Here’s one way to strengthen your local market presence: help to build, design and name a bar at the new football stadium being constructed just two miles away from your brewery. That’s what Fort Collins, Colo.-based New Belgium is doing, anyways. The company yesterday announced plans to donate $4.3 million to Colorado State University’s $220 million on-campus stadium project, about half of which will go toward the construction of a “hospitality area” located behind the north end zone.
Craft Brew Alliance has officially opened its new Widmer Brothers innovation brewery, relocating the small-batch operation from a cramped corner of Portland’s Moda Center to the company’s primary brewing facility about one mile away. First announced last April, the new innovation brewery will enable CBA to conduct research and development, experiment with emerging styles and give Widmer brewers a chance to collaborate with other food and beverage industry entrepreneurs.
Your favorite local brewery tap room is growing! Branchline Brewing Co. was recently approved by the TABC for a brewpub license. This change does not affect the company operationally, but allows consumers to purchase beer to go directly from the brewery.
Beginning this summer Full Sail’s Amber, Classic IPA, Pilsner, Blood Orange Wheat and Session Premium Lager, Session IPA, Session Black and Session Mashup variety pack with Lager, IPA, Wheat and Cream Ale will be cold shipped to Hawaii through Paradise Beverages, Hawaii’s premier craft-beer distributor with more than 400 employees statewide.
Belgian abbey beer, Leffe, has designed a new glass after 18 months of development, to enhance the tasting experience, enabling drinkers to enjoy Leffe in the most optimum way and rediscover time.
Nottingham’s Left Coast Distribution has made an exciting double addition to their already impressive portfolio of American Craft cans. The Midlands importer has taken delivery of two new beers from Seattle’s award-winning brewery Reuben’s Brews, their Gose and Summer IPA.
Sweetwater Brewing today announced plans to broaden its reach in Texas, expanding distribution to the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin areas via Ben E. Keith Company; Fast-growing Rhinegeist Brewery will formally launch in the Cleveland market this week, inking an agreement with House of La Rose Inc., according to a Cleveland.com report.
The “Uncharted Waters” Series by Heavy Seas Beer will soon welcome the 2016 edition of The Great’er Pumpkin. This limited release will be available from September – October in all 17 states where Heavy Seas beer is distributed.
With a knack for consistently innovating new recipes, Pelican Brewing Company this week raises the bar on imperial IPAs with the release of Beak Breaker. Big punchy hops, bright gold color, tropical aroma and incredible balance are the hallmarks of this delicious new brew.
Twin Leaf Brewery and Zebulon Artisan Ales have come together to brew the next installment of the Brewing for Greenways collaboration series, a program that supports the Friends of Connect Buncombe (FOCB) efforts to create city and county-wide greenways. Collab:, a craft-brewed light lager, will be tapped on Friday, August 19th at 6:00 PM at Twin Leaf Brewing, located on 144 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC.
These dog days of summer can be long and hot, but nothing beats relaxing with a cold iced tea – until now. Today MillerCoors debuts Easy Tea Co., a lightly-carbonated hard iced tea with a crisp citrus flavor, in select markets.
In a tropical collision of kindred spirits, Oregon’s Rogue Ales and Hawaii’s Paradise Beverage announce the release of Paradise Pucker, a Hawaiian-inspired sour ale brewed with passion fruit, orange and guava – better known as simply “POG.”
Champion Brewing Company has announced today its plans to open a brewpub in the Arts District of Richmond in partnership with Chef Jason Alley and partner Michele Jones of Pasture and Comfort restaurants. The brewpub will serve beers brewed in-house and other staple beers from Champion, and Alley and Jones will operate ‘Sur Taco and Sandwich’ inside the pub, serving Southern-influenced tacos and tortas. The brewpub will be located on East Grace Street, with an estimated opening by year end 2016.
With construction already underway at its 100,000 sq. ft. Ohio production facility, Scottish craft brewery BrewDog yesterday announced the formal launch of an ambitious $50 million crowdfunding campaign to help finance the company’s first U.S. brewery expansion. Called Equity for Punks, the newly launched campaign invites U.S. investors to purchase shares of BrewDog USA at $47.50 each; BrewDog is requiring investors to purchase a minimum of two shares.
