Shebeen Brewing Company announces the release of its first Onyx Moonshine – Secret Stash Whiskey barrel-aged beer, Fuligin Imperial IPA, marking the start of an ongoing collaboration between the two Connecticut beverage producers. The Shebeen-Onyx collaboration series will feature a lineup of high-gravity, small-batch, barrel-aged beers. Fuligin Imperial IPA is a supremely rich, imperialized version of their Black Hop IPA laced with subtle notes of whiskey and oak acquired while aging in the barrels.
Dust Bowl Brewing Company announces the addition of Craft Beer Distribution Company to its growing list of distributor partners. Located in Arcata, California, Craft Beer Distribution Company serves Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, allowing Dust Bowl Brewing Co.’s products to reach upper Northern California. To begin, the company will sell Dust Bowl’s flagship IPA, Hops of Wrath, along with other year-rounds, Hobo Pilsner and Therapist Imperial IPA.
You could say that Brewmaster Matt Brynildson has been waiting his entire career for a mandate like this: to riff freely in the brewhouse without formal recipe or restraint while plundering the many marvels of the hop revolution. This mandate has begotten Luponic Distortion—a new series of rotating beers built around experimental hops, with each release designed to showcase the possibilities of pure hop aromas and flavors without any assist from adjuncts.
Deschutes Brewery announced today its craft beers will be available in more areas of Michigan beginning March of 2016. The Oregon-based brewery will partner with H. Cox and Son for distribution in and around the Traverse City area, Griffin Beverage Company to fill out the eastern portion of Northern Michigan as well as part of the Upper Peninsula, and Eastown Distributors for Metro Detroit.
Creature Comforts Brewing Company is expanding its brewing operations with the addition of four new 120-bbl fermenters and one 120-bbl brite tank arriving for installation today. Since opening in 2014, the brewery has invested heavily back into operations, with more than $1.25 million dollars dedicated to new production, packaging, and lab equipment. This expansion will allow the brewery to gradually increase brewing production from its current annual capacity of 15,000-bbls up to 23,000-bbls.
Reuben’s Brews is adding something new to its beer family – cans! Chosen to provide another packaging option for on-the-go beer lovers, last month Reuben’s installed its brand new American-made canning line built by Colorado’s Wild Goose Canning at its 5010 14th Ave location. This new system will initially allow production of 70 cases an hour, with future upgrade capabilities.
Coronado Brewing’s award-winning beers are expanding in the east coast to include Rhode Island, arriving on draft and introducing packaged beer in the spring. Coronado Brewing’s Core Series will be offered including Islander IPA, Orange Avenue Wit, Mermaid’s Red, as well as releases of seasonal Crown Series favorites such as Sock Knocker and 20th Anniversary Ale.
Grand Teton Brewing Company, known throughout the West for their exceptional craft brews, is proud to announce the second release in their Brewers’ Series, Brett Saison. Grand Teton Brewing’s second release in their Brewers’ Series in bottles is a Dry Hopped Brett Saison aged in wine barrels. Starting with a Saison using traditional malts and hops, the brewers then pitched a simple yet complex strain of yeast: Brettanomyces Drei (Brett).
The Maine Brew Bus of Portland, Maine has announced plans to expand its award winning tours of craft breweries, wineries, and distilleries into the Greater Boston area beginning this spring. The new Boston Brew Bus tours will begin and end at an easily accessible downtown Boston location. The all-inclusive tours on bright green school buses will provide a behind-the-scenes look at Greater Boston’s craft breweries, distilleries, wineries, and more.
Jeez Louise is a Pepper Ale unlike any other. A Pale Ale at heart, this beer takes the highly revered Citra Hop and marries it with the Jalapeño Pepper in a brew that is light on heat and amazingly drinkable. The soft water of Kiln really lets the Jalapeño flavor shine through allowing for a wonderful balance that showcases the flavors of both the hops and the peppers.
New Holland Brewing is revealing a new look and feel in 2016 with a portfolio-wide packaging update, due to hit markets in March and continuing to roll out through spring and summer. The new design stays true to the corporate colors, brand characters, and label art that are synonymous with New Holland beer while making the shelf presence, readability, and overall impact much stronger.
Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., Chicagoland’s oldest family-run beer distributor and specialty importer, announces the arrival of Around the Bend Beer Co.’s Puffing Billy American brown ale, available now in six-packs. Louis Glunz Beer, Inc. begins distribution of the brand-new six-packs this month across Chicagoland retailers. Puffing Billy debuted in October 2015 on draft only, and plans for bottling the beer soon followed as a result of the beer’s overall response in the marketplace.
Starr Hill Brewery is excited to announce the release of ten new beers in 2016, including the launch of the Heavy Rotation Series, two new seasonal releases, and a revamped Debut Series lineup. In addition to releasing nearly one new beer each month, Starr Hill is retiring Dark Starr Stout and Starr Pils German Pilsner as year-round brands.
Two Chicago craft beer mainstays, Two Brothers Brewing Company and Metropolitan Brewing, are coming together to create a new craft beer collaboration. False Dichotomy is an India Pale Lager currently being brewed at the Two Brothers brewery in Warrenville, IL with lager yeast from Metropolitan Brewing and a variety of new and exciting hops.
