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Brewers Association Expands Professional Beer and Food Course

The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers—has expanded itsCraftBeer.com Professional Beer & Food Course to nearly 100 pages and now offers four supplemental digital videos to showcase the practices featured in the course.

Catawba Brewing Releases Two New Small Batch Beers

Catawba Brewing hosts a Sour Tap Takeover at their Asheville South Slope Tasting Room on Thursday, July 27, starting at 4pm. This special event in the Rickhouse Bar features six releases from the brewery’s 2017 Sour Program.

Mother Earth Brew Co. Releases Primordial Imperial IPA

Brewed with a variety of quality grains resulting in a beautiful amber hue and finished with a healthy dosing of Summit, Simcoe and Amarillo hops; Primordial Imperial IPA presents with a smooth, yet commanding meld of citrus, resin, and pine. With over 100 IBUs to boot, hop-heads rejoice… this is a beer for the ages.

Independence Brewing Co. Expands Distribution to Arkansas

Independence Brewing Co., one of Texas’ original craft breweries, today announced the company will begin distributing its lineup of award-winning beers throughout the state of Arkansas.

Short’s Brewing Sells Minority Stake to Lagunitas

Short’s Brewing Sells Minority Stake to Lagunitas

Michigan-based Short’s Brewing said today it would sell a 20 percent equity stake to Lagunitas U.S. Holdings (LUSH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Heineken International. A sale price was not disclosed, but brewery partner Scott Newman-Bale, who spoke to Brewbound following the announcement, said the multiple exceeded 15X EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, debt and amortization).

Gunwhale Ales Hires New Head Brewer

Gunwhale Ales, a local small batch producer of craft beer, wraps the first week of production under Kevin Hammons.