Craft beer industry news.
If there is one thing that 2 Towns loves, it’s a really good party. To help everyone get into the spirit of the season, the Northwest’s favorite cider company is releasing three of its most jubilant ciders!
Brew Hub has hit the pause button on an ambitious plan to spend $100 million to build five new contract brewing facilities throughout the U.S. by 2018. “Building a new brewery in another geography doesn’t seem as strategic as it did four years ago,” Brew Hub CEO Tim Schoen told Brewbound.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – As Game of Thrones approaches its final season, Brewery Ommegang and HBO Global Licensing are excited to announce the launch of the Royal Reserve Collection, a collectible series of four special, limited release beers, each designed and brewed as an homage to one of four epic figures in the battle for the Seven… Read more »
The Beer Institute (BI) and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) have made an early New Year’s resolution: improve beer category health. The boards of directors for the two industry trade organizations each passed resolutions earlier this month pledging to work together with other industry players in support advancing the beer category and reclaiming market share from wine and spirits.
Nevin’s Brewing Company is rebranding its brewery, Nevin’s Draft Co. and launching a new signature craft beer brand, Midnight Pig, which will be distributed across the Chicago-land area.
The Cicerone Certification Program announced that Brian Reed, a trade brewer and member of the beer education team at MillerCoors, has become one of just 16 individuals worldwide to earn the title of Master Cicerone.
Blend No. 03 is a makeup of Barleywine style ale, Imperial Porter and Imperial Stout.
In limited supply, the beer is available in kegs only and is on tap at select Belgian bars across the country.
Vermont Beer Shepherd, located in Waterbury, VT, will be distributing Revision Brewing Company’s beer.
Great Western Malting, a leading producer of quality malt for the brewing industry, has revealed an update to their line of bagged malts.
Cask Global Canning Solutions, the company that invented micro-canning equipment for craft brewers, is offering a new canning line.
Two Southeastern beer distributors that sell a variety of Anheuser-Busch products are set to combine operations, according to a spokeswoman with the global beer giant. In an email to Brewbound, Gemma Hart, A-B’s vice president of communications, said the company has granted approval of a merger between Georgia- and South Carolina-based Southern Eagle Distributing and South Carolina’s Crown Beverages.
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives agreed over the weekend on a sweeping rewrite of the U.S. tax code that will include excise tax relief for alcohol producers and importers. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) survived a conference committee of the House and Senate and will be included in the final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bill will now receive a final congressional vote — the Senate could vote as early as Tuesday — before advancing to President Donald Trump’s desk for approval.
As the end of 2017 draws near, U.S. beer volume sales remain roughly flat, according to recent data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI Worldwide. IRI, which tracks beer sales at off-premise retailers, reported that total beer sales through the first 11 months of 2017 exceeded $31.8 billion in the firm’s multi-outlet and convenience. Through December 3, U.S. beer volume sales declined 0.5 percent while total beer dollar sales increased 1.1 percent.
