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DENVER — Today Imbibe announced their summer send off event, The Endless Summer Beer & Spirits Festival, Aug. 16, 2013 from 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. The festival will feature some of Colorado’s top craft breweries and distilleries and benefit Water For People, a Denver based charity working around the globe.

CLEVELAND, OHIO — Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC) is thrilled to announce details of the official GLBC 25th Anniversary Block Party, which will be held on September 6, 2013 from 11AM to 9PM at the GLBC Brewpub, Market Avenue, and Market Square Park in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Beginning this month, Boulevard Brewing Company’s newest beers won’t be found on taps, in a six-pack, or even inside one of their popular Smokestack Series 750mL bottles.

ATLANTA — The folks at SweetWater are unveiling a big prize behind door number 420 — a new release from their infamous Dank Tank series, The Price is Wrong. The latest item up for bid out of El Danko’s lineup is a funky Belgian Strong Pale Ale promising nothing but big wins for drinkers on… Read more »

LONGMONT, Colo. — What’s the big Ordeal? For the third year in a row, Oskar Blues Brewery is offering “Oskar Blues Ordeal” bus trips during Great American Beer Festival week. Ordealers get special behind-the-scenes adventures at all of our OB party spots—and, of course, lots of great craft beer and amazing nosh.

Portland, OR — Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”) (Nasdaq: BREW), an independent craft brewing company, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. CBA’s focus on building a national portfolio strategy has positioned the Company to expect strong sales and profit growth in 2013 and to take advantage of the… Read more »

The Blumenauer-Collins bill would amend the section of the Internal Revenue Code (26 USC Section 5041) to allow cider makers to produce hard cider using the natural products available without the possibility of facing increased tax liability

GOLDEN, Colo. — Just in time for the Colorado harvest, AC Golden Brewing Company introduces a first-of-its-kind beer, Olathe lager, a German-style lager brewed with Olathe hops, corn and barley.

SEATTLE — Today, Two Beers Brewing announces the third beer in its popular high-octane Alta Series, High Divide Double Blonde. Offering 8.9 percent ABV and 42 IBUs, this unique style perfect for the warmer days of summer.

CHICO, Calif. — Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., known for its allegiance to whole-cone hops and love of hop-forward beers, is highlighting the revered ingredient at its inaugural Single, Fresh, Wet & Wild Harvest Festival.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Craft breweries in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region will soon have a new packaging option thanks to the fast-growing trend of mobile beverage canning. River City Cannery (RCC) will begin operations in January 2014, initially offering its services to breweries in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern corridor, from Washington D.C.to Trenton, NJ.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Mims Distributing Company, a beer distributor that services a nine-county area in and around the Triangle, has announced that Charlie Clement has been promoted to vice president of chain sales.

MILWAUKEE — The new North American Guild of Beer Writers announces the launch of its annual competition for writers, bloggers, broadcasters and authors. As of 2013, there are more than 2,500 breweries in existence with many new breweries and brewpubs in planning across the United States. When Canada is included, that number climbs even higher…. Read more »

Faster and tastier than a can of Silver Bullet, The Mighty Mites session beer fest is back for a sequel on Sunday August 18th as part of the Hawthorne Street Fair in front of famed bier bar Bazi Bierbrasserie.