Craft beer industry news.
After just six months, MillerCoors has pulled the plug on Two Hats, a light beer brand that was targeted at 21- to 24-year-old consumers. The company announced the decision to cease production of the beer, which will remain on retail shelves until early 2019, in a letter to employees and wholesalers on Monday.
Great Divide Brewing Company will release the third edition of their Wood Werks Barrel Series, a whiskey barrel aged brown rye ale and Hoss Oktoberfest Lager returns for the season.
EnSync, Inc. (NYSE American: ESNC), dba EnSync Energy Systems, the leading provider of innovative distributed energy resources (DERs) and business models for residential, commercial and utility installations, and its subsidiary Holu Energy, a developer of DER projects in Hawaii, today announced a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kona Brewing Company to build a solar-plus-battery storage system at the beer company’s new brewery, under construction in Kailua Kona.
On Saturday, August 25, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers celebrates the gilded era of craft beer with a 21st Anniversary event, with a special draft-only release of Gilded Ale, a Golden Stout with Gold Glitter paying homage to the golden era of Speakeasy.
Great Lakes Brewing Co. (GLBC) announces the creation of 73, a limited edition Kolsch-Style Ale brewed in collaboration with Cleveland football hero Joe Thomas. The light, crisp, tailgate worthy beer named for the left tackle’s uniform number will be available in cans and on draft throughout the Cleveland area beginning in September 2018.
Ecliptic Brewing has teamed with Modern Times Beer for their next Cosmic Collaboration.
Midway through 2018, the Canarchy Craft Brewery Collective is outpacing the overall U.S. craft beer segment. The Brewers Association (BA) reported last week that growth for small and independent U.S. brewers had “stabilized,” with production growing 5 percent through the first six months of 2018. The Fireman Capital-backed brewery consortium — whose brands include Oskar Blues, Cigar City, Deep Ellum, Perrin Brewing, Three Weavers, and Utah Brewers Cooperative (Wasatch and Squatters) — is growing faster than the category, with off-premise sales up 15.4 percent in the total U.S. multi-outlet and convenience store channel year-to-date.
North Peak Brewing Company is thrilled to announce the installation and commissioning of their first canning line.
105 West Brewing Company is releasing an Apricot Saison that was aged in two special Bourbon barrels from Law’s Whiskey House in collaboration with Tipsy’s Liquor World, to raise money for the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation.
Alter Brewing Company has announced that beginning August 6th they will begin distribution with Lakeshore Beverage to substantially increase their Chicagoland and suburban presence.
The third installment in Coronado’s Art Series is set to make its debut with the release of Island Vibes passionfruit Berliner Weisse. The Coronado KFiSH Art Series debuted earlier this year and has already seen two successful beer releases. Island Vibes is now the third beer to come out of the series.
Maumee Bay Brewing Co. will release a green-color beer called “’Ale’gae Blooms” to raise awareness of how annual algal blooms threaten their product and the Lake Eire region’s public health.
Guinness brewers, executives and guests from the local community gathered for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the new home of Guinness in America – the Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House in Maryland.
In this week’s edition Last Call: Heineken takes a minority stake in a Chinese beer giant; ZX Ventures makes an e-commerce play in Australia; Toppling Goliath sues its former brewer; and more news from the week.
