Craft beer industry news.
The Bruery has announced Share This™ a brand new beer for national distribution, that will be released two times a year. Each release of Share This will spotlight unique ingredients and an important cause in a specific region. The base beer for Share This is a rich and roasty 11.9% ABV imperial stout.
Manufacturers of custom brewing systems, JVNW announced that they are completing a state-of-the-art 100 BBL 4-vessel automated brewing system that will soon travel the length of the country to find its home at the Isle Brewers Guild (IBG) in Pawtucket, RI. The brewhouse is PLC controlled including a fully sequenced CIP system and is the largest undertaking for the company who manufactures 100% of their equipment in Oregon.
The 2016 Craft Brewers Conference — happening May 3-6 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center — officially kicks off in about 48 hours and, if you’re anything like us, you probably still haven’t finalized all of your plans for the week. We’ve got you covered. Brewbound has hand-picked seven can’t-miss seminars for anyone attending this week’s conference. Want to hear some of the industry’s most successful brewery owners, retailers, entrepreneurs and executives read from a few pages of their playbooks? Then don’t skip these seven talks.
Although it missed out on a chance to be included as an amendment in the final version of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2016, the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) has still garnered support from more than 200 members of the House. The bill, H.R. 2903, had 202 sponsors in the House as of press time. A senate companion bill, S.1562, currently has 38 co-sponsors.
Eddyline Brewery has expanded globally with the opening of a brewery and pizzeria in Nelson, New Zealand. Eddyline is strongly committed to the concepts of quality and local community by exporting beer around the world negates both concepts. Opening in New Zealand will allow Eddyline to create the freshest beer and contribute to the local community while building the first of several ‘Basecamps’ for its loyal customers to visit.
3 Stars Brewing Company is set to release it’s third 16 oz. can offering on Friday May 13th. The beer will be released in super limited quantities at the brewery and allocated to a select lineup of accounts in D.C. The new release, named “#ultrafresh”, is an 8.3% Double I.P.A. which will be a continuing series throughout the Summer and Fall.
One year old Fieldwork Brewing Company (www.fieldworkbrewing.com) has expanded production capacity at its Berkeley, California brewery to over 12,000 bbls per year. Fieldwork sold over 5,000 bbls in its first 13 months of operation and is forecasting 9,000+ bbls for 2016. “We are thrilled by the response we have received in the Bay Area since we opened in early 2015,” said Alex Tweet, Co-founder and Head Brewer.
Lincoln Park Zoo and DryHop Brewers are partnering on the release of a new beer to raise money for the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes. This is the third consecutive year that the zoo and DryHop are collaborating on a beer; in 2015, a Cantaloupe & Clementine Wit was brewed to support the Crowned Lemur Wish List Fund.
The brewing team at Karl Strauss spent more than a year fine tuning the recipe for their much anticipated new IPA, Aurora Hoppyalis. The brand was released as a year-round offering in January and immediately saw an unprecedented sales response in craft beer bars across California. In fact, Aurora Hoppyalis has quickly become a highly coveted beer that is now a top selling IPA in many accounts.
Throughout May, the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) will recognize the 63rd Annual Tavern Month, a celebration of the many licensed bars and taverns that help fuel excitement in the beer industry and enrich America’s social culture.
Redhook Brewery introduced a new summer seasonal that is a true Seattle original. Summerhook is a golden rye ale made for Seattle summers: picnics at Green Lake, day games at Safeco Field, or warm evenings at the Fremont Solstice Fair. Summerhook is a new addition to Redhook’s seasonal line up that features crisp hoppiness and rye malt characteristics. Summerhook’s light body and 4.7 percent ABV make it a refreshing must for the season.
Get ready for summer! Portland Brewing kicks-off the season with a limited-edition beer made exclusively for the Portland Rose Festival. Lemon Blonde Ale celebrates the 109th annual Rose City tradition with a bright citrus aroma and refreshing flavor — making it the perfect addition while enjoying the festivities along Portland’s Waterfront.
The brewers at Samuel Adams proudly announce a call for entries for the 2016 LongShot American Homebrew contest, and the release of the LongShot Variety six-pack featuring the winning homebrews from last year. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the national contest, which Sam Adams founder and brewer Jim Koch first started in 1996, when there were barely 1,000 breweries operating in the U.S. Today, there are more than 4,000 American breweries in operation and more than 1.2 million people who brew their own beer at home.
Asheville Brewing Company will release Perfect Day IPA, in 6-packs of 12-ounce cans, on a seasonal basis, starting in early May. The cans will roll out through the summer—or until all the cans that the brewery ordered are filled with delicious beer and imbibed by happy beer lovers. This easy drinking IPA is dry-hopped with large amounts of Citra and El Dorado and clocks in at 6.5 percent ABV.
