Craft beer industry news.
First Beverage Financial, the investment banking arm of First Beverage Group, announced that it acted as the financial advisor to Anchor Brewing Company in its sale to Sapporo Holdings Limited. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in August, were not disclosed.
Johnathan Wakefield, founder/owner of J. Wakefield Brewing (JWB), Wynwood’s only independently-owned craft brewery is traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to spend two weeks collaborating with five breweries across the continent. Wakefield will be brewing in Sweden, Spain and England from today, August 23rd, through September 10th. These will be JWB’s most-extensive international collaborations, to date.
Braxton Brewing Company is expanding distribution to Nashville, Tennessee.
Shipyard Brewing is now releasing its Pumpkinhead fall seasonal to US retailers.
2-Row Distributing, a division of Del Papa Distributing, is pleased to announce a partnership with 8th Wonder Brewery to distribute their brands across the Texas City, Beaumont and Victoria, Texas marketing territories beginning in September 2017.
Beer makers aren’t the only ones feeling the effects of a craft beer slowdown. Yakima, Washington-based hop broker 47 Hops LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said last week.
Red Brick Brewing Co, Georgia’s oldest craft brewery, is turning 24. To celebrate, consumers will have the unique opportunity to enjoy four variants of their popular Vanilla Gorilla Imperial Porter.
Revision Brewing Company located in Sparks, Nevada, has expanded distribution into Washington and Hawaii.
Good City Brewing — a 17 bbl production brewery, urban taproom and event space on Milwaukee’s East Side — announced that it is releasing its popular Film Fest Lager on Saturday, September 2nd.
The Colorado Brewers Guild is bringing back Hop the Vote, a spirited but friendly competition between the Colorado State House of Representatives and Colorado State Senate, to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF).
This unfiltered, pale golden-hued ale is a salute to the “sexy hops.”
Goodwood Brewing Company and Chicken Cock Whiskey have collaborated to release Chicken Cock Barrel Aged Brown Ale. The cultivated relationship between Goodwood Brewing and Chicken Cock Whiskey came by way of a discerning introduction from Breakthru Beverage South Carolina, the area distributer both companies utilize. The Chicken Cock Barrel Aged Brown Ale will be released exclusively in South Carolina as a draft-only offering.
Tampa Bay Brewing Company (TBBC), one of the region’s oldest independently owned and operated craft breweries announced a collaboration today with the renowned Hogsbreath Saloons of Key West and Destin fame.
Rob Johnson will serve as Rivertowne’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
