Craft beer industry news.
Drinking a beer at the Oregon Zoo can now help save the endangered California condor. Condor Kolsch, brewed by Rogue Ales and released in partnership with the Oregon Zoo Foundation, is available on draft at the zoo, at Rogue pubs and in 22 ounce bottles in retail stores throughout Oregon.
For the second consecutive year, production at half of the craft beer industry’s top 50 companies didn’t grow, according to new data released by trade group the Brewers Association. The organization, which published 2017 production figures for thousands of U.S. breweries in the latest issue of ‘The New Brewer,’ noted that 24 of the top 50 BA-defined regional craft brewing companies — those producing between 15,000 and six million barrels of beer annually — either declined or remained flat in 2017.
– The brewmaster responsible for transitioning Sly Fox Brewing Company into a regional independent craft brewing competitor will leave the brewery in early July, the company announced today.
Stone Brewing co-founder and executive chairman Greg Koch is moving beyond beer with the launch of with Nutista, an artisanal, stone-ground nut butter line. Joining him, and running the day-to-day operations, are co-founders Tristen Cross and John Huber. Nutista produces three core flavors — an original that’s a blend of nut varieties, a banana nut butter and a maple nut butter — but Koch’s influence is more apparent in other sub-lines. The brand recently released a Totalitarian Imperial Russian Stout Nut butter as well as a Tangerine Express IPA Nut butter, both of which are inspired by popular Stone beers.
On Saturday, May 26th Braxton Labs is releasing its Cucumber Witbier in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans.
The sun is out, birds are singing, bees are buzzing, flowers are blooming and Epic Brewing has just harvested a ripe, plump batch of its new Oak & Orchard Strawberry Rhubarb sour ale.
Call to Arms Brewing will release Old Old Wooden Ship on Thursday, June 14.
Uncle Billy’s Brewery & Smokehouse, one of Austin’s oldest craft brewpubs, is introducing the Knuckleballer Texas Kölsch, its first new beer in a can in three years.
Hummingbird is the first packaging supplier in North America to provide 110-inch wide web capability for digital pre-print at lengths limited only by converting capability.
After about six months as CEO, David Pillsbury is leaving Canarchy Craft Brewery Collective — Oskar Blues’ and Fireman Capital Partners’ consortium of beer companies formed following investments in Cigar City Brewing, Perrin Brewing and Utah Brewers Cooperative — according to a press release.
PASO ROBLES, Calif. — Creature Comforts and Firestone Walker are set to release Mother’s Milk, a collaborative barrel-aged imperial milk porter that will be unveiled at the 2018 Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest on June 2. Tasters of Mother’s Milk will be available to all fest attendees. Additionally, 12-ounce bottles ($10.99) will also be available… Read more »
The Lost Abbey and The Bruery have finally gotten together to produce a new sour offering, rightly dubbed, About F’n Time Ale.
As summer approaches, Coronado Brewing is offering beer drinkers another tasty IPA in a can with the release of its next Art Series beer, Marine Dream IPA.
Brewed in celebration of the upcoming 12th Anniversary Party, The Hop Concept will be collaborating on a new can debut with Alpine Beer Co. named THC+ABC=IPA.
