Santa Fe Brewing Company (SFBC) is excited to welcome new Brewmaster Bert Boyce to the team. Boyce has worked in the brewing industry for 20 years, at breweries ranging from Sudwerk in Davis, CA to the Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams). While with Sam Adams, Bert spent 4 years as the Brewing Manager for the R&D brewery in Boston, during which time he tested many new brewing techniques and equipment designs, as well as developed several new beer styles.
On September 23 at 8 PM, the night before the start of the 35th annual Great American Beer Festival, The Brew Night Show with Marty Jones will return. America’s first beer-focused talk & variety show, The Brew Night Show will once again take place at Denver’s revered Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, in the historic May D&F Clocktower at 16th and Arapahoe streets on Denver’s 16th Street pedestrian mall.
The Rhode Island Brewers Guild launched a new campaign this week to promote the local beer industry. The Guild has put together a 30-second television advertisement that will run on local stations from September through November. The ad features shots from Rhode Island’s various breweries located across the state.
Fresh hop season is in full swing across the Pacific Northwest. Breweries throughout the region celebrate harvest season with once-a-year brews that draw attention to the industry’s famous, green ingredients. Today Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) releases the first of three fresh hop beers at both of the company’s brewpubs, and with limited distribution in kegs throughout the Pacific Northwest.
As Americans across the country this week celebrated the nation’s hardworking men and women, the Beer Distributors of Massachusetts highlighted the tremendous work of the over 2,200 men and women directly employed by the beer distribution industry, the jobs it contributes to Massachusetts, and the industry’s impressive innovation and growth.
Boulder, CO — As part of its mission to increase safety awareness, the Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers, has launched the Brewers Association Online Brewery Safety Training course. Created in conjunction with Grand Valley State University, the free 10-part course includes videos, quizzes and other resources,… Read more »
The Center for Alcohol Policy (CAP) is pleased to announce that the Montana Department of Revenue’s Liquor Education Unit is the recipient of the Third Annual Leadership in Alcohol Regulation Award.
Breweries from across Colorado are producing a special brew to focus attention on protecting local businesses. Colorado brewers, craft distillers and local wine-makers have teamed up with locally owned liquor stores to form Keep Colorado Local, a coalition working to educate the public on how liquor sales in grocery and convenience stores would hurt our local economy, public safety, and craft culture. This fall they’re starting the conversation over a beer: the Keep Colorado LocALE
The Center for Alcohol Policy (CAP) Eighth Annual Alcohol Law and Policy Conference kicked off day two at the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois, with keynote remarks by South Dakota Attorney General and National Association of Attorneys General President Marty Jackley.
This weekend The Unknown Brewing Company brewed what they are calling a Supermegaultra Collaboration. The beer “Garage Warrior” is a collaboration IPA between the brewery and almost 80 local homebrewers, including the Carolina BrewMasters, to brew one batch of beer.
Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Velvet Merkin barrel-aged oatmeal stout is set to return with its third bottled vintage—and this one promises to be the best yet. Velvet Merkin has always been the barrel-aged version of Firestone Walker’s seasonal Velvet Merlin oatmeal stout. What’s different this time is that the 2015 Velvet Merkin includes a barrel-aged lot of an experimental milk stout version of Velvet Merlin.
After a year-long hiatus from production, the team at Smuttynose is bringing Big A double IPA back to our line-up as a full-time beer on October 1, joining two other Big Beer Series graduates, Baltic Porter and Really Old Brown Dog, in four packs and kegs.
Stone Brewing today announced that co-founder Greg Koch is stepping down as CEO of the company and transitioning into a new role as executive chairman, a role that will remove him from day-to-day operations.
