Craft beer industry news.
Earlier this month, nearly 14,000 beer industry professionals traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, for the annual Craft Brewers Conference, hosted by trade group the Brewers Association. The BA used the gathering to further draw a line between the companies it represents — small and independent U.S. breweries — and those brands owned by larger, international beer conglomerates.
During its annual staff summit earlier this week, Great Lakes Brewing Co. owners Pat and Dan Conway announced that the company would be starting an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), giving workers a minority stake in the company.
Easy Peasy is an easy-drinking, thirst-quenching style of cider in a category of its own with 5% ABV, a tart ‘lemon squeezy’ character, and a subtle raspberry tartness.
Available to imbibers everywhere thanks to the San Diego Brewers Guild (SDBG) and developed by craft beer-centric marketing agency Paradeigm, the SD BEER App is specifically designed to promote San Diego’s independent brewing community.
Schlafly Beer announces plans to release a year-round canned cider across their distribution footprint with Proper Cider Raspberry.
Wiley Roots Brewing Company is releasing a new Imperial S’mores Stout over the Memorial Day weekend.
Against the Grain Brewery will join four other breweries around the country in honoring the men and women who have died while serving in the U.S. military with the release of “Fallen Comrade” for Memorial Day Weekend.
City Brew Tours launches in NYC today following the company’s notable success throughout the Northeast.
In the latest Legislative Update: Vermont approves franchise law reform; Kansas legalizes contract brewing; Colorado sets guidelines for full-strength beer sales in grocery and convenience stores; and more news from the states.
Colorado’s Odell Brewing will bring their family of award winning beers to Utah this week.
Jim Sabia, chief marketing officer of Constellation Brands’ beer division, has been promoted to a newly created role of executive vice president and CMO of the New York-based alcohol company. In a press release, Constellation Brands said Sabia, who joined the organization in 2007 as the vice president of the spirits division, would oversee all aspects of marketing across the company’s beer, wine, and liquor portfolios.
Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), the first Certified B Corporation brewery in the Pacific Northwest, announces the upcoming release of Totally Chill Hazy IPA.
Maine Beer Company of Freeport, Maine, announces their expansion into Indiana with distributing partner Cavalier Distributing. Maine Beer Company’s highly sought-after IPAs and other styles are now available for limited distribution throughout the state.
Regional craft brewery Ale Asylum has released Hopalicious Continuum: Mosaic, the first in a series of small batch twists based on their award-winning flagship American Pale Ale.
