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UPM Raflatac to Educate Brewers About Pressure Sensitive Labels

UPM Raflatac announces that its craft beverage experts will be at booth 1352 in Hall B at Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville, TN from April 30-May 3 to help breweries with finding the right labels for their bottles or cans.

Pro Chiller Systems Releases IoT-Powered Total Cooling Control Solution

Pro Chiller Systems, a leader in packaged chilling solutions for the beer, wine and dairy industries, today unveiled a game-changer for beer crafters – a new, Internet of things (IoT)-powered Total Cooling Control (TCC) solution – at the 2018 Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

New Realm Brewing to Reopen Former Green Flash Virginia Brewery and Taproom

New Realm Brewing to Reopen Former Green Flash Virginia Brewery and Taproom

Nearly three weeks after New Realm Brewing won an auction for the brewing equipment located inside the former Green Flash Brewing Virginia Beach production facility, the Atlanta-headquartered beer company has announced plans to resume operations at the 58,000 sq. ft. facility and reopen its taproom.

Hop Head Farms and Proximity Malt Ink Marketing Agreement

Hop Head Farms and Proximity Malt Ink Marketing Agreement

A pair of raw ingredients suppliers backed by the same private equity fund has joined forces in an effort to offer craft breweries easier access to hops and malt. Michigan’s Hop Head Farms and Milwaukee’s Proximity Malt, which are both a part of Ceres Partners’ “Food & Agriculture Opportunity Fund,” today announced a joint marketing agreement aimed at better serving the craft brewing industry’s ever-growing long tail of more than 6,300 companies.

Ninkasi Technologies Launches Virtual Distribution Platform

BOSTON — A new online platform, AmericanCraftBrands.com, is a first-of-its-kind secure marketplace for commerce between craft makers (brewers, distillers and vintners), retailers and independent distributors. The regulatory-compliant business-to-business (B2B) marketplace changes the historic three-tiered distribution model by reducing barriers while creating new and better growth paths for craft makers. It provides a dynamic, trusted, and… Read more »

Former Ordnance Brewing Brewer to Open Brewpub

After four years of service, Logan Mayfield departed Ordnance Brewing earlier this week with plans of opening a local brewpub, close by in Boardman, OR.

Laura Bell to ‘Step Away’ as CEO of Bell’s Brewery on May 18

Laura Bell to ‘Step Away’ as CEO of Bell’s Brewery on May 18

Bell’s Brewery co-owner Laura Bell will “step away” as CEO of the Michigan-based craft beer company, she wrote in a letter to distributors yesterday. Citing her desire to “explore other passions and interests,” Bell said she would relinquish the position on May 18. She was appointed CEO on February 3, 2017.

New Belgium Names Veteran Brewer New Production Brewmaster

New Belgium Names Veteran Brewer New Production Brewmaster

Nearly a year after long-time brewmaster Peter Bouckaert announced he would depart New Belgium, the Fort Collins-headquartered craft brewery today named Christian Holbrook as is its new production brewmaster.