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Denver, Colo. — Earlier this summer, River North Brewery poured an experimental barrel-aged beer exclusively in the taproom. The brewers grew so fond of their concoction, they decided to recreate it for a specialty bottle release.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Good People Brewing Company has recently established a laboratory at Innovation Depot in Birmingham. The facility, housed within the unique business incubation complex, is the latest and most comprehensive advance in the brewery’s quality control and assurance program.

San Diego, CA — San Diego’s Saint Archer Brewing Company is proud to announce a very special release—and our first collaboration beer—with The Girl Skateboard Company.

Irvine, CA — G.K. Skaggs is pleased to announce the states of California, Arizona and Nevada will now have access to the Philippines original brand San Miguel Beer, effective as of the first of July. The growing consumer demand for San Miguel’s Beer brands has been brought to the attention of the San Miguel Corporation,… Read more »

Beijing, China — On Friday October 10th from 5pm to 10pm, and Saturday October 11th from noon to 10pm, Slow Boat Brewery will host over 20 of China’s best microbreweries and restaurants during the inaugural Beijing Autumn Craft Beer Festival. Located at the East Hotel/Indigo park grounds, the Beijing Autumn Craft Beer Festival will celebrate… Read more »

Rochester, MI — Are you ready for some football and craft beer? The Rochester Mills Beer Co. & Production Brewery will debut this year’s batch of Oktoberfest Celebration Lager in 16 oz. cans utilizing the innovative 360 EndÔäó beverage can technology developed by Crown Holdings, Inc.

Hamilton, Oh- Today, Climax Packaging Machinery, a leading packaging machine manufacturer, announced that they will unveil the new CanDo packer at the PMMI Pack Expo show in November. Recent success in building innovative Rainbow Systems has led Climax Packaging to develop can cartoning machines to serve the beverage industry.

Spokane, WAÔǪ Attendees at No-Li’s sold out “12” Small Batch Festival, held along the banks of the Spokane River on August 23, 2014, enjoyed rare barrel-aged, experimental and infused beers, live music and small plates. The festival depicts Spokane’s growing craft beer culture, and drew customer’s from three surrounding states.

Baltimore, MD — Fans of cask conditioned beer can hopefully look forward to seeing more taverns serving cask ale in the months to come.

Eugene, OR – Ninkasi Brewing Company’s administrative building, opened in Eugene this summer, featuring a rooftop garden. A living, planted roof was installed as part of a plan to green the entire facility. The LiveRoof┬« Hybrid Green Roof System was selected for the green roof system, which was installed this summer.

PHILADELPHIA, — Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), a global leader in consumer packaging, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Empaque, a leading Mexican manufacturer of aluminum cans and ends, bottle caps and glass bottles for the beverage industry, from Heineken N.V., in a cash transaction valued at $1.225 billion,… Read more »

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Magic Hat Brewing Company recently released Wilhelm Scream, its first-ever pumpkin ale that’s named for the iconic scream sound effect that’s been used in over 200 movies. Ripe with flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and caramel hops, this new beer signals the coming of chilling frosts and ghastly screams. Wilhelm… Read more »

PETALUMA, Calif. — Enphase Energy announced today that North State Solar Energy, a Northern California-based general contractor that specializes in solar-electric installations for residential, commercial and agriculture projects, has installed an Enphase├Æ-equipped photovoltaic (PV) system at Bear Republic Brewing Co.’s Cloverdale facility.

PORTLAND, Ore.—The third and final beer in BridgePort’s anniversary series, Trilogy 3 Brewers’ Class, starts shipping this week in all markets where BridgePort is sold.