Craft beer industry news.
Victory’s innovation, releasing in February, will include three new year-round offerings: 1) a Golden Monkey brand extension called Twisted Monkey, 2) a new every day IPA, No Brainer IPA and 3) an on-trend New England Style IPA, Cloud Walker Hazy Juicy IPA.
Continuous and strategic growth has been imperative to the overall success of Asheville, North Carolina’s Hi-Wire Brewing. Established in 2013, Hi-Wire has expanded its distribution footprint to over six states and is proud to announce it will be opening its fourth retail taproom in Knoxville, Tennessee in summer 2019.
Doomsday Brewing Company, a local microbrewery specializing in small batch craft beer and artisan pizza, has announced that they have expanded with a third location at Hazel Dell Towne Center in Vancouver, Washington after negotiating a lease since September 2018.
Brent Miles, former Head Cidermaker of Sly Clyde Ciderworks and original Head Cidermaker at Seattle Cider Company, announced that he is starting a new venture—Brown Hat Consulting. Brown Hat will provide consulting for the craft cider industry, specializing in helping new cideries, as well as breweries looking to expand into cider, navigate the start-up process.
Effective Jan. 14, 2019, ROAK Brewing Co. located in Royal Oak, Michigan has named Aaron Lanctot their new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Just in time for Mardi Gras, Lakewood Brewing Company (LBC) will release its innovative French Quarter Temptress.
Founders Brewing Co. has announced the return of KBS, their popular bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout brewed with coffee and chocolate, in March 2019. The KBS release is an annual tradition at the brewery and will once again kickoff with an early ticketed bottle release of the beer from the taprooms.
Virginia may be for lovers, but it won’t be a place where drinkers can purchase Bell’s beer for much longer. Bell’s Brewery founder Larry Bell notified the company’s seven Virginia wholesalers on Friday that the Michigan craft brewery would cease shipments to the state after filling final orders.
Canada’s Collective Arts Brewing is venturing into the cannabis sector. The Hamilton, Ontario-based craft brewery, located about 50 miles from the New York border, has established a sister company called Collective Project Limited that will develop and sell cannabis-infused beverages.
Castle Island Brewing Co is popping up in the Boston Public Market Thursdays through Sundays in February and March as part of a series of brewery partnerships at the Market, designed to highlight New England craft breweries.
Uinta Brewing Company today announced a voluntary recall of select varieties of 12oz. cans and bottles due to the presence of a foreign yeast that could cause a package integrity issue over time and under certain storage conditions.
For the first time, Birdsong Brewing is releasing two variants of a beer on the same day: Feb. 14.
Top Mexican Import Dos Equis is debuting a new beer to drive brand penetration and drive store traffic with the launch of a Mexican Pale Ale (MPA). With unique citrus hops and a hint of spicy heat on the finish, Dos Equis MPA is a traditional Pale Ale with a Mexican twist.
Woodchuck Hard Cider is excited to announce that fan favorite Belgian White will be released for a limited time under the Tank Series line of ciders. For those who do not remember, Belgian White was previously a part of the Private Reserveline, and ever since we took it out of rotation, we have had fans clamoring for it.
