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The Traveler Beer Company, known for making THE American Craft Shandy, is digging through its time capsule to re-release Time Traveler Strawberry Shandy, a fan favorite from 2013. For the first time ever, the Shandy maker is bringing a beer out of the vault after countless requests from fans across the country.

March 2nd, 2016 Two local Pacific Beach breweries, Karl Strauss Brewing Company and Amplified Ale Works, have teamed up to brew something special for their neighborhood. The team of brewers just released the second installment of Pathway Ale, an on-going collaboration series to help raise funding for local community project, PB Pathways.

Founded in late 2014 by Joe Baker, Yee-Haw Brewing Co. (Johnson City, Tennessee), a production brewery and taproom located in a historic railroad depot built in the late 1800s, focuses on brewing approachable beers that celebrate good times and good company. Brewmaster and COO Brandon Greenwood, formerly the Vice-President of Brewing for Lagunitas Brewing Company, is ready to introduce a new breed of craft beer drinkers to his tantalizing line-up of drinkable ales and lagers. With their passion for using only top-quality ingredients, Yee-Haw Brewing Co. is growing quickly by expanding their sales throughout Tennessee, Virginia and beyond.

As most of the U.S. starts to usher in springtime weather, New Belgium Brewing’s new seasonal offers the perfect easy-drinking companion. Hoppy Blonde takes a leap into the tropics with an exhilarating rush of hops at the start, that softens into a light and refreshing finish. The delicate malt base of this beer combines with vibrant notes of mango, lemon, blueberry and pine thanks to Mosaic, UK Admiral and Centennial dry-hopping. The result is a sessionable blonde ale with a head rush of hops.

A first-time collaboration beer between three pioneering American craft breweries that are part of Craft Brew Alliance (“CBA”) (NASDAQ: BREW) will be tapped at the 21st Annual Kona Brewers Festival on March 12, 2016. New England cranberries, North Carolina honey and Hawaiian cacao come together in Konambisco Amber Ale, which was inspired when the craft brewers behind Kona Brewing Co. of Kailua-Kona, HI, Appalachian Mountain Brewery of Boone, NC, and Cisco Brewers of Nantucket, MA. came up with the idea to collaborate on a beer that celebrates the extraordinary places each brewery calls home.

Laurelwood Brewing Co. has announced the release of its spring seasonal, Green Elephant IPA, in six-pack bottles which marks the beer’s debut in this packaging. Green Elephant will join the Portland brewery’s current collection of well-known six-packs on the shelves – Workhorse IPA, Free Range Red, and in cans, Red Elephant India Red Ale (IRA).

The time has finally come for the much-anticipated third expansion project of Green Man Brewery to open it’s doors to customers. Staying true to Green Man tradition, the Grand Opening celebration will be on St. Patty’s Day 2016. Green Man released its first ever bottles on St. Patty’s in 2013, and has continued celebrations for the rollicking holiday.

New Belgium Brewing celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of five collaboration beers reinterpreting the brewer’s flagship, Fat Tire Amber Ale. New Belgium brewers teamed up with brewing friends at Allagash Brewing Company (Portland, ME), Avery Brewing (Boulder CO), Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA), Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland OR) and Rhinegeist Brewery (Cincinnati, OH) for the project.

Creature Comforts Brewing Company is set to release its first 750-mL bottle of 2016 early this March. Emergence is a balanced, mixed culture, tart blonde ale fermented in wine barrels for a full year. This limited release beer has an ABV of 6.2 percent and is Creature Comforts’ second barrel-aged brettanomyces beer to be released in 2016.

The Conservation Alliance announces New Belgium Brewing as the newest member of the organization. With a deep-rooted commitment to environmental stewardship, Fort Collins, Colorado-based New Belgium honors nature at every turn of its business.

The Lake Havasu City Airport will soon have a new hangar to stop and refuel at, as Hangar 24 Craft Brewery will open a taproom and grill in 3,700-square-foot location that previously housed the Blue Barron Bistro. It will be the first restaurant location for the award-winning brewery out of Redlands, California, that produced approximately 39,000 barrels of beer in 2015, which continues to grow.

Due South Brewing Co. has announced an expansion of their current facility, annexing 12,000 additional square feet of the adjacent bay. Combined, Due South will total over 27,000 square feet.

Crux Fermentation Project announces the introduction of two of its most popular beers — Crux Pilz and Cast Out IPA — in new-to-Crux 6-pack formats. Crux Pilz will be offered in a 6-pack of 12 oz. cans, while Cast Out IPA will be available in a 6-pack of 12 oz. glass bottles.