The 10th Anniversary edition of Samuel Adams Utopias — the high gravity offering from Boston Beer Company (BBC) that drinks more like a fine cognac than a beer – is shaping up to be a record breaker. Boston Beer founder Jim Koch is on a quest to, quite literally, blur the lines between beer and… Read more »
MillerCoors is known for packaging innovations like the vortex bottle, the aluminum pint, punch top cans and The Home Draft Box and now the company is adding boxed cider to that list. The country’s second-largest brewer today announced plans to release boxed, non-carbonated hard cider via the recently acquired Crispin Cider and Fox Barrel brands.
The craft beer rumor mill is churning again and the latest word on the street is that North American Breweries (NAB) is up for sale. Reuters, citing “sources familiar with the matter,” is reporting that New York City-based private equity owner KPS Capital Partners has put the NAB brand up for sale. One of the… Read more »
Craft beer took center stage last night at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) as Bill Butcher; the owner of Alexandria, Virginia-based Port City Brewing spoke on behalf of small business owners in support of President Barack Obama. “Our President has fought for small business owners and now it’s time to fight for him,” Butcher said.
Boston Beer Company continues to invest in its expanding cider business, today announcing an extension to its rapidly growing Angry Orchard Cider line. According to press materials received by Brewbound.com, The Angry Orchard Cider House Collection is a new high-end line extension made with heirloom varietals that showcase the collection’s complex flavors.
The Brewers Association hosted its annual 2012 mid-year craft beer category sales review, this afternoon, confirming what most in the industry had already assumed: craft beer is on pace to achieve its seventh consecutive year of double-digit dollar sales growth in SIG-tracked U.S. Supermarkets.
Word on the street from recently established Boston-area contract brewers is that they need a place to call home. Brewbound.com spoke to three emerging local breweries — Notch Brewing, Somerville Brewing Company and Blatant Beer – at last Friday night’s Massachusetts Brewers Guild Fest about their top priorities, and one of the primary concerns voiced… Read more »
Oskar Blues continued its impressive growth in 2012 with the largest Chicago launch of any craft brewer to date. The Longmont, Colo.- based craft brewer moved over 5,000 cases during its first five days in the craft-savvy Chicago area. The successful launch of the brand in the midwest coincides with an announcement from Birmingham Beverage… Read more »
Craft Brewers across the Southeast and Texas are hoping to change liquor distribution laws that currently prevent small breweries from selling beer from their breweries directly to consumers for off-premise consumption. Currently, Texas brewers, led by St. Arnold Brewing Co. founder Brock Wagner, are mounting a legislative challenge against their state’s laws.
Goose Island is officially migrating all over the country. The Chicago Tribune reported Friday afternoon that the Anheuser-Busch InBev owned craft brewery will be available, on draught, in all 50 states by the end of November. It will be begin national sales of 6-packs and 12-packs at the start of 2013.
After running a personal best time of 1:42.95 in the 800-meters and falling just short of the medal stand during the 2012 Olympic Games in London, it stands to reason that U.S. middle-distance runner Nick Symmonds needed a drink. So what did Symmonds do? Like any true athlete would, he didn’t let the end of… Read more »
Bronx, NY-based Manhattan Beer Distributors is one of largest wholesalers in the country, with case sales slated to top 33 million and dollar sales trending towards $700 million in 2012. But the wholesaler, which does more than 50 percent of its volume in MillerCoors and Crown Imports products, has begun dedicating outsized attention elsewhere: to… Read more »
It’s been almost 18 months since Chicago-based Goose Island was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Despite some initial pushback from die-hard craft enthusiasts who cried foul over the possibility their beloved brewer had sold out, the company has shown impressive growth, up 20 percent over the past year, and it should soar even higher in the… Read more »
The Brewers Association (BA) released a snapshot of the craft beer landscape through July last week and the most recent numbers continue to reflect the unprecedented growth of the craft segment. BA director Paul Gatza reports on the organization’s website that 16 new breweries went online last month, bringing the total U.S. count to 2,142…. Read more »
