The slowdown in craft beer category growth has undermined an investment and created tension between the founder of a prominent Texas brewery and his newest partner. After initially agreeing to purchase a majority interest in fast-growing, Dallas-based Deep Ellum Brewing, Storied Craft Breweries, an upstart growth capital group, paid penalties to back out of the full investment, saying it has altered its strategy in light of slowing craft growth trends.
Upland Brewing Co. announces an upcoming series release to kick off 2018, which marks the brewery’s 20th anniversary. In addition to a Side Trail IPA series with the return of Juiced in Time, a New England Style IPA, Upland is launching a Tart Series this month.
After the Pacific Northwest’s hop production reached a record 104 million pounds in 2017, the Hop Growers of America, a Yakima-based non-profit trade association, warned hop farmers that the industry has reached a saturation point and warned brewers to contract “cautiously and pragmatically.”
Innis & Gunn, one of the UK’s most successful international craft brewers, has unveiled a brand new look with a unifying packaging rebrand across its core barrel-aged and craft brewed beers range.
Say G’Day as G’Knight Imperial Red IPA joins Oskar Blues’ core priced line-up as the latest addition to reach the SRP of $8.99 to $9.99 six-pack pricing. This big, sticky imperial red IPA joins their array of beers now available at core pricing including the Original Craft Beer in a Can, Dale’s Pale Ale; along with Mama’s Little Yella Pils, Old Chub, Beerito, Pinner, and Oskar Blues IPA.
Coronado Brewing’s popular Barrel-Aged German Chocolate Cake is making its 2018 return, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Barrel-Aged German Chocolate Cake is the first release from the 2018 Coronado Collection series, which will feature three limited-release, barrel-aged offerings distributed throughout Coronado’s network in 22oz bottles and on draft.
In response to rising demand, Indiana City Brewing plans to double production of its beer this year with the addition of two new 30-barrel fermentation vessels and an expansion of the brewery’s popular barrel-aged beer program.
Dozens of women involved in the Arizona craft beer industry came together earlier this month at Lumberyard Brewing Co. in Flagstaff to celebrate the movement of women in industry and to brew a beer for charity.
Wolf Tone, an 11.5% ABV Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels is the first release from the brewery’s Livernois Barrel Project which will release four new beers in 2018.
Amstel Xlight is redefining how light beer fits into an active lifestyle. Starting February, beer drinkers in Arizona, Texas, and Massachusetts will learn how Amstel Xlight is the first beer to embrace fitness in all forms, and how with only 90 calories, 2 grams of carbs, 4.2% ABV, and 4 IBUs, Amstel Xlight complements their version of an active lifestyle. Amstel Xlight embraces fitness for everyday people, who exercise to stay in shape, are active for the sheer fun of it, and for whom life is their workout.
On Saturday, Feb. 10 at 11 am, No-Li Brewhouse will unveil four new, limited-release barrel-aged bottles for its Barrel-Aged Winter Games series. There are only about 120 bottles of each beer and supplies are not expected to last long.
Excolatur, Monday Night Brewing’s newest release from the Garage, is a one-of-a-kind beer. Excolatur (pronounced echo-lahtour) is Latin for “development.” The result of over two years of aging in Bourbon and rum barrels, this dark sour benefits from an additional four months over Montmorency cherries.
The beginning of the 2018 beer lineup includes the newest beer in Left Hand’s nitro can series, the much-anticipated Chai Milk Stout Nitro, plus the new Left Hand IPA, and two favorite returning seasonal beers.
