Craft beer industry news.
The first cases of iconic Red Stripe Beer, produced once again in the brand’s homeland of Jamaica, arrive on U.S. retail store shelves and bar & restaurant beer menus as the brand readies its aggressive plan to energize growth in the U.S.
Ska Brewing yesterday announced that Jason Armstrong, the former national sales director for Stone Brewing, would join the Colorado-headquartered craft brewery as a sales representative in Texas.
Houston, we’ve solved a problem! A size problem, that is. For the first time ever, SanTan Brewing Company will offer HUGE 24 oz cans of its wildly popular MoonJuice Galactic IPA and MoonJuice Galactic GrapefruitIPA in year round, wide release.
Pelican Brewing Company cheers up January’s impending doldrums with the release of its most award-winning brew in 12 oz. bottles and 6-packs. Arguably the most decorated beer in the world Tsunami Stout is bound for smaller format bottles and will hit the craft beer aisle in January—just in time to cure those post holiday blues.
Switchback Brewing Company is excited to announce the year-round release of Citra-Pils Keller Bier. In the brewery’s 14 year history, Citra-Pils is only the second beer to be produced, bottled, and distributed year-round. The brewery was founded in 2002 around the idea of creating a unique and distinct flavor with the company’s flagship brew, Switchback Ale. The practice of defying style guidelines continues with a long-aged unfiltered lager.
Yard House, which just celebrated its 20th Anniversary last week, is inviting all beer enthusiasts to help craft the restaurant’s 2017 Beer Menu. Those interested can take a simple two question survey at yardhouse.com/beersurvey. The survey will be open through the end of December.
Schlafly Beer co-founder Dan Kopman will depart the company after 25 years. In an email to Brewbound, Kopman said the decision to leave the brewery was part of previously agreed upon timeline with Sage Capital, the St. Louis-based private equity firm that acquired a majority stake in the company in 2012.
Chicago-based Finch Beer Co. will reportedly close its original brewery on Elston Avenue, leave the brewpub it launched in June and begin partner brewing with a yet-to-be-named Windy City brewery, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Torn Label Brewing Company is excited to announce the launch of 6-packs cans of its year-round flagship ales. “Typically when breweries release information about a major new phase like this, that announcement boils down to: ‘Cans are coming,’” says co-owner and CEO Rafi Chaudry. “We are especially thrilled because in our case the announcement is: ‘Cans are here!’
Cascade Brewing has signed on with Day One Distribution to handle sales and distribution for Cascade Brewing beers in its home state of Oregon. This marks a significant step for Cascade, which up to this point, has self-distributed to more than 35 in-state accounts.
Evans Brewing Company (OTCQB: ALES), a producer of award-winning craft beers and owner of The Public House restaurant and tap room, today announced they have signed a 10 year lease for their second Public House location adjacent to The Triangle in Costa Mesa, CA. The Triangle is one of Orange County’s premier dining and entertainment destinations. The second Public House by Evans Brewing Co. will be located at 110 Broadway, Costa Mesa close to a number of popular bars and restaurants along Newport Boulevard near the Costa Mesa and Newport Beach border.
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.)
