Craft beer industry news.
When looking for a distributor, Craig and Cheryl took a lot of time to find the right fit. “Brown’s focus on craft and small breweries matches really well with what we are trying to do.” FKBC will find a unique place within the Brown portfolio as they are producing 100% of their beer, right in Islamorada.
Known to many across New England, New Jersey and New York City for its automated mobile canning lines and well trained, professional staff, Iron Heart Canning is proud to announce its purchase of the Elyria, Ohio based mobile canning company, Buckeye Canning. The deal solidifies an expansion into the Midwest, extending a service offering that has helped stimulate growth of craft beer in cans across the Northeast U.S.
Champion Brewing Company has announced today that it has hired Nathan Merchant as its statewide North Carolina Market Manager. After nearly 2 years of steady growth in the market, Champion continues to invest in its presence in North Carolina with its first full-time market manager. Champion had previously worked within a shared representative program.
Yards Brewing Company is back at it again, releasing their seasonal brew, PYNK: A Tart Berry Ale. PYNK was originally brewed as a draught-only limited release in the early 2000s, but this marks its fourth year as a packaged and draught seasonal from the Philadelphia-based regional craft brewery, available through October.
Grand Teton Brewing Company, known throughout the West for their exceptional craft brews, is proud to announce the third release in their Brewers’ Series, Farmhouse.
Mispillion River Brewing will release Threat Level Purple, their Imperial IPA, in cans on July 9th at noon. Mispillion has hinted at the upcoming release on their Facebook page over the past month through the use of color themed images. Threat Level Purple was first publicized with a happy blue image and has gradually moved to a red image depicting a nuclear melt down. Once the image turns purple, customers will be able to purchase the beer.
At 4.7% ABV and 55 IBUs, Narragansett Town Beach IPA is brewed specially for the late summer months when the days are hotter and longer, requiring a bold yet sessionable beer to fuel a proper New England beach day. This brew starts with pale, cara pils and wheat malts, and Pacific Gem, Green Bullet, nugget, and EKG hops to give it a slight fruitiness before it’s dry-hopped with citra hops at the finish to bring the perfect balance of bitterness.
Moonlight Meadery is celebrating a 6th anniversary by launching an additional 2 ciders in their portfolio in draft releases. Crimes of Passion is a black currant cider and Boys n’ Berries is a boysenberry cider.
With its recent launch, Lake Brothers Beer Company has introduced a flavorful but easy-drinking lager built upon the heritage of the Great Lakes region. Detroit’s newest beer contains just four all-American ingredients: hops (Liberty and Cluster), malted Midwestern barley, yeast and, of course, Great Lakes water.
After receiving final approval from the Competition Tribunal in South Africa, Anheuser-Busch InBev is one step closer to finalizing its $107 billion takeover of SABMiller. South African regulators cleared the way for the tie-up on Thursday, and A-B InBev CEO Carlos Brito said the company is “on track” to finalize the merger in the second half of 2016.
Brew Hub, a company led by a team of beer industry executives and craft brewing experts, will begin packaging Keybilly Island Ale – their craft beer brewed with authentic, world-renowned Key lime juice – in 12-ounce glass bottle six packs. The new packaging will be available in the South Florida and Orlando markets beginning today.
Angry Orchard today announced the release of its new year-round specialty hard cider, Walden Hollow. This is the first cider from Angry Orchard to be made exclusively with apple varieties from New York State, including varieties from last year’s harvest at the Angry Orchard in New York’s Hudson Valley, and heirloom apples from other local orchards.
Burial Beer Co. announces the launch of the Album Series, a series of limited release bottles inspired by their love of music and the way tracks on an album relate to one another and culminate into one cohesive sound.
Hawaii Cider Co. has just launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on WeFunder.com for local island residents to own a stake in Hawaii’s first locally grown, and locally produced hard cider company.
