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Known for its seasonally inspired, handcrafted American food and drink, Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar is celebrating summer with the release of a new beer – Huckleberry Haze IPA. Launching on June 21, the summer solstice, the new beer will be joined by three new summer bites.

Today, Spoetzl Brewery, the iconic 109-year-old Texas craft brewery, announces the release of two special edition beers in honor of the San Antonio tricentennial. In partnership with Canary Islands’ Agüita Cerveza Artesanal, a craft brewery in Tenerife, Spain, the brews combine expert beer making skills and pay homage to San Antonio’s rich cultural heritage which has a long-standing connection to Canary Islanders who first settled in San Antonio in the 18th century.

SouthNorte Beer Co. believes that life’s richest possibilities are found at the crossroads of cultures. This ethos permeates the company’s style-defying brews, and now SouthNorte is ready to take that passion south of the border. The company is proud to announce its partnership with the well-loved and highly acclaimed Telefonica Gastropark in Tijuana, Mexico. The partnership allows SouthNorte to brew beers at Telefonica, making SouthNorte the first independent American craft brewery to have a permanent brewing home and tasting room presence in Mexico.

Highlander Beer announced the introduction of their new rolling seasonal program designed to bring the consumer fresh and unique craft beer styles almost once a month. Craft beer drinkers’ insatiable appetite for new varieties led Highlander Beer to this approach.

Barrels & Bottles Brewery celebrated their 300th brew in May with a little help from their friends. Former head brewers Shaun Salyards (head brewer of Red Truck Brewing in Fort Collins, CO) and Cory Carvatt (head brewer of Little Machine in Denver, CO) returned to the brewery to team up with current head brewer Greg Moore and craft Dusty Bottoms, a special Berliner Weisse using tamarind, a sweet and sour fruit indigenous to the tropics of Africa.

Oskar Blues Brewery – the maker of the Original Craft Beer in a Can, Dale’s Pale Ale – is proud to announce their new partnership with conservation organization, Keep Tahoe Blue. The 18-month-long partnership will include fundraising efforts led by Oskar Blues Brewery’s distributor partners and various events to raise environmental awareness. Oskar Blues Brewery will also donate beer for thirsty, of-drinking-age volunteers to crush when they’re done working hard on conservation efforts.

idge Cider, one of Michigan’s fastest-growing hard cider producers, announced today the addition of the Pure Michigan logo to its new hard cider packaging, signifying that the company’s hard cider is made with at least 75 percent ingredients grown in Michigan. Ridge uses whole apples grown locally on the Fruit Ridge, West Michigan’s legendary apple country, as the base and main ingredient for its hard ciders.

Liberation DistributionTM (LibDibTM), the first technology company to offer a three-tier compliant web-based platform to sell wholesale alcohol, is calling all wine, beer and spirits producers in the states of Arkansas, Nebraska and North Dakota to join LibDib today and start selling to restaurants and retailers in both California and New York.

Santa Fe Brewing Company (SFBC), New Mexico’s Original Craft Brewery, is breaking ground this week on a project that includes a new three-story beer hall, an expansive beer garden to include a host of outdoor games, a kid’s area, community fire pit and landscaping watered by their on-site water treatment facility, and an underground barrel aging tasting room.

Pelican Brewing Company debuts its first-ever canned beer with the release of Hazy Rock Juicy IPA, an unconventional twist on the style with a fruity, soft, round character.

The first beer of a Grisette collaboration between Thirsty Monk and Baere Brewing Co. will release at Thirsty Monk’s Denver brewery this week.

Dust Bowl Brewing Co. announces expanded distribution toOklahoma, the birthplace of its brand roots.

Lonerider Brewing Company, an independent craft brewery that prides itself on developing Ales for Outlaws since 2009, will be releasing a new seasonal beer as part of the Desperado Series in late June.

The Pinehurst Brewing Company will operate in the historic building that still reflects its first use.