Craft beer industry news.
Over the last two years, brewery-owned taprooms and satellite retail outposts have emerged as both lucrative profit centers for emerging craft beer makers and an opportunities to deliver unique experiences to thirsty consumers. But as the number of taprooms has grown, so too have concerns about their impact on the three-tier system.
Sly Fox is launching a third location just 20 miles west of the Pottstown brewing operation, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
Catawba Brewing is now pouring a Small Batch Pink Guava Grisette (4.9 percent ABV) exclusively at their four tasting rooms.
Bonfire Brewing’s can redesign is now complete with the introduction of new Brush Creek Blonde Ale and Firestarter IPA 12 oz. cans set to hit stores in six packs this week.
The new Full Sail Grab ‘n’ Go-Go variety pack – loaded with take-anywhere, 12 oz. cans of Blood Orange Wheat, Amber Ale, Citrus Maxima Pale Ale and Airstream IPA – is the perfect variety pack to Grab ‘n’ Go-Go, whether you’re searching for Sasquatch, hoofing it up Mt. Hood, hitching your hammock to a couple of Doug Firs, or even just cooking out in your own backyard.
D&V International, Inc. premier importer of specialty beers from Belgium and Poland and the exclusive importer of the Brewery St. Bernardus product line is pleased to announce that the award winning St. Bernardus Wit Ale is now available in cans.
Nine Pin Cider Works, New York’s first farm cidery, has announced it will plant and develop an urban orchard in Albany’s Washington Park, among the first of its kind in a major U.S. city. The urban orchard is being organized in partnership with the City of Albany, the Washington Park Conservancy, and Samascott Orchards.
Rekorderlig (Rek-order-lig), a beautifully Swedish premium hard cider crafted and imported from Vimmerby, Sweden using a blend of fruit and top quality spring water from the Boulder-Ridge River, is thrilled to debut it’s Strawberry-Lime flavor on draft in the U.S.
Excitement is mounting for the new Spring releases from pFriem Family Brewers on the heels of the brewery’s big wins at the Oregon Beer Awards. The brewery took top honors including “Brewery of the Year” in the large brewery category and “Best Brewpub Experience” for the fourth year-in-a-row.
Red Hare Brewing Company, founded by Roger Davis and Bobby Thomas, is excited to announce the official Grand Opening of their second brewery, the 34° North Experiment Station in seaside Shallotte, North Carolina! The 34° North Experiment Station will feature small batches of funky experimental beers, inspired by the wild yeast and bacteria coming off the coastal winds.
Upslope Brewing Company, the Boulder-based brewer, today announced its latest delicious Limited Release beer offering—Rocky Mountain Kölsch.
C Squared Ciders, a Denver, CO-based independent craft cidery announced today that the company is expanding its distribution to the state of New Mexico, via National Distributing Company (NDC). C Squared Ciders began producing cider in July 2015 and is also sold throughout Colorado and Minnesota.
Constellation Brands reported its fiscal-year 2018 earnings on Thursday, which were highlighted by a 3 percent increase in total net sales, to more than $7.6 billion. Net sales of Constellation Brands’ beer brands — including Mexican import labels Corona, Modelo and Pacifico as well as craft breweries Ballast Point and Funky Buddha — increased 10.1 percent, to about $4.7 billion.
A pair of beer brands have inked sponsorship agreements with Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy. Craft Brew Alliance today announced a “multi-year partnership” with the Galaxy for its Kona brand to become the club’s official craft beer. Specific financial terms of the sponsorship were not disclosed.
