Craft beer industry news.
The Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, craft brewer of Shiner Bock, announced today a $500,000 contribution to nonprofit organizations throughout Texas to support relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey.
Catawba Brewing taps a Small Batch Wild Berry Saison (6.6 percent ABV) on Thursday, August 31, at all locations.
Rekorderlig, an award-winning premium hard cider crafted and imported from Åbro, a fourth-generation family owned brewery located in Vimmerby, Sweden, is pleased to introduce their sixth flavor to the United States market; Mango-Raspberry.
Following a proprietary review of the craft beer segment, and its own positioning within it, Constellation Brands has re-launched a number of its Ballast Point offerings with a new look in an attempt to “tell its story more effectively” to consumers. In an interview with Brewbound, Constellation CMO Jim Sabia and Marty Birkel, the president of the organization’s craft and specialty division, said an initiative to better understand consumer-purchasing behavior provided the company with some key takeaways that helped shape its overall craft strategy moving forward.
Starting Friday, Georgia breweries will officially be allowed to sell beer directly to consumers, ending a contentious, decade-plus-long dispute between the state’s beer manufacturers and wholesalers.
Purina is teaming up with Urban Chestnut Brewing Company for a joint philanthropic effort linked with Urban Chestnut’s newest beer – Urban Underdog American Lager – available at grocery stores and beer retailers in St. Louis city, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and the Metro East area.
Hi-Wire Brewing will be releasing three speciality beers in early September to round out their summer and fall line-ups. Customers can expect two beers from their Sour & Wild Ale program and a 4-pack 16oz can release from their Specialty program.
Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO) has agreed to perform feedstock testing with Barrelhouse Brewing Company to test its trub as a potential feedstock for Greenbelt’s Paso Robles ECOsystem project known as PRECO. The trub, a byproduct of the brewing process, will be tested for viable conversion to bioethanol and animal feed.
This week, Green Flash Brewing Co. announces the lineup for their 2017 “Treasure Chest” fundraising program. This is the craft brewery’s 7th annual beer release and special event series to raise funds for breast cancer charities. This year, the new beer released for the program is an IPA brewed with passion fruit, and it will be available on-draft in 37 US states.
ReedPOP, the world’s leading producer of pop culture events, and Brooklyn Brewery, the 11th largest craft brewer in the US, today revealed the new Brooklyn Defender IPA, a heroically hopped golden IPA (5.9% ABV) and the Official Beer of New York Comic Con 2017.
Oculyze GmbH has launched a powerful upgrade for its Better Brewing yeast management application: Through the new customer web access (beta), users can now access the Oculyze encrypted cloud platform and review yeast images and results anywhere, anytime.
Grand Teton Brewing Company, known throughout the West for their exceptional craft brews, is proud to announce two new product releases for Fall 2017: Black Cauldron Imperial Stout and American Sour 2016.
Summit Brewing Co. has named Paul Jacobus its new Regional Sales Manager and Brandon Bland its new Metro Sales Team Manager. As members of Summit’s management team, Jacobus and Bland will be responsible for developing and implementing sales plans and training efforts to promote sales growth, territory strength, brand loyalty, customer satisfaction, and overall market share.
Asheville Brewing Company and Industry Nine Componentry have partnered again this year to create a delicious beer for a great cause. This year’s double dry-hopped i9PA is a bright, fruit forward IPA that’s smoothly palatable at 7.5 percent ABV.
