Heineken is going long on hard cider. The Dutch brewing giant has bought the rights to make and distribute #2 brand, the U.K.’s Strongbow Cider, in the U.S. from Vermont Cider Co., the maker of Woodchuck. According to the Wall Street Journal, Strongbow owns almost 12 percent of the U.S. cider market, and Woodchuck about… Read more »
Looks like Stone Brewing Co. is trying to set a record for getting products into and out of the market by taking Budweiser’s old “born-on dating” idea and turning it on its head — and putting the expiration date into the name of the product.
The Fort Collins, Colo. – based craft brewer, New Belgium Brewing will be entering its 29th state, adding Michigan in the company’s latest effort to expand its distribution footprint. Michigan is the newest market, but more are inevitably on the way as the brewery continues making progress on an east coast expansion, adding a second… Read more »
Apparently there are a few craft beer fans working for Outside Magazine. Earlier this month, the lifestyle publication compiled its 2012 list of the 100 best places to work in America. Cracking the top 5 was New Belgium Brewing, joining two other craft brewers – Full Sail Brewing Co. and Avery Brewing Co. – which… Read more »
LEWISTON, ME – Autumn in New England is a special time in a special place, and Baxter Brewing Company, the acclaimed all-canned craft brewery in Lewiston, Maine, greets the season with the eagerly anticipated release of Hayride Autumn Ale, the second beer in the brewery’s line of limited edition seasonal varieties.
Maui Brewing Co. continues to make progress on its expansion plans noting in its most recent press release that it “will be building a new production facility and brewpub on Maui.” In the meantime, the company has added two new fermentation tanks to help keep up with existing demand.
The Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) released its second quarter earnings report yesterday, following it up with an investor call this afternoon. During today’s call, CEO Terry Michaelson made it clear that the company would have preferred stronger top-line growth in the second quarter. “We are not satisfied with our second quarter growth,” he said. “We… Read more »
BOSTON, MA- Samuel Adams brewery announced today that Matthew Welz of Vermont is the winner of the fifth annual Samuel Adams Patriot Homebrew Contest. His winning brew, a Robust Smoked Porter, will be poured at Gillette Stadium during the upcoming New England Patriots season. “I’ve been homebrewing for years and am thrilled to have received… Read more »
PORTLAND, OR – Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”) (Nasdaq: BREW), an independent craft brewing company, reported net sales of $82.8 million and net income of $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared with net sales of $73.8 million and net income of $8.2 million a year ago, which included an… Read more »
The Massachusetts Brewers Guild will be hosting its 3rd annual Mass Brewers Guild Fest on Friday, August 24th. The event, which takes place at The World Trade Center House Concourse in Boston, Mass., brings together over 100 beers from 30 in-state brewers for three-and-a-half hours of sampling and live music.
July may have been the hottest month on record in the U.S. but that hasn’t stopped the traditionally cooler-weather crop of pumpkin beers from encroaching on the summer season. According to Phillipsburg, N.J.-based Hunterdon Distributors, pumpkin beer sales set a record last month.
Stone Brewing Co. today announced a change in packaging, moving both the Ruination IPA and Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale away from six packs and into four packs in an attempt to reduce the retail cost for consumers. “The ‘sticker’ price is a little more friendly at the cash register,” said company CEO Greg Koch. “Since… Read more »
Duvel Moortgat USA President Simon Thorpe summed it up best when he asked: “Is there a price on perfection?” While the answer for Thorpe was no, for Belgium-based Duvel Moortgat U.S. craft’s arm the answer was nearly three times the amount it had initially planned to spend on its two-year-redesign process.
SAN DIEGO, CA – After much anticipation, Karl Strauss is opening its seventh brewery restaurant in the north inland San Diego community of 4S Ranch, just west of Rancho Bernardo. This is the company’s first brewery restaurant to open in more than ten years.
