Craft beer industry news.
Brewbound, a leading trade publication covering the beer industry, today announces that it will host a two-day business conference for professionals in the beer, cider, and flavored malt beverage industries. Called Brewbound Live, the expanded event – formerly known as Brewbound Session — will take place at the Loews Hotel on November 27 and 28 in Santa Monica, California.
One week after announcing plans to acquire Oregon-based General Distributors, Portland’s Columbia Distributing today said it would purchase a majority of the assets of western Washington-based wholesaler Marine View Beverage. A purchase price was not disclosed. The deal, which is slated to close April 30, will add nearly 8 million cases to Columbia’s business, according to Marine View’s website.
Dedicated to innovation, Braxton Labs is excited to release a Peach Cobbler Berliner Weisse in bottles. Brewed with peach puree, Bourbon Madagascar vanilla beans, graham cracker and cinnamon, the dessert-inspired bottles will be released on Saturday, February 17th. The 4.2% ABV beer will be available in 500ml bottles beginning at 11am.
On February 16th The Unknown Brewing Company will be releasing the rarest beer they’ve ever made. The appropriately titled Imperial Pastry Sweet Stout will be called “Rarest Bean” due to the 2 different beans that were used during the brewing process. The first bean that was used was “Black Ivory Coffee”, it is literally the rarest coffee bean on earth. The coffee is consumed and processed (and by processed we mean pooped out) by elephants and only 1,000 pounds of coffee are produced a year, thus making this coffee extremely expensive ($100 a bag).
Moylan’s Brewmaster Derek Smith has announced the return of two of his most popular IPAs, Hop Craic XXXXIPA and Haze Craze IPA, the addition of the two new beers means Moylan’s will be pouring a total of five IPAs in the coming days.
Strongbow® Hard Ciders, the #1 global cider brand[1], announces its newest flavor, Rosé Apple, a semi-dry hard cider with a touch of red-fleshed apples. With a light, refreshing, fruity taste and 5% ABV, this newest addition to Strongbow’s award-winning line is reminiscent of a rosé wine but with 50% less sugar than leading U.S. hard ciders[2].
Brewing supply store the Homebrew Exchange in Portland, OR gears up to open Look Long Brewing Company, a nanobrewery and taproom.
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) has shut down its emerging business division and, in the process, let go of a key executive who had been with the company since 2011. In an SEC filing, CBA today announced that John Glick, who most recently served as the vice president of the company’s emerging business unit, would leave to “pursue other business opportunities.”
Rolling Thunder Imperial Stout 2018, the embodiment of Rogue Ales & Spirits’ Do-It-Yourself (DIY) philosophy, hits shelves in February.
The next release in Firestone Walker’s Luponic Distortion revolving hop series arrives with Revolution No. 009 — a freethinking blend of six “public domain” hop varieties from the Pacific Northwest and Germany
New Dogfish Head COO and president George Pastrana has only been on the job for about three weeks, but he said brewery founders Sam and Mariah Calagione have already welcomed him into the business as a “co-leader.”
With a consistent passion for experimentation and innovation, Two Brothers Artisan Brewing is adding three new selections to its award-winning lineup in the coming weeks.
Payette Brewing Company is excited to add a new beer to their year-round lineup, Aura Guava and Hibiscus Sour Ale in twelve-ounce canned six-packs this February.
The latest in the City Star Zoller Barrel Aged Series will be released in the taproom on Wednesday, February 14th: Scarlet is a sour stout aged 9 months in oak barrels finished with cherries.
