Craft beer industry news.
In 2017, after three years of consecutive growth, Biscayne Bay Brewing Company decided it was time to expand and open a new brewing concept even closer to its many fans in Miami. Biscayne Bay Brewing Company will be opening its doors at The Old United States Post Office and Courthouse this Winter.
Craft beer lovers and baseball fans will be able to “get their pickle on” at all Portland Pickles baseball games this summer, thanks to Coin Toss Brewing Co.’s “Caught in a Pickle Lager.”
Following a hugely successful 2017 debut, Siren Craft Brew’s Project Barista is returning with four exciting new beers that continue their annual investigation of coffee’s diversity, intensity, and personality. Their first 2018 coffee beer, Cold Brew, is a 5% cold-steeped schwarzbier.
In this edition of People Moves: Avery Brewing’s COO resigns, and the Boulder, Colorado-based craft brewery lays off six workers; Wormtown Brewery names a new general sales manager; Heineken USA forms an new sales operations team; and more industry personnel moves.
Wormtown Brewery has announced an expansion of their sales and distribution team.
An Allagash Brewing Company favorite, Little Brett, is returning for another limited release. Allagash Little Brett is fermented with 100% Brettanomyces yeast and hopped and dry-hopped exclusively with Mosaic hops.
With trademark in-hand, Silva Brewing owners, Chuck and MJ Silva, set out to write the next chapter in the highly acclaimed saga of the award-winning barrel-aged imperial stout, Silva Stout.
Cascade Brewing released its Pêche Fumé 2017 project today. The Northwest sour ale is a blend of wheat ales brewed with cherrywood smoked malt and aged in oak barrels for up to 14 months with Northwest-grown peaches. The limited offering is available in 750 ml bottles and on draft through Cascade’s regular distribution channels, as well as in-house at both its Portland-area pubs.
Cleveland brewing outfit Platform Beer Co. and Philadelphia-based Free Will Brewing are collaborating on a limited release can to be debuted during Philly Beer Week, beginning June 1.
Braven Brewing Company has signed an agreement with DOPS, Inc. to distribute Braven’s beers throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Delaware.
The Michigan Brewers Guild is pleased with today’s news that Gov. Rick Snyder signed House Bill 4667 and Senate Bill 440 — sponsored by Rep. Brandt Iden and Sen. Goeff Hansen — which will change the name of the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council to the Michigan Craft Beverage Council. The bills also will expand the council to include Michigan wine, beer, hard cider and spirits. The bills are now Public Acts 154 and 155 of 2018.
Less than one year after Coronado Brewing acquired a majority stake in nearby Monkey Paw Brewing, the San Diego-based regional craft beer producer today put the smaller outfit up for sale. The decision to sell its interest in the business comes about one month after Monkey Paw founder Scot Blair — an outspoken figure in the San Diego craft beer scene who also owns the popular Hamilton’s Tavern and South Park Brewing Company ventures — filed a lawsuit against Monkey Paw for breach of contract.
Taprooms and direct-to-consumer sales were hot topics during this year’s Craft Brewers Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Two seminars — “Building Your Brand Through the Tasting Room” and “Defense and Promotion of Tasting Rooms” — focused on the phenomenon that has agitated some retailers and wholesalers, but the topic bled into other conversations throughout the week.
First Beverage Ventures is pleased to announce that Jack Belsito has joined the firm as a managing partner based in the firm’s New York office.
