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Cigar City Poised to Eclipse 100,000 Barrels in 2017

Cigar City Poised to Eclipse 100,000 Barrels in 2017

After selling 65,000 barrels of beer in 2016, Cigar City Brewing is on pace for a major bump in sales as the Florida craft brewery plans to cross the 100,000-barrel threshold by the end of the year. In an interview with Brewbound, Cigar City brand ambassador Neil Callaghan attributed the growth to expanded production of its flagship brand, Jai Alai IPA, at the start of the year.

Crooked Stave to Reintroduce Cellar Reserve Program in 2018

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project is excited to announce the reintroduction of the Cellar Reserve program. Crooked Stave will revive the Cellar Reserve membership at beginning of 2018 and the brewery’s progressive barrel-aged blends will be available in limited releases to Cellar Reserve members throughout the year.

The Collective Brewing Project Joins Shelton Brothers Portfolio

The Collective Brewing Project is excited to announce their addition to the Shelton Brothers Inc. portfolio. Shelton will carry Collective’s beers and at first distribute them around festivals and events the brewery will be attending in 2018.

Craft Brew Alliance to Sell Woodinville Brewery for $24.5 Million

Craft Brew Alliance to Sell Woodinville Brewery for $24.5 Million

Seven months after putting its Woodinville, Washington, brewery up for sale, Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell the facility to Sound Commercial Investment Holdings LLC for $24.5 million.

Rivals Brewing Company to Assume Fat Head’s Brewery

Rivals Brewing Company to Assume Fat Head’s Brewery

After contract producing a line of beer for the last year, Ohio’s Rivals Brewing Company has reached an agreement to take over the current Fat Head’s Brewery space in Middleburg Heights. Last week, Nick Lowe, the owner of Rivals Sports Grille, a decade-old Middleburg Heights sports bar and restaurant, announced that he had signed a five-year lease on the 35,000 sq. ft. turnkey brewery where Fat Head’s has operated since 2012.