Craft beer industry news.
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.
In this week’s distribution roundup: Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing begins distributing in Wyoming, the 37th state where its products are sold; California’s Knee Deep Brewing Company plans to enter Kansas this summer and San Diego’s Alesmith Brewing Company will soon begin selling its beers in Sin City.
Elevation Beer Co. of Poncha Springs, Colo., and The Rare Beer Club®, which ships unique craft beers nationwide, are teaming up on a special limited release beer to benefit the Pints for Prostates campaign. Elevation Elevated PSA Wheat Wine Aged in Sauvignon Blanc Oak Barrels was brewed exclusively to create awareness and raise funds to support the mission of Pints for Prostates, which uses the universal language of beer to reach men with an important health message.
Short’s Brewing Company of Bellaire and Elk Rapids, MI announces distribution of Psychedelic Cat Grass, a triple dry hopped American India Pale Ale. Billed as a “Without Delay IPA,” Short’s plans to package and distribute the beer within 24 hours; allowing customers to enjoy this beer on the same day it was packaged, resulting in out-of-this world freshness.
In early January 2016, Burial Beer Co. announced their plans for second brewery also located in Asheville, NC and plans for a new side project. The brewery, which opened in 2013 with a one-barrel system, quickly outgrew the home-brew size brewery into a ten-barrel operation. Now having just celebrated their third anniversary in June, the brewery will expand distribution outside their home state.
“Standard Bev reached out to us towards the beginning of 2016 and expressed a great amount of interest in our brand, said Andrew Moore Sales Manager of Knee Deep Brewing Co. After learning about Standard and their dedication to craft, we felt they would be a great fit for our west coast style beers. Standards presence in the KS market has been increasing and we are excited to soon be a part of it.”
Indianapolis brewery Flat12 Bierwerks is excited to announce the mid-July release of the limited edition brew, Pinko!. Additionally, the fan favorite, Russian Imperial Stout (10.5% ABV | 86 IBU) is now available in 8oz stubby cans– a craft beer industry first. This epic stout is released only twice a year in limited quantities. Once in mid-July for their annual Christmas In July tapping event and once in November for their Black Friday barrel-aged beer roll.
