Craft beer industry news.
Deschutes Brewery will close its tasting room in Roanoke, Virginia, at the end of the year, Michael LaLonde, president and CEO of the Bend, Oregon-headquartered craft brewery, announced today. LaLonde wrote that Deschutes “made the tough decision not to renew our lease” on the property, which opened in August 2017.
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering doubling the commonwealth’s excise tax on beer, wine and spirits. The bill proposes increasing the state excise tax rate for malt beverages (including flavored malt beverages and sugar-based hard seltzers) from $3.30 per barrel to $6.60 per barrel.
Spa Girl Cocktails, Inc. (“Spa Girl Cocktails”), the better-for-you premium vodka cocktail company, is proud to announce that its full portfolio of award-winning vodka offerings are now available on ReserveBar, the established leader in luxury and premium spirits e-commerce. Additionally, Spa Girl Cocktails newest line of adult-only frozen popsicles, Boozy Pops, are exclusively for sale online.
Beverage producers have faced an unending onslaught of supply chain challenges in 2021. With three months left in the year, how should breweries and beverage companies be planning for 2022? The leadership team from Agrowgate, a firm focused on helping mid-sized beverage companies navigate procurement and supply chain issues, joins Brewbound Frontlines to discuss the issues now facing beverage makers and strategies for working through them.
The Reyes Beer Division will acquire “substantially all the assets” of Powers Distributing in Lake Orion, Michigan, the company announced today. The Powers deal will add about 5.7 million cases to Reyes’ business.
21st Amendment Brewery announced today its portfolio of premium craft beers will now be available in Tennessee through a new distributor: Lipman Brothers, LLC.
Winter is coming and Buffalo Creek Brewing in historic downtown Long Grove is embracing the season with the return of its Alpine Biergarten and Lodge concept opening Black Friday.
Two Colorado culinary creators got together one sunny afternoon to enjoy an unlikely pairing: beer and ice cream.
BrewDog USA, the Columbus, Ohio-headquartered offshoot of the Scottish craft beer maker, has added three new executives to its sales and marketing ranks, the company announced Monday. The company has tapped Marc Venegoni as vice president of U.S. sales, Greg Salzenstein as western U.S. sales director, and Erika Wojno as U.S. director of marketing.
Girl Crush Brands, a certified 100% women-owned and operated company out of Southern California, announces the introduction of Sunlit Agave Wine Cocktails, premium ready-to-drink cocktails make with 100% Blue Agave, real lime juice and natural flavors.
Your cocktail should serve you. That’s why Volley, the award-winning tequila seltzer made with just three clean ingredients (100% blue agave tequila, sparkling water, and organic juice) announces the rollout of a packaging innovation featuring a foil topper.
Something Wicked This Way Comes to LUKI Brewery for Halloween weekend! LUKI’s Dark Circus is a three-day festive soiree filled with monsters, magic and movement.
Buffalo Creek Brewing in historic downtown Long Grove outside Chicago is embracing the fall season with two re-launches of annual favorites, plus a couple more feel good varieties.
It’s apple season. In the Pacific Northwest orchards are teeming with Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp and more. Apples have grown up.
