Craft beer industry news.
Night Shift Brewing is gearing up for three big bottle releases in early July. The first is set to kick off on Sunday, July 3rd at 11am with a double release day of Timbo Slice – a new, limited barrel-aged sour golden ale aged with tangerines and apricots – and Harborside – a seasonal summer gose brewed with Island Creek Oysters.
Earlier this month Lone Tree Brewing Company and Odell Brewing Co. collaborated on a big, juicy American IPA brewed with Chinook, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops to support CancerBlows, an organization that supports the Ryan Anthony Foundation.
After closing the doors of its beloved Garden Street brewpub last December, SLO Brew is happy to announce the highly-anticipated opening of its new location on Higuera Street at the heart of Downtown San Luis Obispo. Just steps away from its former location, the SLO Brew is debuting a music partnership with The Knitting Factory Presents, a menu curated by Chef Thomas Fundaro and new craft beer flavors.
Creature Comforts Brewing Company collaborated with Austin, TX brewery Jester King to brew Mutualism, a Southern Style Farmhouse Lager. The beer was packaged in 750-mL bottles and will be released on July 14 at Creature Comforts.
St. Nick makes his way to the Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey Tasting Room for the 8th Annual release of Bourbon Barrel-aged Santa’s Little Helper (Port Brewing’s Imperial Stout) and a Christmas in July celebration to benefit The Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation on Saturday, July 23rd, 2016.
Bell’s Brewery is proud to announce another addition to its specialty packaging lineup. Previously only available on draught, Roundhouse India Red Ale (7.5% ABV) will debut in 12 oz. cans packaged in 6-packs. It will start shipping in September. This limited specialty beer will ship to all states Bell’s distributes to.
Island Brewing Company will celebrate its 15th Anniversary with a weekend of scheduled frivolity and a new Anniversary Beer release starting Friday, July 8 and running through the weekend to Sunday, July 10. The fun starts Friday with a special beer release to commemorate the milestone, the 15th Anniversary Ale, a bourbon barrel-aged Strong Scotch Ale.
Braxton Brewing Co. is extremely excited to be releasing three new bottles in their Heritage Series line of beers. Union Saison is a beer that has been aged in wine barrels for over a year and is celebrated in three different variants — Rouge, Blanc and Bleu.
We had no idea that a little experiment with Mosaic hops would set us on a year-long path to a new double IPA. But seven small-batch Scratch beers later, here we are. Nimble Giant debuts today, and it’s your turn to #findthegiant.
Big Boss Brewing are proud to announce the next two releases in the strange cargo series of wood aged brews: Bourbon Barrel-aged Tavern Ale and Sunday Punch.
Maui Brewing Company has announced distribution plans, partnering with Cavalier Distributing as their distributor for Indiana and Ohio. Cavalier also distributes MBC in Florida. Beginning the week of July 4, Cavalier will distribute draught and package versions of Maui’s flagship beers including Bikini Blonde Lager, Big Swell IPA, Coconut Hiwa Porter, and Pineapple Mana Wheat, as well as seasonal and limited releases as they are available.
What a week for craft dealmaking. Yesterday, Lagunitas Brewing announced a string of investments into three smaller breweries that are intended to help the country’s sixth largest craft outfit “expand” the way it participates in local markets; Oklahoma’s Krebs Brewing Company has purchased Tulsa-based Prairie Artisan Ales, a small but well-known craft label amongst beer aficionados and another small deal in the Pacific Northwest will see the intellectual property and select brewing assets of Seattle-based Hilliard’s Beer LLC. transferred to the smaller Odin Brewing Company in Tukwila, Wash.
Breckenridge Brewery has released a specialty series that captures the essence of its new 12-acre expanse in Colorado. The first release in the Brewery Lane Series, announced today, is Imperial White IPA. Belgian yeast presents aromas of honey, clove, and banana. Citra and Amarillo hops impart pleasant hop flavor and add aromas of tropical fruit and pine.
Redhook Brewery is celebrating the Fourth of July with a new brew, American Pale Ale. This hoppy addition to Redhook’s year-round lineup, featuring classic red, white and blue packaging, will be available nationally starting in July 2016.
