Craft beer industry news.
In this week’s edition of Last Call, Russian River raises $200,000 for wildfire relief; Amazon announces the end of its wine program; Diageo opens a temporary Guinness taproom in Maryland; and more.
Bell’s Brewery’s India Red Ale is available now for a limited time!
Atlantic Beverage Distributors is proud to announce we will be representing exclusive distribution of the Melvin Brewing portfolio in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Brewed for the 20th Anniversary of Monk’s Café in Philadelphia, 24 Steps will be released simultaneously in both Philadelphia and San Diego, October 28th.
Sonoma Springs Brewing Company plans its annual Sottile Red release party on November 11 to mark the anniversary of the three-alarm blaze that torched the back of its home on Riverside Drive.
With Jim Kelter’s retirement after 27 years of dedicated service to the brewery, Full Sail Brewing Co. is excited to announce the appointment of Greg Doss as Full Sail brewmaster.
Pikes Peak Brewing Company’s beer will soon be available in California.
This time around Ecliptic Brewing’s Cosmic Collaboration has reached beyond the beer world. Ecliptic and TeSóAria Winery have teamed up to create Blood of Jupiter. The beer is a Belgian style Tripel brewed by Ecliptic, then aged in Sangiovese wine barrels from TeSóAria.
Steady Hand Beer Co., one of Atlanta’s newest breweries on the scene, released its first line of cans now available to the Atlanta market.
Three years ago, Ninkasi Brewing Company, an independent craft brewery based in Eugene, Ore., set its sights on a beer launch like no other and in July 2014, the Ninkasi Space Program (NSP) took flight. The mission: send brewer’s yeast to space and return it to Earth to brew a deliciously out-of-this-world beer. The result: an Imperial Stout fermented with spacefaring yeast. Back for its third year and available in time for the holiday season, Ground Control Imperial Stout returns this November to 22-ounce bottles, limited draft, and an exclusive cask strength edition.
Anheuser-Busch InBev today reported its third-quarter earnings, highlighting global revenue growth of 3.6 percent for the three-month period ending September 30. Despite the increased earnings, A-B InBev’s worldwide beer volumes fell by 1.5 percent while U.S. shipments to wholesalers dropped a whopping 6.4 percent during the quarter.
Net revenues for Boston Beer — which makes Samuel Adams beer, Angry Orchard Hard Cider, Twisted Tea, and Truly Spiked & Sparkling seltzers, among other products — declined to $247 million, which the company attributed to a 4 percent decline in shipments during the quarter ending September 30.
Overcompensation Double IPA is just the latest notch in our belt of big beers, but one of the very first for Upland.
Bold Rock Hard Cider has announced the launch of its new seasonal cider, Orchard Frost.
