Craft beer industry news.
Breckenridge Brewery will introduce an all-new line of portable and versatile nitrogen-carbonated beer in the first quarter of 2016. The 16-oz can presents the ability to experience silky, smooth nitrogen-charged beer outside of the pub, even taking that experience to the great outdoors.
Today Bud Light unveiled its plans to give America’s favorite beer a fresh new look in the coming year. This redesign – the first major overhaul of Bud Light’s visual identity in eight years – will include a reimagined Bud Light logo and contemporized primary and secondary packaging, and is part of a larger brand evolution underway at Bud Light.
Anheuser-Busch announced an agreement to acquire Four Peaks Brewing Company. The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, which supports all local craft brewers in the state, is assessing the impact of this announcement.
Santa Fe Brewing Company excitedly announces the release of our brand new winter seasonal, Adobe Igloo. Our newest canned product, this classical spiced Winter Warmer is a New Mexico-style ale with a hearty malt body and slight caramel sweetness. The touches of cacao nibs and New Mexico red chiles round out the subtle flavor of this 6% brew.
Oskar Blues will soon have its spin-off artisanal coffee and doughnuts available at the new Oscar Blues Fooderies-driven Hotbox Roasters location at 3490 Larimer St in May 2016.
In 2015, Goose Island sought to heighten the drinking experience by designing a custom bottle worthy of the beer itself. Instead of the typical 12- and 22-ounce bottles, Bourbon County Brand Stout is now packaged in a 16.9-ounce brown bottle with embossed lettering. Constantia Flexibles was tasked with creating a premium neck and back label for this custom bottle.
Back by popular demand, Ithaca Beer Company is launching Super Stout as a full year brand in package and draft in January 2016. First released in early 2015, Super Stout was well received by coffee lovers and craft beer drinkers alike.
Trophy Brewing Co., led by founders Chris Powers, David Lockwood, and Brewer Les Stewart is opening its production brewery and taproom on Maywood Ave. near the State Farmers Market on the South side of Downtown Raleigh. Their dream of bringing their specialty brews to more people is coming to fruition on Monday December 21st, 2015 at 3:00 pm when the production brewery and on-site taproom opens.
Abita Brewing Company has released an alcoholic version of their famous root beer, the first product in its line of ‘Bayou Bootlegger’ hard sodas.
Gateway Brewing’s latest release Mahogany Lager brings new color to the lager spectrum. This smooth, dark lager is the US debut of Great Western Malting’s Sacchra-50 malt.
Boston Beer Company today announced that Frank Smalla, the former senior vice president of finance for Kraft Food Groups, Inc. will join the Samuel Adams-maker as senior vice president of finance on January 4, 2016. Smalla will assume the role of chief financial officer when current CFO, William Urich, steps down in 2016, the company said.
Anheuser-Busch has made its sixth craft brewery acquisition, today announcing the purchase of Four Peaks Brewing, the largest craft brewery in Arizona. Four Peaks will join a growing roster of craft brands, including Golden Road Brewing, Elysian Brewing, 10 Barrel Brewing, Blue Point Brewing and Goose Island, all of which are now part of what A-B calls “The High End” business unit.
The Cicerone® Certification Program today announced that Tenth and Blake Beer Company’s Jason Pratt has become the eleventh individual to earn the title of Master Cicerone®. Pratt earned the certification through a series of exams culminating with two days of intense written and oral questioning about beer styles, draft systems, beer evaluation, brewing technology and beer and food pairing given on November 3 and 4 in Chicago.
Birmingham, AL – Alabama’s craft beer industry continues to expand as AlaBev, Alabama’s premiere craft beer distributor, releases the first brew in their Master of the Brewniverse series. The series provides homebrewers a platform to take their brew public through a bi-annual competition hosted by AlaBev. Each spring and fall, AlaBev will partner with a… Read more »
