Oskar Blues Brewery

LONGMONT, CO. — Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery continues to build on its 52% growth in 2012 by posting 42% YTD increase through February 2013 and launching the state of Michigan in the first week of March. Michigan, known as a hop-savvy state, fits Oskar Blues’ hop-centric approach well represented by Dale’s Pale Ale, Deviant IPA,… Read more »

Fresh off a year of 50 percent revenue growth, the addition of a second brewing facility in North Carolina and successful rollouts in four new markets, Oskar Blues announced yesterday that it will again expand distribution, adding Michigan as the company’s 31st state. Oskar Blues will launch in the Great Lakes state on March 4… Read more »

Last Thursday marked the first official brew day for Oskar Blues Brewery at its new facility in Brevard, N.C. The company brewed the first batch of its flagship offering, Dale’s Pale Ale, at the new, $12 million, 30,000 square-foot brewery just seven months after announcing it would be adding the second location.

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 »

LONGMONT, CO — Oskar Blues’ continues to integrate their restaurant roots and their boundary bustin’ brewery with their latest fast-craft-casual concept CHUBurger. “CHUBurger’s inspiration is to serve the best and freshest locally raised and thoughtfully sourced food and craft beer. And make it fast and affordable,’” says Chef Jason Rogers.

BREVARD, N.C – Oskar Blues and Blue Ridge Community College are collaborating on a course that will provide students with hands-on brewing training starting in January 2013. Oskar Blues Brew School will alternate between the College’s Transylvania County Campus and the new Oskar Blues Brewery, both in Brevard, NC.

Oskar Blues continued its successful new market rollout plan, selling 14,000 case equivalents to its distributors during the company’s first week in Ohio. The feat comes just two months after an impressive launch in the Windy City, one that saw Oskar Blues move 5,000 cases of beer in one week.

Colorado’s Oskar Blues is innovating once again. Oskar Blues — the first U.S. craft brewer to begin canning its beer – unveiled a new, slightly larger can on Thursday night following the first Great American Beer Festival sampling session.

Craft brewers have had a great time in the past decade as the public’s excitement over their products has led to a massive increase in demand. But with that growth has comes the need for more capacity. For many early stage companies, that has meant adding additional fermentation tanks, purchasing larger brewhouses, even expanding into… Read more »

On the heels of successful product launches in Alabama and Chicago this summer, the Longmont, Colo.-based Oskar Blues today announced plans to enter two new states: Ohio and Kentucky. Oskar Blues, known for being the first craft brewery to can its beer, has signed agreements with Stagnaro Distributing to cover parts of Southern Ohio and… Read more »

Brewbound is pleased to announce that Dale Katechis, the founder of Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery, as a speaker for the November 29th Brewbound Session in San Diego. In 2002, Katechis, a restaurant and brewpub owner, made a risky decision that would forever change the craft beer business: he canned it.

SmallBar Division is excited to welcome Oskar Blues, the Colorado-based craft brewery, to Chicago with a five course beer dinner! The evening will kick off with socializing over a great Oskar Blues beer followed by a meal specially designed by Chef Justin White. Each course will be paired with Oskar Blues beer.

LONGMONT, CO – Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery, the first craft brewery in the country to put craft beer in a can in November 2002, continued its explosive growth posting a 53 percent increase in revenue and 47 percent increase in depletions in its established markets over the past six months, outpacing industry growth by nearly… Read more »

The Longmont, Colo. based craft brewer Oskar Blues inked a distribution agreement today with Windy City Distribution, the Warrenville, Ill. based craft-centric wholesaler which already distributes other Colorado brands like Avery Brewing Company, Ska Brewing Company, Boulder Beer, Left Hand Brewing Co. and Great Divide Brewing Company.