Craft beer industry news.
Made with Arizona Grown Grapefruit Juice, SanTan Brewing Company is gearing up to launch a brand new beer, MoonJuice Galactic Grapefruit IPA. A spin-off of SanTan’s wildly popular MoonJuice IPA, which launched into mass production in October 2015.
Firestone Walker’s Luponic Distortion revolving hop series hits its stride this month with the release of Revolution No. 003, marking the beer’s third release since its inaugural entry last spring.
Cape May Brewing Company is continuing their journey in their much-anticipated Barrel Aged Series of sour brews. Over two years in the making, the second limited release of the series — The Skeg — is available Saturday, September 3rd at 11am in their gift shop, The Brewtique, at 1288 Hornet Road in Cape May.
Straight To Ale Brewing has teamed up with Whole Foods Market South Region to introduce a new line of experimental brews called Rumble Seat Beer Project. The first iteration of Rumble Seat Beer Project includes an India Pale Ale, a Citrus Witte, and an Imperial Red. All three beers were brewed exclusively for Whole Foods Market by Straight To Ale and will hit shelves Labor Day weekend across the Southeast in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Fremont Brewing of Seattle, Washington will launch a new Fall seasonal called Field to Ferment Fresh Hop Pale Ale. Fremont will brew this fresh hop ale throughout the entire hop harvest in Yakima, using four individual hop varieties as they are harvested. The first release will feature the early harvest Centennial hops from Carpenter Ranches and will be released at its freshest in the first week of September. Subsequent single fresh hop brews will be produced with different hop varieties according to the order of their harvest: Simcoe, Citra, and finally Mosaic. Field to Ferment will be available through September.
Portland Brewing’s Scottish Festival is back again to launch fall seasonal Noble Scot Ale. The family-friendly affair features traditional Scottish dance, bagpipe performances, highland games, face painting, a photo booth, live music from local Celtic fusion band, Beltaine, and of course, Portland Brewing’s Noble Scot Ale. The outdoor celebration is free to attend and all ages are welcome. This year, Celtic music media company, 67 music, will be emceeing the event.
The Brewers of Pennsylvania (BOP), the state’s official brewers guild, will host the second annual Mid-Atlantic Brewers’ Symposium, which will feature a keynote address from Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) Chairman, Tim Holden. The important one-day event on Friday, September 30 will feature ten 45 minute seminars from leaders of the craft brewing industry. The Mid-Atlantic Brewers’ Symposium will take place at the Artsquest Center at Steel Stacks in Bethlehem, Pa.
Wicked Weed Brewing has announced the release of Juiceless IPA, a collaboration with Creature Comforts Brewing Co. based in Athens, Georgia. Juiceless will be released on Saturday, August 27th at Wicked Weed’s Funkatorium location. Following the initial release, Juiceless will be distributed in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia as well as throughout North Carolina starting on September 1st.
New Jersey’s most award-winning craft brewer, Flying Fish Brewing Co., couldn’t decide on one specialty beer to mark its 20th anniversary, so its BrewCrew is releasing three new Exit Series™ limited-release craft beverages to mark the occasion. Sour Forage Beer from Exit 5, featuring hints of the New Jersey Pinelands, Pork Roll Porter from Exit 7, a toast to New Jersey’s favorite breakfast meat, as well as Imperial Pilsner from Exit 14, will all be launched with a ceremonial tapping on Thursday, 9.1.16 at Flying Fish’s Somerdale brewery headquarters at 4 p.m.
Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s First Craft Brewery, announced they will be making their new Pulp Fusion Blood Orange IPA a year round beer, effective immediately.
Beginning on Friday, September 9, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant will re-release their wildly popular autumn classic Pumpkin Ale on draft and in cans. Available at all 12 locations through Monday, October 31, Pumpkin Ale is a reliable harbinger of fall, and pairs perfectly with Iron Hill’s crave-able Pumpkin-Sriracha Wings.
Summer is comin’ to a close. That means fall, colder weather, shorter days… sad times indeed. BUT if there’s one thing that can warm you (and your belly) up it’s the release of Oskar Blues Brewery’s giant fuhCAN Ten FIDY Imperial Stout. The 10.5% ABV half-baked, but fully-roasted dark mouth bomb is consistently rated as one of the best of its style around (100 ratings from both Beer Advocate and Rate Beer) and the 2016 edition is just as kickass as usual.
Beginning this fall, Dog Tag Brewing’s “Legacy Lager” will be distributed nationally by Pabst Brewing Company. Dog Tag Brewing donates 100% of its after-tax profits to the Dog Tag Brewing Foundation, which benefits charities created or selected by Gold Star Families.
Craft Brew Alliance’s long-term route to market in the U.S. — and perhaps its future ownership structure — became clearer this week after the publicly traded craft beer maker unveiled enhanced distribution and contract brewing agreements with its largest individual shareholder, Anheuser-Busch InBev.
