Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery

TapRm is excited to announce the arrival of our newest exclusive brewery, Lickinghole Creek Brewing Company. Lead by the brewery’s inventive CEO and cofounder Lisa Pumphrey, LCCB creates exceptional beer with ingredients they mostly grow themselves on their 290 acre farm in Goochland County, Virginia.

The National Beer Wholesalers Association’s monthly Beer Purchasers’ Index bounced back from a dismal 35 reading in April to an overall index of 66 in May. Long-time Vermont Cider Co. executive Terry Hopper is exiting the maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider, effective today. And more industry news bites.

In this week’s edition of Last Call: Several small craft brewers accuse Ohio-based SysTech of defrauding them; the Brewers Association elects five industry professionals to its board of directors; Anheuser-Busch sends a cease-and-desist letter over “Dilly Dilly” beer; and more.

In this week’s Last Call: Multiple U.S. breweries are expanding and the original Most Interesting Man in the World talks meeting President Obama.