To kick off Craft Brew Alliance’s first-ever national distributor meeting, CBA-Con, held today in Las Vegas, president Andy Thomas asked the company’s roughly 500 Anheuser-Busch wholesale partners a question. “Is poker a game of skill or a game of luck,” he said. “Some of the best players will tell you that it is 100 percent… Read more »
Continuing its systematic approach to distribution expansion, Deschutes Brewery yesterday announced it would enter Nebraska this month. The Bend, Ore.-based brewery has signed a wholesale agreement with Johnson Brothers Liquor Company and plans to launch in the Cornhusker state with a series of events beginning October 15.
Sierra Nevada Brewing is expanding its business operations to include a new on-premise retail location in Berkeley, Calif. The space, named the “Torpedo Room” after its signature hopping device and the current best-selling IPA in the U.S., is scheduled to open in November.
Like a modern day gold rush, Americans all over the country are leaving behind the daily grind of their 9-to-5 jobs to chase dreams of owning a beer company. But with one new craft beer operation sprouting up every day, some of the more grizzled beer industry veterans are beginning to talk of a so-called… Read more »
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) announced the winners of its 2013 Clear Choice Awards on Tuesday, recognizing a number of consumer packaged food and beverage companies for their achievements in innovative glass packaging. Two craft beer companies — Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) and Green Flash Brewing — were honored during the 2013 Pack Expo, an… Read more »
A small piece of Portsmouth, N.H. is headed west. Smuttynose Brewing today announced new distribution agreements with two of L. Knife & Son Companies craft-focused wholesale operations in California: San Diego-based Craft Beer Guild Distributing of California and Los Angeles area’s El Dorado Distributing.
One month after announcing the sale of its Coney Island brand to craft beer incubator Alchemy & Science (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Beer Company), Shmaltz Brewing today announced a number of new distribution agreements. The company has signed with 10 new wholesalers across eight different states including New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, North Carolina,… Read more »
First it was brats, now its bedrooms. Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione just can’t seem to stay away from opportunities to extend the Dogfish brand beyond beer. The brewery today announced that it has taken over ownership of the property and plans to redesign the lodging facility with plenty of “Dogfish vibes.”
With the summer selling season in the rearview, many craft brewers have shifted their focus back to distribution expansion, announcing new wholesaler agreements across the country. The Massachusetts Beverage Alliance (MBA) today announced two new partnerships with Morrisville, Vt.-based Lost Nation Brewing and Cambridge, Mass.-based Bantam Cider.
Despite declining overall beer shipments in Massachusetts through the first six months of 2013, craft beer sales continued their upward surge according to recent data from the Beer Distributors of Massachusetts, a trade association advocating on behalf of family-owned wholesalers.
Aiming to capitalize on the growing demand for craft beer and an increasing need for commercial brewing space, two New York City-based entrepreneurs are planning to redevelop the defunct Neuweiler Brewery in Allentown, Penn. and turn it into a new contract brewing facility.
For the past two years, Brooklyn Brewery has remained steadfast in its commitment to grow organically in existing markets despite repeated attempts from wholesalers looking to lure the company into new states. “Our 25 percent growth this year has come organically,” said Robin Ottaway, the company’s vice president of sales. “At the end of this… Read more »
Would an IPA by any other name still taste as hoppy? And more, if it weren’t labeled as an IPA, would anyone buy it? It’s a question many craft breweries are exploring and some, it seems, are banking on the continued growth of the style and the name, which is a shorter version of India… Read more »
After 12 years of pouring some of the world’s finest beer over his own bar, Daniel Lanigan is making a career change, though he doesn’t plan on leaving the beer industry. Lanigan, a well-known publican and the founder of Alewife Baltimore, Alewife Queens, and Lord Hobo — one of the Boston area’s most celebrated craft… Read more »
