Georgia’s oldest craft brewery, Red Brick Brewing Co., announced that it will no longer produce bottled beer for distribution beginning in January 2017. The brewery’s current offerings consist of canned and bottled products for its core and seasonal releases. Red Brick has seen significant growth from its canned offerings that debuted at the end of 2014 with the Laughing Skull Amber Ale. Red Brick will continue to offer limited quantities of special release bottles as part of its Brick & Mortar series available only at the brewery.
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (CBA) (Nasdaq: BREW) and Anheuser-Busch (AB) announced today a series of new commercial agreements that expand and strengthen the companies’ long-term relationship and create new growth opportunities for both companies. The agreements include an amended and extended master distribution agreement, a new contract brewing arrangement, and a new international distribution agreement.
Craft Brew Alliance and Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced a new set of commercial agreements that will give the smaller CBA guaranteed distribution via A-B’s wholesalers in the U.S. through 2028 and expanded access to a variety of international markets as well as brewing capacity at many of the larger company’s 12 brewery locations. In a joint announcement, the two companies said the new arrangements would “expand and strengthen the companies’ long-term relationship and create new growth opportunities for both companies.”
Maui Brewing Co. has announced its mainland expansion into the state of Illinois, partnering with Windy City Distributing. Maui Brewing Company’s flagship beers including Bikini Blonde Lager, Big Swell IPA, Coconut Hiwa Porter, and Pineapple Mana Wheat are making their way to the Chicago area for the first time and will be available to the public in the upcoming days.
Time to raise your stein and celebrate the change of the season! As the summer days come to an end, Left Hand Brewing Co. releases Oktoberfest Märzen Lager for the late summer through early fall.
It’s no secret that German-style lagers are favored styles around Silver City Brewery. There’s no greater homage to the tradition than Oktoberfest Lager. A light butterscotch-colored liquid that pours with white, frothy suds, Oktoberfest Lager instantly explodes with spiced aromas not unlike cinnamon and nutmeg, entirely symptomatic of the German Hersbrucker hops.
Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., Chicagoland’s premier craft and specialty import beer distributor, has added Aleman Brewing Company to its portfolio, which marks the sixth brand signing this year. Glunz now features 11 local breweries, including 5 Rabbit, Begyle, and Temperance.
Huss Brewing Company is elated to announce it will be opening a second location this December, Huss Brewing at Uptown Plaza is its new flagship taproom, and will be located in the recently renovated Uptown Plaza on Camelback Road and Central Avenue.
To mark a turning point in Lazy Magnolia’s growth, the company is updating and modernizing its packaging. Long time customers will recognize its signature logo and branding, and everyone will have an easier time finding Lazy Magnolia beers among the growing selection of craft in the marketplace.
After successful launches in three other Massachusetts markets, Castle Island is now taking its growing brand to the North Shore. Beginning this week, the brewery’s beers will be available as far North as the New Hampshire and Maine borders. Castle Island has partnered with Danvers-based Merrimack Valley Distributing Company to bring its beers to the territory.
Angry Orchard today announced the introduction of Easy Apple, the newest less sweet, easy-drinking cider from the leading U.S. cider maker1. Easy Apple offers drinkers a refreshing hard cider option in the Angry Orchard core collection that’s both lower in calories and sessionable. The cider will be introduced in 6-packs in select states beginning in August 2016, including: Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Arkansas and Rhode Island. Easy Apple will also be available nationwide in the Angry Orchard Fall Orchard Sampler Variety Pack.
Two Roads Brewing Company of Stratford, CT announced today that the brand will be rolling into Northeastern Pennsylvania and they are pleased to be teaming up with Shangy’s Distributing. The launch will begin the week of August 22nd with a series of kick-off events throughout the region.
Starr Hill Brewery is heading out on tour this fall with a fresh lineup of beers, featuring two new releases: Last Leaf Maple Brown Ale and Basketcase American Helles.
At the break of dawn last week, tractors rolled into the Rogue Farms hopyard to begin their 8th harvest. Over the next four weeks, our 8 varieties of our proprietary hops will be picked, stripped, sorted, kilned, cooled and baled before being driven 77 miles to the Rogue brewery in Newport, Oregon.
