Craft beer industry news.
Oggi’s Sports | Brewhouse | Pizza is now open in Barstow, CA for sports fans, pizza lovers and craft beer aficionados to enjoy. The highly anticipated addition to the Barstow dining scene will provide approximately 60 jobs, boost the local economy and offer a family-friendly atmosphere to the community.
Passionfruit Sour Ale is Breakside Brewery’s most popular seasonal and will be brewed July – September of 2016. Passionfruit Sour rolls out next week to Oregon and Washington on draft and in 22oz bottles and will then begin distribution in Washington, N. California, BC, Hawaii and Denver on August 5th.
Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., Chicago’s family-run craft and specialty import beer distributor, announces the acquisition of Niche Import Co. brand Possmann Pure Cider, available now in the Chicago market. Kelterei Possmann—a 135-year-old apple wine maker based in Frankfurt, Germany—is the third cider brand to join Glunz in 2016, along with Blake’s Hard Cider and Pacific Coast Cider.
Calling all fangirls / fanboys, gamers, otaku, and simply anyone who truly appreciates rare, great-tasting beer. Beginning July 11, Stone Brewing is releasing the latest regeneration of its geekiest collaboration beer—Drew Curtis / Wil Wheaton / Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout—in 22-ounce bottles and on draft to retailers, bars and restaurants in select markets nationwide.
As with the inaugural Luponic Distortion Revolution 001 released in the spring, Revolution 002 is loaded with an eclectic multitude of hops—but the hops have been remixed to deliver new twists of aroma and flavor. Revolution 002 hits the ground this month while the last of Revolution 001 rides off into the sunset.
Duvel Moortgat USA today announced it has hired former Diageo marketing veteran Doug Campbell as the new president of Brewery Ommegang. In a press release, the company said Campbell would “oversee the day-to-day operations at the Cooperstown brewery” and “spearhead all marketing initiatives for Brewery Ommegang.” Current marketing director Bill Wetmore is leaving to pursue other opportunities, the company noted.
Longtime Sierra Nevada brewmaster Steve Dresler will retire in early 2017, the beer company announced last week. Under Dresler’s direction, Sierra Nevada won eight World Beer Cup awards and 31 Great American Beer Festival medals, according to the release. Sierra Nevada said it has already begun the search for a new brewmaster and that Dresler would help train the yet-to-be named replacement.
At long last, Left Hand Brewing is coming to Wyoming! This July the brewery will open distribution in partnership with Cheyenne & Laramie Beverage, expanding Left Hand’s availability to 37 states and D.C.
DESTIHL Brewery, of Bloomington, Illinois officially announced today that it is now releasing its latest canned sour beer in its popular Wild Sour Series: a dry-hopped sour ale called Synchopathic. DESTIHL brewed the beer for the first time in January as a draft-only release, but the first canned batch was packaged last week and will be hitting markets soon.
Hopworks Urban Brewery announces plans to open a new 6,000 square foot brewery and restaurant in east Vancouver, Washington. With construction currently underway, the Vancouver brewpub will be located at 17707 SE Mill Plain Boulevard, and is scheduled to open this Fall. The Vancouver site marks the third Hopworks location and second brewery site.
In this week’s edition of Last Call: Olde Mecklenburg Brewery embarks on a multi-million dollar expansion and launches an ad campaign; Stone Brewing taps its first Richmond-brewed beer; Appalachian Mountain Brewery updates shareholders and the Beer Institute reports import volumes through May.
Cavalier Distributing has partnered with the U.S.’s only Trappist brewery, Spencer Brewery, and will distribute Spencer Trappist Ale immediately throughout Ohio. Brewed by the Trappist monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey (Spencer Abbey) in Spencer, Massachusetts, the Spencer Brewery is one of only 11 Trappist breweries in the world, and the first in the Americas.
Rogue Ales & Spirits announces the release of 2016 Rolling Thunder Imperial Stout, its first-ever beer aged in barrels made at Rogue’s cooperage. Brewed with ingredients grown at Rogue Farms and ocean aged in whiskey-soaked handmade barrels, Rolling Thunder Imperial Stout is the end of a long journey from ground to glass and barrel to bottle.
Pike No.4 Session IPA delivers well balanced hop flavors and aroma with a low ABV for summertime fun. This bright and floral session IPA is brewed with Skagit Valley Alba malt and the Ales for ALS proprietary hop blend. Together these ingredients create a clean and bright beer with citrus and stone fruit flavors and aroma.
