Craft beer industry news.
The Beer Institute is hoping a so-called “lame duck session” of Congress won’t hurt the chances of finally passing the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which would lower excise taxes, compliance burdens, and regulations on alcohol makers.
This November, middle and western Tennessee craft beer enthusiasts will no longer have to travel to Chattanooga and Knoxville to find a Catawba beer. Catawba Brewing of Asheville, Morganton, and Charlotte, NC is partnering with DET Distributing of Nashville and Jackson, TN to launch Catawba beers in middle Tennessee.
Avery Brewing Company, a pioneering craft brewery known for being one of the most daring and visionary breweries in the nation, announces today its 2017 brewing calendar and new additions to its year-round lineup. 2017 will be focused on expanding distribution of Avery’s core beer line-up including White Rascal, Liliko’i Kepolo and El Gose, while also continuing to invest heavily in the growth of Avery’s barrel-aging program with space,equipment, brewers, and barrels to meet year-round national demand.
Deschutes Brewery announced today they will introduce their brands to the Tidewater region of Southeast Virginia, including; Norfolk, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Newport News and Williamsburg. The brewery is partnering with Chesbay Distributing, an east coast division of the Reyes Beverage Group, headquartered in Norfolk, VA. Earlier this year, Deschutes Brewery announced that Roanoke would be the site for its future East Coast brewery location, 280 miles away from the Tidewater region.
Holidaily Brewing Company, based in Golden, Colorado and one of the nation’s only dedicated gluten-free breweries, announced today the canning run completion and retail availability of its top-selling beer, Fat Randy’s IPA. This American-style IPA is a taproom top seller because of its tropical fruit and citrus aromas, bitter notes and medium body. FatRandy will make its debut this week in signature hop-green 16 oz. can four-packs and on draft at select retailers, bars and restaurants where Holidaily beer is sold.
To celebrate the start of the holiday season, Moody Tongue (2136 S. Peoria St.), the culinary brewing company in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, will release a limited edition Bourbon Barrel Aged Gingerbread Imperial Stout, available in the Tasting Room on Black Friday: November 25, 2016.
Oskar Blues Brewery is tapping that barrel again with a pair of tasting room-only rum releases.
Aged in fresh-as-hell Jamaican rum barrels for six months, Oskar Blues took two seasonal favorites and gave them a boozy twist. Rum DBC clocks in at 11% ABV while Rum FIDY drops the hammer at 14% ABV. Both will feature exclusively on draft and in 19.2 ounce stovepipes at the Tasty Weasels in Longmont, CO and Brevard, NC for one day only.
Trappist monk beer from Spencer Brewery, owned and operated by the Trappist monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts will soon be available in Oakland and Macomb counties. Spencer recently signed on with Powers Distributing of Orion Township to bring these beers to Michigan – one of only five states to carry the product. There are only 11 Trappist breweries in the world and Spencer is the first and only in the United States.
Over the last 18 months, Shmaltz Brewing Company — a Jewish-themed brand sold via 40 wholesalers in 35 states — has quietly been reworking its distribution network in more than a half-dozen markets across the U.S.
Great Central Brewing Company (GCBC) announced today their first roster of brewing clients, marking the start of production at Chicago’s first dedicated contract brewery. Maplewood Brewery and Distillery, Begyle Brewing Company, Like Minds Brewing and Around the Bend Beer Company, all of Chicago, Ill. have signed on to leverage GCBC’s 32,000 square feet of state-of-the-art brewing capacity.
Whole Foods Market and Bronx Brewery present the ‘No Name’ IPA, a special collaboration brew, only available at Whole Foods Market locations in the Northeast Region. As the name suggests, the ‘No Name’ IPA is currently nameless. In partnership with New York-based restaurant discovery platform, The Infatuation, The Bronx Brewery and Whole Foods Market, will be launching a consumer contest to name the beer kicking off on November 2 running through December 31.
Sonoma Cider, the award-winning California based cider company, announced a partnership with United States Beverage to manage sales and distributor relationships for their high-end craft cider brand in the USA.
MacroPoint, creator of a multi-modal freight tracking network that provides shippers, logistics service providers and carriers real-time visibility into load status, received a $44 million investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC (SGE). The company plans to accelerate investment in product and network expansion, both in the US and internationally.
Eddyline Brewery collaborates with the Buena Vista Roastery for the seasonal release of the 14’er Imperial Java Stout available in 16 ounce 4 packs at liquor stores throughout Colorado. The Arkansas River Valley is home to 14,000’ peaks and this beer fits the bill. A rich Imperial Java Stout with 60 pounds of 100% organic Papua New Guinea coffee beans and loads of roasted chocolate malts makes this the perfect winter craft beer.
