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Following Annual Review, Yard House Taps Over 400 New Beer Brands

Each year the beverage team and beer experts at Yard House spend an average of four months conducting the restaurant’s annual Beer Review. This year guests of Yard House were invited help craft the beer menu by participating in an online survey. Those who weighed in, along with members of Yard House’s eClub and social media channels, will be the first to see what new brews will have a place at the beer head for 2017, which get tapped companywide on Monday, March 27.

Green Flash Brewing Announces Return of Barrelmaster’s Reserve Series

Green Flash Brewing Co. announces 2017 plans to continue their popular Barrelmaster’s Reserve series of extremely limited edition, barrel-aged beers from their Cellar 3 facility. Last year, the small-batch series introduced three one-offs, with each release selling out within hours of going on sale.

Dogfish Head Adds Missouri to the Mix

Dogfish Head Adds Missouri to the Mix

Dogfish Head will expand distribution to Missouri in April, the company announced today. The Delaware-based craft brewery has inked agreements with five beer wholesalers — Summit Distributing, Heart of America, Grellner Distributing, Central States Beverage and Fechtel Beverage — for statewide coverage.

Smuttynose Brewing Company’s Rhye IPA Returns as Year-Round Offering

From one-time offering to seasonal to all year-round. Beginning April 3, Smuttynose Brewing Company’s malted-rye IPA, Rhye IPA, will be available in six and 12 packs of 12 oz. bottles and draft all year-round wherever Smuttynose Brewing Company beers are sold.

Sünner Kellerbier to be Distributed in US in April

Sünner Brauerei was the first brewery in Cologne to label their golden-hued, open-fermented, bracingly dry beer under the name of Kölsch. Although the style had been produced in the city for decades, Sünner was the first to call the beer a kölsch. With that one small gesture of marketing, the world soon recognized Sünner Kölsch as the benchmark of the style and the city of Cologne was forever linked to its local beer.

Maine Brew Bus Announces Acquisition of Maine Beer Tours

The Maine Brew Bus, LLC announced that it has acquired Maine Beer Tours, LLC, a similar company providing all-inclusive tours to breweries, wineries, and distilleries in Greater Portland. The purchase will allow The Maine Brew Bus increased passenger capacity and expansion of tour concepts, as well as provide new itineraries for the millions of people that visit Southern Maine.

Shipyard Brewing Places Beers in Florida Baseball Parks

Portland, Maine’s Shipyard Brewing Company has placed its Florida-brewed beers in local baseball stadiums that host major-league spring baseball games and minor-league summer games.

Silver City Brewery to Release Bourbon Barrel Aged Fat Scotch Ale

Ever since it debuted back in 2000, Fat Scotch Ale has been a favorite among Silver City Brewery’s devoted fanbase. Scotch Ale, an uncommon style in the Pacific Northwest, gets its signature smokey character from the use of peated malt.

Power Hour: Craft Beer Growth Opportunity Lies with Female Consumers

Power Hour: Craft Beer Growth Opportunity Lies with Female Consumers

Craft beer is making progress in reaching female consumers, but there’s more work to be done, according to Mike Kallenberger, president of Tropos Brand Consulting. Kallenberger presented on a variety of demographics as part of a talk given during yesterday’s Power Hour webinar, hosted by the Brewers Association. Kallenberger, who worked for several years at… Read more »

Andy Goeler Tapped to Lead Bud Light Marketing

Andy Goeler Tapped to Lead Bud Light Marketing

Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced that Andy Goeler, the current vice president of marketing for the company’s craft and import focused “High End” division, would take over as the new vice president of Bud Light, the largest beer brand in the U.S. He replaces current Bud Light VP Alex Lambrecht. In an interview with Brewbound, Marcel Marcondes, A-B InBev’s VP of marketing in the U.S., said Lambrecht would help oversee Goeler’s transition into the role of Bud Light VP and remain with the company in a yet-to-be-named position.

Torn Label Brewing Company Releasing Magic Magic IPA in Cans

Torn Label Brewing Company is excited to announce the return of one our most popular beers to date, Magic Magic. An East Coast style IPA brewed with raspberry and lemon peel, Magic Magic’s taproom release was one of the busiest nights we had ever experienced, and bottles in distribution sold out just as swiftly.