As craft continues to grow up, an increasing number of small brewery owners — especially those who’ve been in business for more than 20 years — are starting to look for the exit. That means that succession planning is more top-of mind than ever for aging brewery owners looking to retire and cash in on… Read more »
While the growth of the craft brewing industry — it’s now north of 2,400 brewers — had many observers at last week’s Craft Brewers Conference fearing a shakeout, J.B. Shireman remains bullish. It’s an opinion that carries some weight because, come May, Shireman, the vice president of craft services for First Beverage Group, will have… Read more »
Nearly everyone attending the 2013 Craft Brewers Conference could tell you: The craft beer space has become more competitive than ever. But amidst the noise about growth, there are trends — consumer, industry, cultural — that are helping to influence demand. Brewbound’s correspondents, in an effort to get beyond growth statistics and stories of sharp… Read more »
An apple a day couldn’t keep Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) away from the cider business. CBA – which already markets the Kona Brewing, Redhook Brewery, Widmer Brothers Brewing and Omission beer brands – today announced the launch of Square Mile Cider Company.
Founders Brewing — the fastest growing brewery in the country — yesterday announced plans to can its session offering, All Day IPA. The Michigan-based brewery said it will release the low-alcohol brew across its entire distribution footprint in 12-packs this summer.
Jordan’s tone, while hopeful, was still cautionary. Her keynote speech addressed a variety of industry concerns including product quality, sustainable business practices, finite resources and even brewery expansion projects.
“We need to be absolutely vigilant about how our beers look, smell and taste,” she said.
The founder of the country’s largest craft brewery, the Boston Beer Company (BBC), announced yesterday plans to allow other craft brewers the opportunity to use a patent-pending can package that Koch spent two years and $1 million designing. “We’ve decided to make the patent-pending design available, without any royalty or license fee, to all craft… Read more »
After 16 years of championing the contract brewing business model, Shmaltz Brewing founder Jeremy Cowan has opted for a more traditional approach. A Jewish-themed craft beer company with offices in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Shmaltz will be able to call Clifton Park, New York home when it opens its first brick and mortar facility… Read more »
On paper, the Brew Hub concept has many industry experts intrigued. For fast-growing craft breweries wrestling with capacity and capital constraints, the idea of expanding production without the added investment risk in a second brewery is enticing.
Hoping to take advantage of the growth of craft beer, a start-up company plans to spend $100 million on building five new contract brewing facilities over the next five years. The company, Brew Hub LLC, was started by former Anheuser-Busch executive Tim Schoen. It is majority-owned by Yucaipa Companies, a private equity firm started by… Read more »
Craft beer is now a $10 billion category. As part of its annual report on the state of the U.S. craft beer industry, the Brewers Association (BA) — a trade group representing small and independent brewers — indicated that U.S. craft beer volumes reached an all-time high last year.
Another week, another can. This time, Deschutes Brewery, the country’s fifth largest craft brewer, confirmed to Brewbound.com today its plans to contract brew and can its Mirror Pond Pale Ale. “We see the potential there,” said marketing manager Jason Randles. “We want to have Mirror Pond in cans.”
Green Flash Brewing Co. is making good on last year’s promise to go bi-coastal. The San Diego-based company said it will break ground on a $20 million, 58,000 sq. ft. Virginia Beach, VA location later this year. The new facility is expected to open in 2015 and will eventually be capable of churning out 100,000… Read more »
During its year-end earnings call today, Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) — which markets Kona Brewing, Redhook Brewery, Widmer Brothers Brewing and Omission brands — advised investors that it had experienced lower-than-anticipated 2012 depletion growth of 6 percent. CBA had originally projected its 2012 depletion growth to be in the “high single digit to low double… Read more »
