Anheuser-Busch InBev today reported global revenue growth of 4.7 percent in the first quarter of 2018 even as the company’s domestic shipments and depletions decreased due to continued declines of the its flagship lager brands. A-B, the world’s largest beer manufacturer, recorded global revenue of more than $13 billion during the quarter and a gross profit of more than $8 billion. The company’s revenue per hectoliter increased 4.9 percent.
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant continues their bold releases of craft beers to go with several fresh offerings for the summer, all vividly designed and creatively packaged in 16-oz. cans, bringing ever more of the scratch brewery’s popular beers and expanding portfolio into conveniently portable packaging. On Thursday, May 10, they will bring Hopicana into their canned collection for the first time, followed in June and July by classics Mahalo, Apollo!, Crusher and Ore House.
Harpoon Brewery’s newest summer seasonal offering, a Miami-inspired gose, is now available. Harpoon Lime-y Vice is tart and lime-y up front, with a delicately salty, slightly spiced crisp finish
Beer and wine drinkers alike will want to “rosé all day” with Ommegang’s refreshing new ale, Saison Rosé. A blend of saisons, one aged on oak, the other brewed with hibiscus flowers and co-fermented with chardonnay grape juice, Saison Rosé is fruity, tart, dry, and incredibly quaffable. This lovely pale red beer will arrive just in time for summer.
Last Week, Springdale Beer released “Any IPA” in Collaboration with Against the Grain Brewery out of Louisville, Kentucky. Any IPA is a clear version of a New England IPA. The beer features over four pounds of hops per barrel and was designed to be as light in color as possible.
More than a month after Sonoma Beverage Works lost its investor funding and abruptly ceased operations, the assets of the Northern California cider and wine company are being liquidated. According to an April 17 notice to creditors, Sonoma Beverage Works, whose brands include Sonoma Cider and Ahoy Wines, transferred ownership of the company’s physical assets and intellectual property to Structured Solutions, a California-based liquidator, on April 7 in order to recoup creditors’ money.
The beer is brewing and the doors are officially open to the new Stone Brewing – Napa, a 9,500 square-foot restaurant and 10 barrel brewery in an iconic 1877 stone building.
Back in December, Against the Grain partnered with some of their favorite local businesses to work together and create an array of original Louisville products inspired by the same three ingredients: chocolate, orange, and coffee.
Rosé du Gose, the first ever full-batch sour beer produced by DC Brau, will debut during SAVOR week in the nation’s capital this June, and an experimental IPA called L’Attitude follows later in the month in South Jersey.
Lincoln Park Zoo and DryHop Brewers are partnering on the release of a new beer to raise funds for Puerto Rican parrot conservation as this species’ habitat was devastated from Hurricane Maria this past fall.
