Craft beer industry news.
In honor of National Coffee Day, Dunkin’ Donuts and Catawba Brewing Company partnered to create a cold-brew, pumpkin-flavored beer, utilizing the Dunkin’ ingredients everyone loves, so it oozes with authentic taste down to the last drop. Dunkin’ Punkin Brown Ale is the first-ever and only beer in the country to include original Dunkin’ Donuts flavoring ingredients.
The latest in the City Star Zoller Barrel Aged Series will be released in the City Star taproom on Saturday, October 21st, Outlaw. The 2017 vintage of this imperial stout was aged 14-18 months in Kentucky bourbon whiskey oak barrels and weighs in at 12.75% abv. Flavors of rich chocolate, toffee, dark dried fruit, oak, vanilla and of course American whiskey. A rich and creamy mouthfeel leaves you lingering for another pour.
Cascade Lakes Brewing Company today announced its Fall Fresh Hop releases: The first brew is Frog Water Fresh Hop IPA, a 100% local farm-to-bottle fresh hop beer. Cascade Lakes partnered with Discover Your Forest and the Forest Service to produce this seasonal beer that benefits the education, conservation, and restoration of Oregon spotted frog habitat.
Many pumpkin beers are released in mid-summer and use artificial, canned or puréed pumpkin. Rogue instead waits for the pumpkin harvest, which usually happens in late summer or early fall, and utilizes fresh Rogue Farms-grown pumpkins harvested at their peak ripeness. The pumpkins are handpicked and delivered 77 miles across the Oregon Coast Range to Rogue’s brewery in Newport, where they are then toasted in a pizza oven and tossed into the brew. Pumpkin Patch Ale is handmade from patch to batch and hits the shelves just in time for fall.
Stone Brewing announces the latest in its seasonal beers, this one paying homage to the ever-present Gargoyle with a tropical mythology. Stone Vengeful Spirit IPA explodes with the flavors of citrus candy and tiki-style cocktails. Find the beer now, nationwide in six-packs of 12-ounce cans.
Atlanta brewery Second Self Beer Company is excited to announce a limited-edition look for its year-round brew, A.T.aLe (5.5% ABV, 42 IBU). In celebration of the 47th annual Atlanta Pride Festival (October 13-15), A.T.aLe’s cans will be available for purchase in rainbow-print packaging through the month of October in metro Atlanta.
The executive shuffle at Pabst Brewing Company continued on Thursday, as the company announced the appointment of a new chief marketing officer to oversee its entire portfolio of heritage, craft, import, cider and flavored malt beverage brands. Matt Bruhn, who most recently served as the CMO for GWA Group Limited, an Australian supplier of building fixtures and fittings, will formally take over as the CMO of Pabst on October 2, according to a press release.
Breakthru Beverage Group and Green Flash Brewing Co. today announced a new partnership agreement to represent Green Flash’s full portfolio in the Delaware market. The San Diego-based brewery has found a following in Delaware, and Breakthru is pleased to be the distributor responsible for ensuring Green Flash’s complete selection of beer–including Green Flash West Coast IPA, Green Flash Soul Style IPA, Alpine Duet IPA, Alpine Windows Up IPA and GFB Blonde Ale–gets to Delaware craft beer drinkers.
On Saturday, October 7th, River North Brewery will release two limited-edition varieties of their renowned Mr. Sandman imperial stout. Toasted Coconut Mr. Sandman and Mayan Chocolate Mr. Sandman will both debut on tap and in bottles to-go at Noon in the River North taproom – just North of downtown Denver – as the finale of the brewery’s GABF week celebrations.
Fall is in the air, and cold brew is on our minds. Coronado Brewing Company is celebrating the changing of the seasons-as much as one can, in San Diego-with the release of Early Bird Cold Brew Milk Stout. The beer was originally brewed last year as an R&D small-batch for San Diego Beer Week, and it was so well-received that the company brought it back on a larger scale this year, in both 22oz bottles and 12oz can six-packs.
Full Sail Brewing Co. today announced the release of Session EZ IPA, the newest member of the Session family of beers. It’s everything you always wanted in an IPA, only less. Wait. Less? You got that right. It’s an unfiltered IPA with all the aromatic hops, fruit notes and citrus vibe that you and your taste buds desire – minus the mouth-puckering bitterness or the high-octane ABV. After all, it’s not called EZ for nothing.
Ten years after it was first introduced, Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), is proud to announce a new look and feel to its flagship beer – Hopworks Organic IPA. The updated beer is available for the first time at HUB’s three pubs on Friday, September 29 at 5 pm. The updated Hopworks Organic IPA is also available in 12oz cans and draft throughout HUB’s distribution network.
Boston-based alcohol e-commerce company Drizly has added Bill Simon, the former CEO of Walmart’s U.S. business, to its board of directors. In a press release, Drizly said Simon’s time spent leading Walmart’s U.S. operations, as well as a stint with Diageo Plc, where he helped develop Smirnoff Ice, would aid the company as it looks to grow within an off-premise alcohol retail industry worth approximately $130 billion.
A growing number of beer companies are turning to digital rebate programs to boost volume sales and gain consumer insights as competition for off-premise business intensifies amongst breweries. The most well-known smartphone-enabled rebate program for alcoholic beverage manufacturers is run by Colorado-headquartered Ibotta, Inc.
