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New Belgium Cuts 4 Percent of Workforce Amid Craft Beer Slowdown

New Belgium Cuts 4 Percent of Workforce Amid Craft Beer Slowdown

Yet another U.S. beer company is making cuts to its workforce due to slowing sales of craft beer. New Belgium Brewing Company, and employee-owned business with production facilities in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Asheville, North Carolina, today laid off 28 employees across the production, administration, finance, human resources and IT departments.

Rogue Collaborates with Stumptown Coffee on Cold Brew 2.0

Like the perfect amount of cream in your coffee, Rogue infuses its blonde ale with Stumptown Cold Brew Coffee to create Cold Brew 2.0—a combination of coffee and beer where both shine through.

Boulevard Brewing Announces Collaboration Beer with the Kansas City Royals

Boulevard Brewing Company today announced a new seasonal beer created to celebrate its partnership with the Kansas City Royals. ¡Vamos! (Let’s Go!), a Mexican-style lager, will be available on tap at area bars, restaurants and at Kauffman Stadium as well as in six-packs throughout the Royals regional viewing territory beginning in early March and running through April, or while supplies last. 

Weihenstephan and Sierra Nevada Collaborate on Braupakt Hefeweissbier

Weihenstephan, the World’s Oldest Brewery, has embarked on a dream-team partnership with Sierra Nevada, one of America’s pioneering craft brewers, to create “Braupakt,” the eagerly-anticipated Hefeweissbier. Weihenstephaner Braupakt will be available nationwide in April 2018.

Boston Beer Company Releases Angry Orchard Rosé Hard Cider

This spring, Angry Orchard, the leading U.S. cider maker[1], gives drinkers a new, unexpected and delicious choice poised to be the year’s hottest drink: Angry Orchard Rosé hard cider. Made with a delicious blend of apples including rare red flesh apples from France, Angry Orchard Rosé delivers the crisp and refreshing qualities of cider with a rosy color and floral aroma. So, move over Rosé wine and make room on the shelf for Angry Orchard Rosé, the fun and unexpected drink to try this spring.

Brooklyn Brewery Eyes Growth in 2018 Despite Domestic Headwinds

Brooklyn Brewery Eyes Growth in 2018 Despite Domestic Headwinds

Seven months after announcing plans to create a national sales platform via investments in San Francisco’s 21st Amendment and Colorado’s Funkwerks, Brooklyn Brewery is readying for what it hopes will be a year of growth across all three brands. Speaking to Brewbound, Dave Duffy, Brooklyn’s vice president of business development, said the three companies have officially integrated their sales forces and “cross-trained on each other’s brands.”

Firestone Walker’s Barrelworks Releases Bretta Rose No. 005

What began with a pre-dawn excursion to a raspberry field last summer has come to fruition with the imminent release of Bretta Rosé Batch No. 005, the fifth iteration of this signature wild ale from Firestone Walker’s Barrelworks.

Dogfish Head to Rerelease Chicha

Spit happens – and when it does, you brew Chicha. An ancient Peruvian beer brewed with corn that’s chewed up and spit out, Chicha is one of the most talked about brewing creations from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. First brewed in 2009, this new batch of Chicha was brewed with corn chewing contributions from over 100+ Dogfish Head coworkers who banded together to prepare the beer’s main ingredient for brew day – chewed purple maize (corn).