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Taste Radio Ep. 90: Meg Gill on Life After Acquisition

Taste Radio Ep. 90: Meg Gill on Life After Acquisition

Two years after selling her startup to Anheuser-Busch InBev, Meg Gill, the co-founder of Los Angeles-based Golden Road Brewing, can’t imagine life without the support of the world’s largest beer company. “There’s a lot of complexities involved with a big partner, but it’s been an amazing journey for us,” she recently told BevNET’s Taste Radio podcast.

New Belgium to Release Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze New England-Style IPA

New Belgium Brewing is kicking off the new year with a new addition to the Voodoo Ranger family, Juicy Haze IPA. This medium bodied, unfiltered IPA is packed with tropical aromas and big citrus flavors from a delicious blend of Citra hops combined with Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe and Nugget.

Watch: Startup Brewery Challenge 9 Pitches from Brewbound Session Winter 2017

Watch: Startup Brewery Challenge 9 Pitches from Brewbound Session Winter 2017

Last month, San Diego’s Novo Brazil Brewing was named the winner of Startup Brewery Challenge 9, held during the Brewbound Session conference in Santa Monica, California. But the business pitch competition – which gives entrepreneurs four minutes to showcase their brands for a chance to win $5,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Portland, Oregon – also featured four other emerging brands.

Terrapin to Release Beyond the Galaxy IPA

Terrapin Beer Company is releasing a new spring seasonal, Beyond the Galaxy. This brew features a single hop… you guessed it, Galaxy!

Massachusetts Task Force: Brewers Deserve Right to Terminate Distributors Without Cause

Massachusetts Task Force: Brewers Deserve Right to Terminate Distributors Without Cause

A task force formed earlier this year to examine Massachusetts’ decades-old alcohol laws has unveiled a lengthy report that offers 37 recommendations to “improve the operations” of the state’s Alcohol Beverages Control Commission (ABCC). The suggestions — which the task force made after reviewing laws in other states and meeting with ABCC officials, alcohol industry members and consumers — include modernizing franchise laws, increasing excise taxes and clarifying pay-to-play rules.