Craft beer industry news.
Charles Towne Fermentory will soon house a 15BBL brew system in the old Lyerly’s Dry Cleaning building at 809 Savannah Highway. The location will include a tasting room and a kitchen prep-space that will allow for a rotation of options from various food trucks, chefs, and other local food businesses.
Stay Mellow. Tying into its Traverse City origin and to the “Up North” culture the brand stands for, it seems only fitting for North Peak to add a year-round cherry beer to its repertoire. Fortified by the fresh water of the Great Lakes and the sweet iconic flavors of Traverse City, Mellow is a higher gravity ale brewed with Michigan cherries and hibiscus.
Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. announces the installation of seven new brite tanks, doubling the Chicago brewpubs capacity to 600 barrels a year. The move coincides with Horse Thief’s plan to distribute its beer throughout the Chicago area in late 2016.
Founders Brewing Co. announced today that it will release PC Pils, an American-hopped Pilsner, as part of their 2016 seasonal lineup. PC Pils will also be the first beer released in 15-pack cans since All Day IPA.
Here’s one way to strengthen your local market presence: help to build, design and name a bar at the new football stadium being constructed just two miles away from your brewery. That’s what Fort Collins, Colo.-based New Belgium is doing, anyways. The company yesterday announced plans to donate $4.3 million to Colorado State University’s $220 million on-campus stadium project, about half of which will go toward the construction of a “hospitality area” located behind the north end zone.
Craft Brew Alliance has officially opened its new Widmer Brothers innovation brewery, relocating the small-batch operation from a cramped corner of Portland’s Moda Center to the company’s primary brewing facility about one mile away. First announced last April, the new innovation brewery will enable CBA to conduct research and development, experiment with emerging styles and give Widmer brewers a chance to collaborate with other food and beverage industry entrepreneurs.
Your favorite local brewery tap room is growing! Branchline Brewing Co. was recently approved by the TABC for a brewpub license. This change does not affect the company operationally, but allows consumers to purchase beer to go directly from the brewery.
Beginning this summer Full Sail’s Amber, Classic IPA, Pilsner, Blood Orange Wheat and Session Premium Lager, Session IPA, Session Black and Session Mashup variety pack with Lager, IPA, Wheat and Cream Ale will be cold shipped to Hawaii through Paradise Beverages, Hawaii’s premier craft-beer distributor with more than 400 employees statewide.
Belgian abbey beer, Leffe, has designed a new glass after 18 months of development, to enhance the tasting experience, enabling drinkers to enjoy Leffe in the most optimum way and rediscover time.
Nottingham’s Left Coast Distribution has made an exciting double addition to their already impressive portfolio of American Craft cans. The Midlands importer has taken delivery of two new beers from Seattle’s award-winning brewery Reuben’s Brews, their Gose and Summer IPA.
Sweetwater Brewing today announced plans to broaden its reach in Texas, expanding distribution to the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin areas via Ben E. Keith Company; Fast-growing Rhinegeist Brewery will formally launch in the Cleveland market this week, inking an agreement with House of La Rose Inc., according to a Cleveland.com report.
The “Uncharted Waters” Series by Heavy Seas Beer will soon welcome the 2016 edition of The Great’er Pumpkin. This limited release will be available from September – October in all 17 states where Heavy Seas beer is distributed.
With a knack for consistently innovating new recipes, Pelican Brewing Company this week raises the bar on imperial IPAs with the release of Beak Breaker. Big punchy hops, bright gold color, tropical aroma and incredible balance are the hallmarks of this delicious new brew.
Twin Leaf Brewery and Zebulon Artisan Ales have come together to brew the next installment of the Brewing for Greenways collaboration series, a program that supports the Friends of Connect Buncombe (FOCB) efforts to create city and county-wide greenways. Collab:, a craft-brewed light lager, will be tapped on Friday, August 19th at 6:00 PM at Twin Leaf Brewing, located on 144 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC.
