Uinta Brewing has agreed to change the name of Hop Notch, the brewery’s flagship beer and one of the fastest-growing IPAs in the country, following a request from Massachusetts-based Notch Brewing, which owns trademark for the word “Notch” as it relates to beer and breweries. Notch Brewing claimed that Hop Notch was creating marketplace confusion.
Fred Forsley, the founder of the country’s 15th largest craft brewery, is so excited about the growth of the craft category that he struggled to find another adjective to describe it. “Our industry is going through a variety of exciting times,” he told Brewbound. “The last few years have been fun and I get excited… Read more »
In our latest video , Epic co-founder David Cole discusses that the idea of operating numerous production facilities throughout the country. Cole hopes the approach of growing through multiple, regionally located, mid-sized breweries will prove itself in Denver and allow the company to consider additional expansion opportunities in the future.
With Oskar Blues Brewery’s second brewing facility in Brevard, N.C. running full steam ahead, the company said it plans to expand into a “handful of new states” next year. Oskar Blues will jumpstart the process by entering Indiana in November with three wholesalers: World Class Beer-Monarch Beverage in central and south Indiana, and Indiana Beverage… Read more »
Carl Nolen, the co-founder and CEO of soon-to-launch Wisconsin Brewing is blunt when discussing his company’s finances. “If you are undercapitalized out of the gate, you are probably going to be screwed,” he said.
The craft beer category continued to capture on-premise market share in the third quarter despite what GuestMetrics calls the “weakest” of the year for all alcohol categories. According to the on-premise data supplier, on-premise beer volumes are down 5.2 percent in the last four weeks and 3.7 year-to-date.
If ever there was a race to open a second brewery on the East Coast, Oskar Blues won by a long shot. The Longmont, Colo.-based craft brewery officially opened its second brewing facility in Brevard, N.C. last December, ahead of Sierra Nevada and New Belgium, which are also planning expansions in the Tar Heel State of their own.
Rapidly growing Founders Brewing Co. today announced that it is expanding its distribution territory to include Kansas and Nebraska. The Michigan-based craft brewery, ranked as the 29th largest in the country by trade group the Brewers Association, has inked distribution agreements with three wholesalers.
Golden Road Brewing is beginning to make a habit of attracting well-trained beer industry talent. The Los Angeles-based craft brewery which opened its doors two years ago is on pace to brew more than 15,000 barrels in 2013 and, to help grow its production volumes in 2014, the company will more than double its sales,… Read more »
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) — the federal agency that approves new beer labels and brewing companies — is once again operational following a 16-day government shutdown that ended last Thursday.
MillerCoors yesterday announced that it will cut 360 jobs, firing 200 salaried employees — nearly 2 percent of its active workforce and 6 percent of its salaried posts — and eliminating another 160 unfilled positions. In a prepared statement, the company said the cuts are an attempt to “to create a more balanced, efficient organizational… Read more »
To meet a growing demand for its beers, San Jose, Calif.-based Strike Brewing Co. announced it will build its own brick-and-mortar brewing facility. Launched in December, 2011, the company had previously been contract brewing at Hermitage Brewing in San Jose. “Our contract brewing partner was great to work with but we wanted more freedom to… Read more »
Exactly 365 days ago, Boulevard Brewing founder John McDonald told Brewbound that that he wasn’t interested in selling the country’s 19th largest brewery. What a difference a year can make. But yesterday, the owner of the Kansas City Mo.-based craft brewery announced that Belgium-based Duvel Moortgat will purchase the company as part of a deal… Read more »
You can still find bronzing grandparents, golf courses and nightclubs in Florida, but after speaking with hordes of craft brewers at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver earlier this month, it seems that the Sunshine State also offers a growing range of craft beers.
