Craft beer industry news.
The Beer Institute (BI) and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) have made an early New Year’s resolution: improve beer category health. The boards of directors for the two industry trade organizations each passed resolutions earlier this month pledging to work together with other industry players in support advancing the beer category and reclaiming market share from wine and spirits.
Nevin’s Brewing Company is rebranding its brewery, Nevin’s Draft Co. and launching a new signature craft beer brand, Midnight Pig, which will be distributed across the Chicago-land area.
The Cicerone Certification Program announced that Brian Reed, a trade brewer and member of the beer education team at MillerCoors, has become one of just 16 individuals worldwide to earn the title of Master Cicerone.
Blend No. 03 is a makeup of Barleywine style ale, Imperial Porter and Imperial Stout.
In limited supply, the beer is available in kegs only and is on tap at select Belgian bars across the country.
Vermont Beer Shepherd, located in Waterbury, VT, will be distributing Revision Brewing Company’s beer.
Great Western Malting, a leading producer of quality malt for the brewing industry, has revealed an update to their line of bagged malts.
Cask Global Canning Solutions, the company that invented micro-canning equipment for craft brewers, is offering a new canning line.
Two Southeastern beer distributors that sell a variety of Anheuser-Busch products are set to combine operations, according to a spokeswoman with the global beer giant. In an email to Brewbound, Gemma Hart, A-B’s vice president of communications, said the company has granted approval of a merger between Georgia- and South Carolina-based Southern Eagle Distributing and South Carolina’s Crown Beverages.
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives agreed over the weekend on a sweeping rewrite of the U.S. tax code that will include excise tax relief for alcohol producers and importers. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) survived a conference committee of the House and Senate and will be included in the final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bill will now receive a final congressional vote — the Senate could vote as early as Tuesday — before advancing to President Donald Trump’s desk for approval.
As the end of 2017 draws near, U.S. beer volume sales remain roughly flat, according to recent data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI Worldwide. IRI, which tracks beer sales at off-premise retailers, reported that total beer sales through the first 11 months of 2017 exceeded $31.8 billion in the firm’s multi-outlet and convenience. Through December 3, U.S. beer volume sales declined 0.5 percent while total beer dollar sales increased 1.1 percent.
Cambridge Brewing Company teams up with Mamaleh’s Delicatessen to release Chocolate Babka Stout.
Dunkin’ Donuts and Wormtown Brewery announce a partnership to launch DDark Roasted Brew, the first beer to be brewed with Dunkin’ Donuts Dark Roast beans.
Starr Hill Brewery is set to kick off its 2018 tour with a fresh lineup of beers, headlined by their new flagship brand: Front Row Golden Ale.
