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The Lost Abbey to Release My Black Parade

In anticipation of Dia De Los Muertos and inspired by the profound flavors of Mexican Chocolate, The Lost Abbey will be releasing it’s newest and very limited celebratory creation; My Black Parade. Continuing The Lost Abbey’s trend in being inspired by worldly religious-based stories, My Black Parade tells the story of unrequited love being remembered each year on Dia De Los Muertos. A crowd of believers, that grows with each procession, making a yearly pilgrimage to an unmarked grave, waiting for true love to show up.

Fish Tale Beyond the Pale Ale Named ‘World’s Best Beer’

Fish Tale Ale’s Beyond the Pale Ale, produced by Fish Brewing Co in Olympia, WA was named the 2015 World’s Best Beer by the World Beer Awards. To receive this award, the beer was first judged in a regional style heat in America. Winners from all regions including Asia and Europe were then tasted against each other to select the World’s Best Style. From these world winners, the World’s Best Categories beers were selected, from which the World’s Best Beer is selected.

MadTree Brewing Releases Citra High

MadTree Brewing begins a new round of distribution of the extremely popular Citra High, part of its ‘High’ series of Imperial IPAs.

Crown Packaging Reevaluates Its Craft Business

Crown Packaging Reevaluates Its Craft Business

After aggressively adding more than 350 craft beer clients in 18 months, Crown Beverage Packaging — a leading supplier of aluminum cans for beverage manufacturers — is now struggling to keep up with demand from the very customers it sought, and is considering altering the ways it services craft customers. Over the last week, Crown began informing a number of craft breweries that it would no longer be able to fill orders of printed aluminum cans, Brewbound has learned.

Stone Releases Stone Brewing Co. Releases 24 Carrot Golden Ale

ESCONDIDO, CA – To highlight the homebrewing talent that helps foster innovation among the craft beer community, Stone Brewing Co. hosts an annual Stone Homebrew Competition & American Homebrewers Association (AHA) Rally. This year’s prize-winning contender was created by Juli Goldenberg, QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) homebrew club member and founder of the San… Read more »

Ghostfish Brewing Wins 2 Medals at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival

Jubilation filled the air this past Saturday after Ghostfish Brewing learned that they had received two medals at the 34th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition. Watchstander Stout won the gold medal in the Gluten-Free Beer category, and Grapefruit IPA won the bronze medal in the same Gluten-Free Beer category.

Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling Introduces New Small-Batch Apricot Sour

Sour beers are a delicious and highly sought after style in the craft beer community. San Antonio’s Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling has just released a new sour beer as part of their Small Batch Series, and it won’t last long. Limited quantities of Small Batch Series No. 11, their apricot sour, hit retail shelves on Friday, September 25. Given the success of the brewery’s previous sour beers, the bottles will be sold out in the next 2-3 weeks.

Brewery Ommegang Introduces Rosetta Belgian Kriek

Family is always there for you. Ommegang Brewmaster Phil Leinhart’s desire to create a soured fruit beer wasn’t a possibility at his brewery in Cooperstown. The climate and current infrastructure don’t permit it. Fortunately for him, Belgian sister-brewery Liefmans not only has the capability to make such a beer, they have been definitive standard-bearers for over three hundred years. Several phone calls, e-mails and most enjoyably – taste testings – later, Rosetta was born and ready to hit America.

Miller Lite Returns To Original Steinie Bottle For Limited Time Only

The brand that launched the light beer category is going back to its roots, again. After successfully bringing back its original look in 2014, Miller Lite will be available in the Original Steinie Bottle for a limited time only during the holiday season. The 12-ounce ‘Steinie’ bottle will connect generations of beer drinkers as friends and family gather to enjoy Miller Lite the same way it was served 40 years ago.

Rhinegeist Brewery Announces Launch of New Cidergeist Brand

Rhinegeist Brewery is proud to announce a new brand and product offering with the launch of Cidergeist Hard Ciders. Why cider? We consider ourselves adventurers, explorers of the new, and Cidergeist allows us to play in a lighter and drier zone than beer is able to achieve, introducing a flavor profile more akin to white wine and refreshing in a uniquely fruity way.

River North Brewery Bids Farewell to First Home with ‘Funk the Man’

On October 24, River North Brewery will bid a final farewell to its original location at 2401 Blake Street in Denver. The brewery’s building was recently slated for demolition to make way for an apartment redevelopment in one of Denver’s hottest neighborhoods, River North, for which the brewery is named.