Green Flash Brewing Co. announces plans for their 2016 “Treasure Chest” program, the craft brewery’s 6th annual beer release and event series to raise funds for breast cancer charities. Once again, this year’s program will include the release of Treasure Chest beer packaged in 22oz bottles to limited national availability. The beer will also be available on-draft in over 27 US states, supported by a dynamic retail and on-premise event program in key cities.
Avery Brewing Company’s brewers pride themselves on making a beer for every step of a person’s “craft beer journey.” Their offerings range from easy-drinking beers like Ellie’s Brown Ale to big hop-forward beers like The Maharaja Imperial IPA to massive stouts like Tweak, a 15-18% ABV beer aged in Bourbon barrels. Now they’re expanding the drinker’s craft beer journey even further with the addition of a 4.5% ABV sour beer in a can.
Whiskey Barrel Quandary, River North Brewery’s revered barrel-aged Belgian dark strong ale, was last seen in January 2015. Now, after a full year and a half in the making, the next installment in this remarkable series is ready.
Forbidden Root Brewery, Chicago’s own botanic brewing company at 1746 W. Chicago Ave. in West Town, is releasing a new year-round beer available at retail and at the restaurant and brewery beginning today, July 11. Along with this new offering comes a new format and packaging. At 5% ABV, Money on My Rind is a Belgian-inspired witbier brewed with juniper berries, grapefruit peel and juice for those days when you’re rolling down the street, “laid back.” A nod to the iconic pop culture beverage, Money on My Rind will be released in a six-pack of 12-ounce bottles for summer barbeques, camp sites and porches everywhere.
Coronado Brewing Company’s award-winning Stingray IPA is now available for the first time in cans. The can launch is a continuation of the company’s brand refresh that kicked off earlier this year; highlighting the company’s coastal lifestyle and San Diego roots. Stingray IPA is the company’s fourth year-round offering in cans, following the release of Islander IPA, Orange Avenue Wit, and Easy Up Pale Ale earlier this year. The company is releasing Stingray IPA in 12-ounce can six-packs, in addition to 12-ounce bottles and on draft.
If you’ve worked in any industry for more than 30 years, it’s safe to assume that you’re an expert in that field. So by that logic, Harpoon Brewery co-founder Dan Kenary, who started the Boston-based company with partners Rich Doyle and George Ligeti in 1986, is a bona fide beer business expert. In a wide-ranging interview with Kenary, the longtime beer executive shares with Brewbound the business lessons he’s learned over the last three decades and thoughts on how the craft category will continue to evolve over the next few years.
The much anticipated ColoRADo debut for Tampa’s award-winning brewery, Cigar City Brewing, is goin’ down! Lock in Thursday, July 21st at 4:30pm in the Tasty Weasel Taproom at Oskar Blues Brewery (1800 Pike Rd, Longmont, CO) for a Fuster Cluck of a beer event.
There’s more private equity money flowing into the craft brewing industry, this time via consumer products-focused firm VMG Consumer Partners and popular San Diego beermaker Stone Brewing. VMG — which specializes in food and beverage investments and has purchased stakes in entrepreneurial ventures like KIND Healthy Snacks, Pirate’s Booty, Justin’s and Spindrift, among others — will invest $89.5 million into a recently formed limited partnership called “VMG Stone Brewing Coinvestment,” according to a June SEC filing.
Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., Chicagoland’s premier craft and specialty import beer distributor, welcomes Clown Shoes Beer to its portfolio this month. Glunz continues to bring Clown Shoes’ wide variety of beer styles, with nearly a dozen offerings currently available with other seasonal and limited-edition offerings, now available on Windy City store shelves and menus.
Switch Hitter Golden Ale debuts in a signature 22 oz. bottle on Monday, July 18th. Only 100 cases of this limited release collaboration brew were created. Switch Hitter Golden Ale is a celebration of community, home town baseball and a sense of sense of place. Red, White & No-Li. The Spokane Indians Baseball Club is the “Single A” Texas Rangers MLB Team.
Cot In the Act debuts in the 2 Towns Ciderhouse Fruit Seasonal line of ciders this week. Unfiltered and stone fruit-forward, each gallon packs two pounds of Washington- grown, ripe and juicy Rival Apricots–and, as always, 100 percent fresh-pressed Northwest apples. With its golden color, vibrant apricot nose, and 6.2% ABV, Cot in the Act will quench your thirst and turn on that ‘you got me’ glow.
Shmaltz Brewing Company boldly goes to Comic-Con International with a unique Collector’s Edition 50th Anniversary Release commemorating Star Trek 50: The Trouble With Tribbles. This summer and fall, Star Trek celebrates its 50th Anniversary and Shmaltz captures the TV show’s indelible spirit that so many science fiction fans have come to love over the last half century. With The Original Series debuting on NBC in 1966, Star Trek has grown to become the #4 all-time movie franchise broadcasting in over 200 countries and grossing $2.4 billion all-time sales at the box office. CBS Studios has teamed up with Shmaltz Brewing for the only officially licensed Star Trek beers in the United States.
Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s First Craft Brewery, will release a new limited-edition seasonal brew, Good Trip Tripel, at their 37th Anniversary Celebration this Saturday, July 16th.
Dry Dock Brewing Company will release Double Apricot Blonde on draft and in 22 ounce bombers today, Wednesday July 12, at North Dock at 2pm. This bourbon barrel-aged version of the brewery’s flagship Apricot Blonde is the first of the 2016 Signature Series, a collection of small-batch, barrel-aged imperial and double beers that concludes with Bligh’s Barleywine each year.
