The Brewers Association (BA) — the trade group representing small and independent breweries — today reported strong mid-year numbers for America’s craft brewers. U.S craft brewers continued their incredible growth through the first half of 2013, boasting 15 percent dollar sales growth and 13 percent volume growth over the same time period last year.
Here is something that was no doubt inspired by a few too many: craft beer labels that have been computer-animated. Tumblr account beerlabelsinmotion has been active for about two months now — but how long will it be until someone figures out how to actually put this on a beer label?
Here’s a script that won’t be worked into any new Entourage episodes anytime soon — but it is a sobering reality for anyone hoping to launch a new craft beer company. Adrian Grenier — (Entourage character name: Vincent Chase) — starts a beer company (Churchkey Can Co.) with partner Justin Hawkins, garners some early media… Read more »
Lakefront Brewery announced today that it has obtained an option to purchase 9.3 acres of land in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley, putting it on the growing list of craft breweries looking to open a second production facility. “I have looked all over the city, sized everything up and this is heads and tails above all the… Read more »
With capacity constraints now in the rearview mirrors at many top-50 craft breweries, there’s a bit of land grab occurring amongst the country’s largest producers. In the last month, breweries like Dogfish Head, New Belgium and Victory Brewing have announced plans to expand their distribution footprints. All three breweries also recently added new capacity, enabling… Read more »
After 16 years, Founders Brewing has finally found its flagship offering. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based brewing company introduced All Day IPA in March, then only as a seasonal product. But consumer demand and record sales quickly catapulted the 4.7 percent session ale to Founder’s largest volume brand, forcing the company to think about offering it… Read more »
The list of craft breweries expanding their distribution footprints is growing. Last month, a number of notable craft beer companies — like Delaware’s Dogfish Head and Michigan’s Bell’s Brewery — announced new wholesale agreements and this month, a few more noteworthy craft beer companies joined the list.
It’s an ambitious endeavor, but Sierra Nevada Brewing will celebrate the opening of its new Mills River, N.C. brewery with one of the largest collaborative undertakings the craft beer industry has ever witnessed. The Chico, Calif.-based company announced Monday, plans to partner with 12 U.S. craft breweries on the creation of a ‘Beer Camp Across… Read more »
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) — which produces and markets the Redhook, Kona, Widmer Brothers and Omission Beer brands — today announced a new partnership with theCHIVE.com, a popular entertainment website known for featuring salacious photo galleries of scantily-clad women and humorous viral videos.
In an effort to expand its distribution footprint to include all 50 states by 2018, New Belgium Brewing today announced plans to begin selling beer in Delaware on August 19. The Fort Collins-based craft brewery has signed an agreement with N.K.S. Distributors, a member of the Anheuser-Busch wholesaler network.
Rumors can spread quickly in the beer business. In May, when New Belgium brewing announced an adjusted construction timeline for its secondary brewing facility in Asheville, NC, the chatter began. Was the move to a 100 percent employee-owned business model the wrong decision? Would the Asheville brewery even open? Had Fat Tire sales gone flat?
Beer and food pairing suggestions have long been the domain of craft brewers, so why not Tenth and Blake? The MillerCoors craft and import division announced today that it is launching pintsandplates.com, a mobile website with more than 200 pairing recommendations.
For Brian Walsh, the Long Trail has led to the Iron City. Pittsburgh Brewing Company announced today that it had hired the experienced beer industry executive as its new CEO. Walsh, who most recently spent six years as the CEO of Vermont’s Long Trail Brewing Company, joined the company following the abrupt departure of Pittsburgh… Read more »
It would have been the perfect opportunity to shoot a television commercial, if only Jim Koch could have remembered to hire a film crew. On Tuesday, the founder of Boston Beer Company surprised passengers aboard a JetBlue Airways flight bound for New York with free samples of Boston Lager, poured from the company’s recently introduced… Read more »
