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Brewbound Announces 2019 Award Winners and Rising Stars

Brewbound Announces 2019 Award Winners and Rising Stars

 Brewbound today named the winners of its 2019 awards during the Brewbound Live business conference in Santa Monica, California. Since 2014, the Brewbound Awards have recognized large and small beer companies, as well as notable industry figures, for their execution of various business and philanthropic initiatives. Winners of the sixth annual Brewbound Awards include:… Read more »

Constellation Brands to Sell Ballast Point to Small Chicagoland Brewer Kings & Convicts

Constellation Brands to Sell Ballast Point to Small Chicagoland Brewer Kings & Convicts

Four years after paying $1 billion for Ballast Point Brewing Company, Constellation Brands today threw in the towel on its big craft bet, announcing an agreement to sell the San Diego craft beer brand along with “a number of its associated production facilities and brewpubs” to Kings & Convicts, a little-known Chicagoland craft brewing company.

Gluten-Free Lifestyle Inspires Colorado Women to Start Brewery & Malt House

Gluten-Free Lifestyle Inspires Colorado Women to Start Brewery & Malt House

A love for beer and a sudden inability to drink it led Karen Hertz and Twila Soles to open separate businesses. Both women founded gluten-free companies in Colorado — Hertz started Holidaily Brewing in Golden, while Soles opened Grouse Malt House in Wellington.

Dogfish Head to Release More Than 160 Different Offerings in 2020

Since the day its doors opened nearly 25 years ago,Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has prided itself on creating innovative, well-differentiated beers and spirits. In 2020, it is doubling down on its off-beat approach to liquid artistry with plans to release more than 160 unique products.

Schlafly Beer Launches Boomerang Mead Spritzer

Schlafly Beer, the original, independent craft brewery in St. Louis, announces the release of Boomerang, a line of mead spritzers in 12-ounce cans.

Alaskan Brewing to Release Imperial Bock

The latest Pilot Series from Alaskan Brewing Co., Imperial Bock, draws inspiration from an old-world beer style. Alaskan Imperial Bock is brewed in the style of an Eisbock, an amped up version of a German doppelbock first brewed by fourteenth century Bavarian monks during cold winter months, but the brewery’s version strays from tradition.