Craft beer industry news.
Innis & Gunn, the award-winning independent brewer of oak-aged beers, is releasing a new and limited-release beer in the US. Innis & Gunn Vintage is a 7.7% ABV ale that was brewed in 2015 and aged in first-fill American bourbon barrels for 100 days before being packaged in 25-ounce bottles.
Several months after first launching distribution of its beers in Texas, Southern California-based AleSmith Brewing Company has signed with Ben E. Keith Company to increase its network within the Lone Star State. Starting in June, AleSmith’s beers will be available in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Galveston and these locales’ surrounding areas.
DuClaw Brewing Co. of Baltimore announces partnership with Northeast Beverage. Bars, restaurants, and retailers in the state of Connecticut will begin stocking, and pouring DuClaw’s unique brews this week.
On the heels of its Lincoln Park brewpub launch and just prior to Chicago Craft Beer Week, Burnt City Brewing announces its three year-round beers, available now. The brewery cans the beers—Dick the Butcher pale ale, Face Melter hibiscus IPA, and Balloon Boy farmhouse wheat ale—in its production facility on the South Side of Chicago and also rotates canned seasonals and other special limited releases throughout the year.
In an effort to preserve its independence and help combat what Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company co-founder Steve Beauchesne believes will be the inevitable consolidation of small Canadian craft breweries, the Ontario-based beer company today announced plans to establish an employee stock ownership plan. Under the terms of the agreement, Beau’s, the largest producer of organic beer in Canada, said it plans to sell approximately 4 percent of the company’s class B common shares to its 150 employees for purchase at fair market value.
MicroStar Logistics, the leading diversified keg solutions provider, today announces the addition of Glen L. Opp to its leadership team as Senior Vice President, Operations. Glen will be responsible for all aspects of MicroStar’s expanding operations including logistics, repair and maintenance, quality, supply assurance and innovation.
Rogue Ales celebrates its 7,140,289 honeybees with the release of Honey Kolsch and Marionberry Braggot, both made with honey foraged from Rogue Farms spring nectar sources including marionberry, cherry, jalapeño, cucumber, pumpkins and wildflower blossoms. The unique flavor found in this spring’s honey harvest is highlighted in both beer and braggot.
Smart Beer, New York’s first organic beer company, has introduced their second beer to market: a bold and refreshing Organic IPA. Crafted with pure certified organic ingredients, the new beer joins the brand’s Organic Golden Ale, whose crisp taste has made it a fast favorite among consumers.
Breckenridge Brewery once again joins forces with Denver Comic Con. Since the inaugural convention in 2012, Breckenridge has brewed something special for the event and hosted a “Name the Comic Con Beer” contest. And each year what follows is a wonderful deluge of creative input, street cred for the winners, a beer release party preceding the con with other events in and around the Colorado Convention Center.
Union Craft Brewing Company today announces the release of a new brew to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Jeff Krulik and John Heyn’s 1986 documentary, Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Considered among the greatest rock documentaries of all time, the 17 minute film explores the tailgating scene festivities prior to a Judas Priest concert at the Capital Centre on May 31, 1986.
BridgePort Brewing Company, Oregon’s oldest craft brewery, announced today the release of the newest brew to join their year-round line up of beers, BridgePort Cream Ale. Currently hitting shelves in the Pacific Northwest, Cream Ale will begin rolling out to additional BridgePort markets starting June 1.
Ahoy! Brooklyn Brewery will move its Williamsburg headquarters and build a 50,000 barrel brewery at the Brooklyn Navy Yard by 2018. The company yesterday announced plans to open a new brewery, corporate offices and rooftop beer garden overlooking the waterfront within the Navy Yard’s newly-renovated Building 77.
Fresh off an importer transition in the United States and the acquisition of fellow Scottish craft beer maker Inveralmond Brewing, Innis & Gunn is preparing to expand its global presence. Best known for its oak-infused line of beers, Innis & Gunn is one of the few globally distributed craft brands with a deliberate focus on growing sales in international markets. Although it is the second largest craft supplier in the U.K., behind BrewDog, approximately 65 percent of Innis & Gunn’s sales come from more than 20 countries where it sells beer.
Rhode Island will soon become the 45th state added to New Belgium Brewing’s national footprint. Less than a week after announcing plans to begin selling beer in Connecticut this June, the nation’s fourth largest craft brewery today announced it had signed a wholesale agreement to simultaneously launch throughout neighboring Rhode Island via C&C Distributors this summer.
