New Belgium Brewing Company

FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing, the third-largest craft brewer in the U.S., is launching a new series of beers called Hop Kitchen. In 2013, four hoppy brews will be released under the new line in 22-ounce bottles and on draft in select markets.

FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a wide variety of award-winning beers, has wrapped up another joyous season of “The Glass That Gives”. The program, which ran from December 1, 2012 — January 31, 2013, gave people a chance to support nonprofit organizations by purchasing nucleated Belgian globes or sending free online cards. The campaign raised more than $7,500 and delivered 6,407 glassware sets.

FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a wide variety of award-winning beers, continues its imaginative exploration of IPAs with its latest release – Rampant Imperial IPA. Rampant brings a happily bitter beer to New Belgium’s year-round portfolio, which also includes Ranger IPA and Shift.

FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a wide variety of award-winning beers, is bringing back its Scavenger Hunt Series with a Midwest location joining the party. Devil’s Head in Wisconsin is now part of this costume-wearing, chicken-chasing, riddle-reading series.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing has inked deals with seven distributors to open the state of Louisiana on April 1st, 2013 and will distribute exclusively with the Odom Corporation in Alaska starting March 18th. Louisiana will be New Belgium’s 31st state of distribution along with the District of Columbia. In Louisiana, New Belgium… Read more »

The country’s third largest craft brewery, New Belgium Brewing, is expanding its distribution footprint. Company spokesman Bryan Simpson told Brewbound.com that beginning in July, New Belgium will distribute its beer in Florida. “Florida is a great craft beer market,” Simpson said. “It was the right market for the amount of volume and capacity the brewery… Read more »

FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, is rolling out 2013’s sour beer offerings in style with the simultaneous release of this year’s La Folie and a fresh version of Transatlantique Kriek. This is New Belgium’s third collaboration with world-renowned sour beer expert Frank Boon to create Transatlantique Kriek, a beer brewed on two continents. New Belgium recently tripled its wood beer capacity and will be exploring further distribution of its harder to get sour beer offerings.

FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a wide variety of award-winning beers, is bringing back fan favorites from the proverbial “past”. Starting in 2013, each Folly Pack (mixed 12-pack of New Belgium beers) will have a beloved former seasonal release from the archive.

FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing is taking its beer and film festival on the road again and has put out the call for inspired short films to bring along. Now simply called “Clips,” the roving film festival wants your filmmaking prowess for its 2013 show.

New Belgium announced today that co-founder and CEO Kim Jordan and her family have sold their controlling interest in the brewery to its employees via its Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESPO). The ESOP already owned 41 percent of the company. There was no disclosure of how much money Jordan and her family gained from the sale.

FT. COLLINS, CO – Coffee cherries, dates, feijoa and hibiscus are just a few of the creative ingredients found in the first round of New Belgium’s Lips of Faith beer series for 2013. The Lips of Faith series, which features New Belgium’s more esoteric and palate-elevating creations, will introduce two new selections per quarter throughout… Read more »

FORT COLLINS, CO – New Belgium Brewing is pleased to announce that Jay Richardson, Director of Production and IT at the Fort Collins brewery, will assume the role of general manger at New Belgium’s second brewing facility in Asheville, North Carolina. Richardson is a 9-year New Belgium veteran having led both the IT and Production… Read more »

In an effort to “bridge the gap” until 400,000 barrels of new capacity goes online at New Belgium Brewing’s new Asheville, North Carolina facility in 2015, the country’s third largest craft brewer today began installation of 16 new tanks at the company’s Fort Collins, Colo. production facility. The project is expected to be completed before… Read more »

Rising demand has made it a great time to be a craft brewer, but there are still branding, marketing and financial initiatives that can help breweries succeed in the business. The interest in learning or sharing the best paths to that success is what motivated more than 130 craft brewers, distributors, and entrepreneurs to attend… Read more »