Today Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) announced the addition of a new beer to their year-round lineup. Gear Up IPA, a Northwest-Style IPA with an ultra-tropical hop profile, represents HUB’s first 12 oz. six-pack can. Six-packs release in mid-April throughout HUB’s distribution channels in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Utah and western Canada. The beer is currently available as a popular draft offering at both Hopworks brewpubs and at craft beer bars in Oregon and Washington.
Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company, who assisted in coordinating and hosting the Denver Beers Made By Walking festival in 2015, will be releasing a Beers Made By Walking cross-country collaboration beer for Collaboration Fest in conjunction with Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC), Scratch Brewing Company (Ava, IL) and Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland, OR).
We’re excited to announce The Parking Lot Grissette, our collaboration with Wicked Weed Brewing in Asheville, North Carolina! As Wicked Weed mentioned in their post below, the beer was born out of a mutual friendship and love of rock climbing. It’s also the type of beer we often enjoy drinking the most — dry, tart, low alcohol, hoppy, with some interesting yeast character!
Atlanta’s Second Self Beer Company has brought back its seasonal Citrus IPA. This beer has everything you need to get excited for spring. It’s brewed with citrusy hops (Columbus, Amarillo, Citra), lemon, orange, and grapefuit peel, then dry-hopped with more Amarillo for added hoppy citrus punch. The aroma is sweet, yet the taste is dry with a great robust IPA finish.
A year ago we busted some moves, pulled out all the stops, and opened our production facility along the banks of the great Ohio River. Since then, we’ve been putting our beers into the hands of thirsty beer drinkers everywhere. We’re pulling back the curtain and inviting you into our happy place. Patrons can see where all the brewing magic happens and pick up our famous Double IPA, Citra Ass Down, right off the canning line.
At its York, Pennsylvania, headquarters, Westfalia recently completed the development of a multi-million dollar test facility. This facility allows the company to test improvements and new software user interfaces to better its solutions and to stay at the forefront of the technology. It will also serve as a training facility to provide customers with hands-on, improved training on using an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS).
Skeptic? Epic? Ska? Really? Did I hear it right? Are Epic Brewing and Ska Brewing collaborating to make a beer that focuses on their combined strengths of hoppy IPAs, fruit beers and barrel-aging? Are they friends? Why? Can some old skate punks from Durango and some sinners from the land of saints and salt lakes really come together to make a decent beer?
When regional craft brewery Ale Asylum introduced their 2016 Beer Calendar, they also announced they will be offering single batch, limited quantity 22oz. bomber bottles throughout the year. Their first release of this program begins on March 21 with Hu$h Money IPA. T
All profits of Mikkeller’s ’HELP’ beer will go to The Danish Refugee Counsel and the organizations work with Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. The beer will be launched with a charity event at WarPigs in the Meatpacking District, Copenhagen, on March 18th. The project was inspired by a photo series in Aftonbladet by Swedish photographer Magnus Wennman.
Consumers in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle will soon be able to enjoy the great taste of Red Hare craft beers. Thanks to Red Hare’s recent expansion, including a new state of the art brew house and high speed canning line, they will be able to grow their regional footprint to include these two neighboring states. “We’ve always felt the gulf shore would be a perfect fit for our cans,” says Roger Davis, founder and CEO of Red Hare Brewing Company. “I lived in Alabama for years, so I’m excited to be able to spend some time drinking Cotton Tail on the coast.”
Isle of Arran Brewery, one of Scotland’s leading multi award winning brewers, appointed Stockertown Beverage as its distributor in Pennsylvania. Isle of Arran Blonde and Isle of Arran Dark are now available in that state. Isle of Arran Blonde is one of the top three microbrewery produced packaged ales in Scotland.
We are saddened to report the Lost Highway Black Lager is officially lost – to New Jersey. A homage to legendary Alabamian Hank Williams, a reflection of the actual highway running through the heart of this state, now belongs to a wine importer in New Jersey. And the federal trademark folks have ruled that wine is too similar to beer, there could be confusion between an Alabama six-pack and the importer of expensive wines, a ruling we did not anticipate when we first began to sell Lost Highway Black Lager in 2010.
Left Coast Brewing Co. today announced a signed partnership agreement with Triangle Distributing Company to distribute bottles, cans and kegs throughout South Los Angeles County. With already existing Left Coast presence in the area, the partnership will enable a production increase through new distribution points and an even greater customer service experience for existing accounts.
Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s First Craft Brewery, will release a new limited-edition can design next month for its longtime fan favorite, Hazed hoppy session ale. This small run of cans will be available beginning in April and on the shelves while supplies last. The limited-edition can art references the iconic green and white Colorado license plate graphic, clearly stating this is a native Colorado brew.
