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.
In this edition of Press Clips: C&C Group continues to struggle in the U.S. market; Target plans to sell more craft; Meijer now offering beer delivery in Michigan; and much more.
Flying Dog Brewery has officially terminated its membership with the Brewers Association (BA), citing changes to the not-for-profit industry trade organization’s Advertising and Marketing Code that are aimed at addressing “sexually explicit, lewd, or demeaning brand names, language, text, graphics, photos, video, or other images.”
Beers from Indiana’s Sun King Brewery will make their first appearance on out-of-state retail shelves next month when the company begins distributing to Chicago and Louisville, Kentucky.
New Glarus Brewing Co. is adding 16 fermentation tanks that will eventually allow the Wisconsin brewery to double its annual capacity to more than 400,000 barrels.
Michigan’s Bell’s Brewery last week said it would spend $7 million on capital improvement projects at its brewing facilities, located in Comstock and Kalamazoo.
Scottish craft beer maker BrewDog has tapped an industry outsider to lead the company’s U.S. operations. BrewDog last week announced the hiring of Tanisha Robinson as managing director.
Modern Times Beer Co. today announced the implementation of an employee stock option plan (ESOP), giving workers a minority ownership stake in the company. In order to form the ESOP, Modern Times repurchased 30 percent of its total equity from 11 silent investors via a bank loan from Comerica and cash from the company.
In this week’s Legislative Update: Delaware increases the state tax on alcohol; North Carolina approves the so-called ‘Brunch Bill’; 48 breweries oppose Clean Water Rule changes; and more.
Less than a week after announcing a joint brewing venture in Hong Kong, Brooklyn Brewery and Carlsberg this week announced the acquisition of United Kingdom-based London Fields Brewery.
Brooklyn Brewery announced its fourth international brewing venture this week with the formation of HK Yau Brewing Company in Hong Kong.
Constellation Brands today reported its first quarter fiscal 2018 earnings results, which were highlighted by 8 percent net beer sales growth.
Even though 83 percent of the beer St. Louis’ 4 Hands Brewing produces stays within Missouri borders, founder Kevin Lemp wants even more of it to remain local.
In Tuesday’s edition of Press Clips: Utah lawmakers consider the end of 3.2 beer; a study finds Michigan has the cheapest cases of beer in the nation; River North Brewery announces return to its namesake neighborhood; and more.
In anticipation of moving into a new production facility in late 2018, Russian River Brewing Company has put its original Sonoma County production brewery on the market.
