Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound’s events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a nearly 20-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.
Chris Cramer and Matt Rattner set out to build a 100-year-old brewery when they founded Karl Strauss Brewing Company in 1989, Cramer shared during a recent Brew Talks meetup held at Great Divide Brewing Company earlier this month.
Executives from three mid-size craft breweries stressed the importance of building financial stability while also creating and maintaining their brewery cultures at a recent Brew Talks meetup, held during the 2017 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado.
Several brewing companies are stepping up in support of those affected by the Northern California wildfires that have burned down more than 3,500 homes and buildings and killed at least 31 people.
In this week’s edition of Last Call: Apocalypse Now … a Trademark Dispute; Speakeasy and Modern Times issue tasting room updates; Modelo Especial becomes the official beer sponsor of the UFC; Dogfish Head gets extreme; and more.
The Brewers Association’s annual Great American Beer Festival drew an estimated 60,000 attendees to the Colorado Convention Center last week, and Brewbound hit the show floor to savor some brews and take in all of the spectacles that the GABF had to offer. Here’s what stood out.
Less than three months after MillerCoors CEO Gavin Hattersley implored beer executives to come together and fight back against the continued pressure from wine and spirits companies, two more beer CEOs have joined the conversation and are echoing his thoughts.
Portland, Oregon’s Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider announced plans last week to move its operations into a 21,000 sq. ft. building that will allow the company to double its capacity and meet growing demand for its products.
Massachusetts beer wholesaler Craft Beer Guild Thursday announced that it would appeal a judge’s order from earlier this week that upheld a $2.6 million fine for breaking state laws prohibiting unfair trade practices and illegal “pay-to-play” activities.
Constellation Brands announced its second quarter fiscal 2018 earnings Thursday morning, which were highlighted by a 12.8 percent increase in net sales over the same three-month period the year before.
A Massachusetts judge has rejected Craft Beer Guild LLC’s attempt to appeal a $2.6 million fine levied against the beer wholesaler for violating laws that prohibit unfair trade practices and illegal “pay-to-play” activities.
10-Year old Mission Brewery is on the hunt for capital, and, in an effort to stay in business for another 24 months, the company has turned to the everyday craft beer drinker for help.
New Holland Brewing announced last week that it would begin shipping beer to a network of wholesalers in Florida, Maine and New Hampshire while also expanding its coverage in upstate New York as part of a sales and distribution partnership inked last year with Pabst Brewing Company.