New Belgium Brewing Company

After 25 years at the helm of New Belgium Brewing, co-founder Kim Jordan will step down as CEO and transition into a new role as executive chair of the brewery’s Board of Directors, the company announced today. Current president and chief operations officer Christine Perich, who began her career at New Belgium in 2000 and has also previously served as the company’s chief financial officer, has been named CEO. She will take over on October 9, the company said.

Owned by employees and powered by wind, New Belgium has long touted its commitment to the social good. The latest designation the company is after, though, is one that has been seemingly celebrated and challenged in equal measure. New Belgium is in the process of becoming non-GMO verified.

New Belgium Brewing has received high praise for its digital team, which L2’s Beer Digital IQ Index® names “genius”.

Hopworks Urban Brewery and New Belgium Brewing are getting the band back together to create their second collaboration beer, Organic B-Side EP. This Peach Sour Ale is being brewed at Hopworks with members from both companies’ brewing teams and will be released at a Rooftop Party at Revolution Hall in Portland on August 19.

New Belgium Brewing will begin construction on a new 10-barrel pilot brewery this summer in downtown Denver where it will focus on small batch, barrel-aged sour offerings, the company announced today.

As a brewer of Belgian-style beers, New Belgium Brewing has always had an affinity for Farmhouse Ales and now it’s brewing its own – Long Table Farmhouse Ale.

New Belgium Brewing is bringing back a Lips of Faith fan-favorite this summer with the latest installment of Eric’s Ale, named for long-time New Belgium brewer Eric Salazar.

New Belgium Brewing is celebrating summer with a sessionable, fruity spin on the typical American sour. Hop Tart is New Belgium’s latest Hop Kitchen offering, blending Belgian Pale Malt from the Colorado Malting Company, with tart lactobacillus and fruity hops.

New Belgium Brewing has been named one of the best places to work for millennial employees in America. The list, which comes on the heels of the news that millennials are now thelargest workforce in America, is the first of its kind to identify companies that excel at recruiting, developing and retaining top millennial performers.

After nine years of partnership and friendship, New Belgium Brewing and Do LaB, creators of Calif.’s Lightning in a Bottle Music & Lifestyle Festival, have created a beer to inspire all to gather, dance and celebrate while soaking in the sun at the 2015 festival. May 21 – 25 will be the first opportunity to try out Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) Berliner Weiss, but the magic doesn’t stop there.

New Belgium Brewing is shaking it up this summer, giving beer and cocktail lovers a chance to mingle over an adventurous new libation. Pear Ginger Beer is New Belgium’s latest Lips of Faith offering, updating the Victorian-era ginger beer with whimsical additions of lemon peel and pear. The result is a zesty, refreshing drink that can be enjoyed on its own or mixed into a cocktail.

New Belgium is still in the process of building out its new brewery, packaging hall and tasting room in Asheville, N.C., but one critical component of the expansion project is now complete.

A Minnesota bar located near the Wisconsin border is under investigation for illegally selling beers from New Glarus Brewing without a license, per a report from the Green Bay Press Gazette. According to a search warrant filed in Hennepin County, an employee of Maple Tavern had allegedly been making trips across state lines to buy kegs of Spotted Cow, a popular beer from the company, to be brought back and re-sold in Minnesota.

New Belgium Brewing is pushing farther east. The Colorado-based craft brewery today announced it would expand distribution to Pennsylvania, signing agreements with a mixed group of Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors wholesalers alike. “Pennsylvania has been on the horizon for a while now and we are thrilled to secure our distributing partners and hit the ground running this fall,” New Belgium Brewing’s East Coast Division Sales Director, Rich Rush said in a press statement.