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Beer Institute Launches ‘Faces of Beer’ Webpage

As part of the broader Pride Starts Here campaign, the Beer Institute—a national trade association representing brewers, beer importers, and industry suppliers— today launched the Faces of Beer webpage showcasing a wide array of beer industry employees and how they personally help grow, create, produce and deliver quality beers across the U.S.

Vistaar Technologies Signs Two Roads Brewing as First Beer Client

Vistaar Technologies, Inc. (Vistaar), a leading provider of pricing and promotion software in the beverage alcohol industry, today announced the addition of its first beer customer, Two Roads Brewing Company (Two Roads), to the company’s growing list of customers. Known as one of the fastest growing craft beer companies and its Road Less Traveled philosophy, Two Roads plans to deploy Vistaar’s price structure management (PSM) SaaS solution.

Garage Brewing Co. Releasing 2 Barrel-Aged Beers

Garage Brewing Co. is excited to announce they have added two new and exciting additions to their Barrel Aged family — a bourbon barrel aged Wee Heavy Scotch Ale and Port Barrel Saison.

70 Maine Craft Brews Aboard Ship to Iceland

The Maine Brewers’ Guild (MBG) unveiled the Maine Beer Box to an excited crowd at the International Marine Terminal in Portland, Maine, where it set sail for Reykjavik, Iceland aboard the Skogafoss.

Savor Sound Bites: Brewers Discuss Cans, Large-Format Packages

Savor Sound Bites: Brewers Discuss Cans, Large-Format Packages

More than 4,000 people converged on Washington, D.C., this past weekend for the Brewers Association’s annual craft beer and food pairing event, Savor. Brewbound caught up with several breweries over the weekend to get the scoop the latest trends, distribution and packaging updates, and what to expect for the remainder of 2017.

Dogfish Head Opens Oklahoma

Dogfish Head Opens Oklahoma

Dogfish Head, the 14th largest U.S. craft brewing company according to trade group the Brewers Association (BA), has officially added another territory to its growing distribution footprint. The Delaware-based craft brewery said Monday that it would begin shipping its full portfolio of beers to Oklahoma this month, confirming a mid-April report from Tulsa World.

Oskar Blues Using Thinfilm Technology for Launch of 16 oz. Dale’s Pale Ale Cans

Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) (OSE: THIN), a global leader in NFC (near field communication) mobile marketing and smart product solutions, today announced a partnership with Oskar Blues Brewery. Through the collaboration, Oskar Blues will integrate Thinfilm’s technology into beer coasters distributed nationwide, enabling a direct mobile connection with consumers through the simple tap of a smartphone.