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Garden Party Botanical introduces a new award-winning brand of ‘sophistiPOP’ to the hard soda category. Garden Party Botanical Hard Soda announces the launch of its first two hard soda flavors – Violet, a lemon soda infused with lavender and blackberry, and Ruby, a ginger-based soda infused with hibiscus and pomegranate.

Hi-Wire Brewing will be releasing a new year-round flagship this January in place of their Prime-Time Session Pale Ale. Customers will now be able to enjoy Hi-Wire Brewing’s latest creation and year-round flagship, Lo-Pitch Juicy India Pale Ale (4.9% ABV), scheduled to hit shelves and both of Hi-Wire’s taprooms by early January 2017.

Here at Summit Brewing Company, it’s high time that we announce our lineup of new beers for 2017 — so you can start enjoying them. In addition to creating seven new occasional offerings and fresh entries for the Unchained Series and the Union Series, we’ve also designed four new variety packs around similar styles and flavors. Perhaps most exciting, though, is that we’re bringing back some of your favorite flavors: Summit Double IPA and Summit Keller Pils. (Start telling your friends.)

Bev-Craft, a craft brewery consultant group headquartered in Superior, Wis., has tapped Frank Kaszuba as Project Manager and Brewer. In his new role, Kaszuba will orchestrate the development of breweries in planning and help propel their growth as an ongoing operational consultant.

Atlanta brewery Second Self Beer Company announces its seasonal release Olde Oyl (11% ABV, 65 IBU), a Russian Imperial Coffee Oatmeal Stout. Arriving just in time for the holidays, Olde Oyl is the strongest beer in Second Self’s line-up. It’s brewed with roasted malts and oats for a rich body, robust aroma, and smooth coffee finish.

According to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future analysis of underage alcohol, drug, and tobacco use—released today and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services—teen alcohol use continues to decline and has reached historic lows.

Ace Distributing is proud to announce that construction has begun on the company’s new distribution facility at 100 Mifflin Drive, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. This state-of-the-art facility will serve as the centralized point of operations for Ace Distributing’s ever-expanding market penetration when it opens in spring 2017.

Fort Lauderdale-based investment banking firm, Farlie Turner & Co., is pleased to announce that it served as an advisor to Storied Craft Breweries, LLC (“SCB”) on its investment in Deep Ellum Brewing

Back by popular demand, independent Oregon craft brewer Ninkasi Brewing Company announces the return of Believer Double Red Ale to its Seasonal Release Series available Dec. 2016 through April 2017. In partnership with the brewery’sBeer is Love donations program, a portion of all Believer sales will go to three national non-profits: Conscious Alliance,Team River Runner andWomen Who Code.

The fiery quest for independence from the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia rings long after Patrick Henry once stood addressing the city of Richmond in 1775. Three local brewers, Stone Brewing, Ardent Craft Ales and Hardywood Park Craft Brewery have bound together alongside His Excellency, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe delivering a daring proclamation: Give Me Stout or Give Me Death. Stirred to join the cry for resistance against the tyrannical oppression of industrial beer, the teams brewed this bold assertion with locally grown raspberries and blackberries to rally craft beer fans beginning this week.

Beginning December 15th, fans of the Central Coast’s original craft brewery will be able to pick up a six-pack of their favorite SLO Brew beer at select retail outlets throughout the region. With a history that spans over decades, SLO Brew is putting the finishing touches on their new brewing facility and tasting room, the SLO Brew Rock. With a Criveller rotary canning line and a 30-barrel capacity at The Rock, production of SLO Brew’s most popular and award-winning craft beers is in full swing.

Today Block 15 Brewing Company releases its early winter seasonal, Cosmic Cold Brew, Café Borgia, available bottled and on tap at bottle shops and beer bars around Oregon. Block 15 worked alongside their south Corvallis neighbors, Bespoken Coffee Roasters, to elevate their classic stout Nebula with additional malt and a 24-hour cold extraction on freshly roasted Ethiopia Celinga coffee. Both varietal and roast profile were selected to complement this stout with bright acidity, pie spice, and hints of caramel and citrus. For their Café Borgia variation, they also added sweet orange peel to the boil and cocoa extract to the tank— additions that layered notes of citrus and chocolate onto the base stout and coffee blend.