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.
The Arizona Coyotes and SanTan Brewing Company of Chandler, Arizona announced today the debut of its first-ever beer, a new American Pale Ale called Yotes Pale Ale (YPA). The beer will be available on draft at Coyotes games this season at Gila River Arena beginning onWednesday, Nov. 23 when the Coyotes take on the Vancouver Canucks.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) today announced it has accepted a $750,000 payment from Craft Beer Guild, LLC, a Massachusetts-based beer distributor, following its own investigation into allegations that the wholesaler violated state and federal laws prohibiting illegal inducements and unfair trade practices. According to a press statement issued by the TTB — which is responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act) — the Craft Beer Guild payment is the “largest offer in compromise” the agency has ever recovered from a single industry member for trade practice violations.
Creature Comforts Brewing Company’s seasonal Koko Buni is set to return this November. Koko Buni will be available on draft and in 12-ounce cans. Koko Buni is the brewery’s milk porter brewed with toasted coconut, cocoa nibs, coffee and vanilla.
In the fall of 2014, Harpoon put a hoppy, citrusy, but not tire-out-the-palette-bitter double IPA on tap in their brewery tasting room in Boston. Brewed on Harpoon’s 10-barrel pilot system, the beer was the result of the brewery’s ongoing hop experimentation. It quickly became one of the most sought after beers on tap at the brewery, so last fall Harpoon released it on draft only with limited distribution. Still, fans of the beer clamored for more, and Harpoon was listening. Introducing Harpoon Hoppy Adventure Double IPA, now available in 16 oz. can 4-packs.
