Craft beer continues to influence product development trends in the larger alcoholic beverage segment and the latest company to pull a page from craft’s playbook is the flavored malt beverage producer mike’s hard lemonade. The company is launching a holiday, variety 12-pack which includes chocolate cherry, winter blackberry and hard cranberry flavors.
Ale Industries, a small craft brewery from California today announced plans to rebrand its flagship brew – the cannabis-themed wheat beer, Orange Kush. The bottled version of the brew was already renamed to ‘Orange Shush’ in 2010 after the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) rejected the original label submission saying that the… Read more »
As craft brewers continue to explore more delivery methods for their products, an increasing number of companies have opted to use 4-packs in attempt to keep consumer prices competitive on higher-alcohol and specialty offerings.
Call it the beer dinner times 92. As consumer awareness of craft beer and food pairings continues to evolve, the Boston Beer Company has partnered with two restaurant chains in an effort to present its brews to a broader base of customers. Last week, the maker of Samuel Adams unveiled a partnership with a Northborough,… Read more »
What initially began as an April Fool’s Day prank has turned into reality. The Denver-based Wynkoop Brewing released a spoof video on April 1st which indicated that the company would be making a beer with bull testicles.
The country’s third largest craft brewer, New Belgium Brewing, likes what it is getting from social media. The company said recently that it had conducted a successful social media campaign over the summer, adding nearly 50,000 facebook fans and 10,000 twitter followers in the span of just three months.
Odell Brewing no doubt has one of the finer barrel-aging programs in the country and although the company’s distribution spans just 10 states, its barrel-aged offerings are not to be missed. The latest release is The Meddler, a resurrected style from the Flemish region of Belgium. Read past the jump for a complete review.
It’s not quite the ‘hot-button’ issue you would expect from a presidential race, but for better or worse beer seems to have taken center stage during this year’s election. And at this point, it’s common knowledge that Barack Obama loves to enjoy a frosty mug or two on the campaign trail.
A promotional beer event scheduled to take place Saturday evening at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Wash. was cancelled after one of the craft breweries previously listed as a participant in press materials declined to take part, citing regulatory issues.
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 »
Dogfish Head is preparing to release its annual winter seasonal, Chicory Stout. The beer, which the brewery has been making almost as long its been in business, is a nod to Dogfish founder Sam Calagione’s urge to experiment. Calagione would wander into his brewpub kitchen looking for ingredients to spice up the monotony of every-day… Read more »
San Diego, Calif.-based Karl Strauss Brewing is planning the release of its next installment in the company’s “Twelve Days” series of holiday ales. The newest addition, Mouette ├á Trois, is a play off of the “Three French Hens” lyric in the popular holiday time tune “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Mouette, French for seagull, is… Read more »
A pair of beverage reports touting the latest beer industry insights hit the newswire this afternoon and while Brewbound.com does not promote either guide, there are some interesting takeaways. Technomic’s BeerTAB report shows a 1.3 percent decline in overall beer volume in 2011. Total beer volume according to the report 2.8 billion cases for the… Read more »
