John Bryant, the founder of Spokane, Washington’s No-Li Brewhouse, doesn’t mince words when describing the state of the beer industry in 2019. “It’s chaos,” he told Brewbound during a recent interview. The beer industry veteran — whose three-decades-long career includes stints at Deschutes Brewery, Odell Brewing and Oskar Blues — is, of course, referring to the 7,500-plus craft breweries fighting for distributor, retailer and consumer mindshare.
In this week’s edition of Last Call: Nearly two weeks after lifting aluminum and steel tariffs imposed against Mexico and Canada, President Donald Trump has reversed course and announced plans to levy a 5 percent duty on all goods from Mexico over immigration — bringing the issue back into the taproom. Plus, North Coast co-founder Mark Ruedrich announces his retirement.
No-Li Brewhouse’s spirit of experimentation and innovation has led to the new Day Fade Rainier Cherry Hard Seltzer. It is the follow-up launch to Day Fade Huckleberry Hard Seltzer.
No-Li Brewhouse continues its creative evolution and spirit of innovation with the release of Day Fade, a new line of hard seltzers. The first launch is the Day Fade Huckleberry Hard Seltzer, which will be followed by Day Fade Rainier Cherry Hard Seltzer in April.
No-Li Brewhouse 2018 economic impact report celebrates a year of customer growth, second brewery expansion, international brewing recognition, serving communities and financial impact into local and regional economies.
A community collaboration for Spokane Craft Beer Week pairs two unlikely partners in No-Li Brewhouse and Genus Brewery, a small batch brewery and home-brew shop in the Spokane Valley. The specialty beer is being released only at the Collaboration Beer Festival at Bellwether Brewery on Tuesday, May 15th, where pairs of breweries from the Spokane area will release their own collaborations.
You’ve enjoyed it out of cans, bottles and the tap, but No-Li Brewhouse now wants you to try its Born & Raised IPA out of a barrel. On Thursday, April 5, No-Li released Born & Raised Again — a version of its beloved IPA aged for two years in a wheat whiskey barrel from Dry Fly Distillery.
No-Li Brewhouse announced the latest addition to its can lineup today when it rolled out its Falls Porter 12-ounce can. Falls Porter (6.1% ABV, 39 IBUs) is a full-bodied beer made with flaked oats and CTZ hops. It’s a smooth, malt-forward porter that features notes of dried fruit, oats and a little chocolate.
On Saturday, Feb. 10 at 11 am, No-Li Brewhouse will unveil four new, limited-release barrel-aged bottles for its Barrel-Aged Winter Games series. There are only about 120 bottles of each beer and supplies are not expected to last long.
Craft beer is making a more notable economic impact in Spokane in recent years, as evidenced by the boost the city saw from No-Li Brewhouse’s FrostFest on Dec. 9. The second-annual event generated $120,805 for the local economy, according to an economic impact study by Visit Spokane, the region’s tourism bureau.
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.
Brewbound is pleased to announce speakers for its upcoming Brew Talks meetups, taking place alongside the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver and National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) convention in Las Vegas. The two events give brewers and distributors attending the GABF and NBWA meetings a chance to engage in thought-provoking business discussion alongside their industry peers.
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