Read more »
CHICO, CA – Sierra Nevada confirmed to Brewbound the release of Beer Camp Beer, A Lighter Shade of Pale. Bill Manly of Sierra Nevada could not pinpoint the exact release date of the beer, but did note that it is slated to make its first appearance to consumers during Philly Beer Week (June 3rd-12th). Manly… Read more »
DENVER, CO – Great Divide Brewing Co. announced last week that is was pulling out of multiple territories across the U.S. Brewbound.com was able to connect with “Word Nerd” Hanna Laney of Great Divide regarding the issue. The official statement from the brewery is below.
PORTLAND, OR — The Craft Brewers Alliance (CBA) had their quarterly earnings conference call Tuesday. Among the topics discussed were 2010 year end results, the Goose Island acquisition by Anheuser-Busch and the plans for 2011. Some important details about the Goose Island acquisition, which is expected to close in the second quarter of this year…. Read more »
EUGENE, OR – Oakshire Brewing is set to release it’s first barrel-aged selection, Hellshire I. The first beer in the Hellshire series is an American Barleywine that checks in at 10% ABV. It was aged ten months in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels and will be released on Saturday, May 7th at 8 A.M. Only 120… Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO – At the end of March, brewbound.com traveled to 2011 Craft Brewers Conference in San Francisco. While at the conference, we were able to meet up with some of the more notable individuals both attending and speaking at the event. Ray Daniels, the Founder of the Cicerone Program not only presented a seminar… Read more »
BOSTON – The fans have spoken and the final two breweries in brewbound.com’s inaugural Brew Madness competition are Victory Brewing and Dogfish Head. After surviving five rounds throughout the field of 64, the two breweries will now go head to head in what is sure to be an epic match-up. Dogfish Head defeated Rogue’s Dead… Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO – Brewound.com was able to attend the 2011 Craft Brewers Conference. There, we were able to meet up with Ray Daniels of the Cicerone Program, Greg Koch of Stone Brewing Company and Julia Herz of the Brewers Association. There were over 100 speakers at over 50 different Seminars. Brewbound was able to capture… Read more »
Boy you’re mad. Goose Island is now fully owned by Anheuser-Busch. Anytime you buy a Goose Island product, you support a corporate giant that is out to win the shelf space war against the craft beer industry- or at least co-opt it. Even if the quality stays exactly the same – or improves — Goose… Read more »
BOSTON – What was once a field of 64 breweries, is now down to four. The Elite Eight round saw a narrow win from Founder’s Brewing Company’s Breakfast Stout with 345 votes over Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout. Victory Brewing Company held true to its name and their Prima Pils took down Russian River’s beloved… Read more »
NEW YORK – Discovery has confirmed that the television series, Brewmasters will be cancelled. Andy Crouch of beerscribe.com reported via twitter the official Discovery comment. “BrewMasters was launched with a lot of marketing support and garnered widespread media coverage but unfortunately the series did not find a large enough audience so it was not renewed.”
NEW YORK – A NYC based private equity firm is expected to announce plans today to purchase the Iron City Brewing Company. Iron City Brewing left the town of Pittsburgh, PA in 2009 resulting in the loss of over 50 jobs and effectively eliminated the last brewery from a town that had once housed more… Read more »
This morning, beer giant Anheuser-Busch acquired the Chicago-based craft brewery Goose Island Beer Co. When all said and done, the deal is worth $38.8 million. Goose Island’s legal name is Fulton Street Brewery LLC (FSB). Anheuser-Busch reached an agreement to purchase the majority (58 percent) equity stake in FSB from its founders and investors, held in Goose Holdings Inc. (GHI), for $22.5 million.
ROSEVILLE, MN — Northern Brewer was sent a cease and desist letter yesterday afternoon from an attorney representing Bell’s Brewery over the name of one of their home brew kits, “Three Hearted Ale.” Bell’s Brewery, which makes a year round offering by the name “Two Hearted Ale,” is required by law to defend their trademark…. Read more »
