Craft beer industry news.
Square Mile Cider Company is celebrating a gold medal win for Spur & Vine, the cidery’s Citra-hopped offering, at the 2015 Pacific Northwest Cider Awards (PNWCA). This is the sixth notable medal for Spur & Vine in the three years the cider has been on the market.
With Independence Day celebrations around the corner and summer season in full swing, the Beer Institute today released tips on responsible consumption and information on the many free programs available to consumers to promote safe rides home, responsibility and to help parents talk with their children about alcohol. According to Nielsen, the July Fourth holiday week ranked as the highest beer-selling period of 2014.
Take a look at this year’s lineup for your favorite summer music festival. You can bet that the diversity of genres and fans attending looks a lot different from when many popular festivals got their start ten to fifteen years ago.
Surprise, Surprise – sales of craft beer and cider continue to outpace other segments, up more than 20 percent and 34 percent, respectively, through June 14 in IRI Worldwide’s multi-outlet and convenience store universe (which includes grocery, drug, Wal-Mart, club, dollar, mass-merchandiser and military stores). The craft segment currently comprises more than 8 percent of total beer dollar sales, according to the research firm.
It’s the time of year again when the mercury in thermometers rises in tandem with the hop faithful’s thirst for piney, botanical bitterness. The close of June marks the start of Stone RuinTen Triple IPA season for Stone Brewing Co.
It’s official: Scottish craft brewery BrewDog today announced plans to invest $30 million in the construction of its U.S. brewing facility, which the company has said will be located in Canal Winchester, Ohio.
Terminal Gravity Brewing is excited to announce the seasonal release of Weed Whacker Session Ale!
Dry Dock Brewing Company is pleased to announce new head brewers at each of its locations. Tim Evon is now at the helm of South Dock, Dry Dock’s original location on East Hampden Avenue, and Alan Simons is running the ship at North Dock, Dry Dock’s production brewhouse and facility on I-70 and Tower Road.
Steamworks Brewing Co. continues its special monthly “firkin” tapping on Friday, July 3, 2015, with a patriotic-inspired brew, “Red, White and Blueberry.” The cask will be tapped at 3 p.m.
On a trip to Germany this spring, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. finalized its inaugural partner, Augsburg’s Brauhaus Riegele, for a brand new Oktoberfest beer. Released each fall starting in 2015, the collaborative seasonal will feature a different German brewery every year. The partnership blends centuries of brewing tradition with modern spirit, giving craft drinkers the ultimate Oktoberfest, a Bavarian festival beer unlike any they’ve experienced in the US.
Wicked Weed Brewing is set to pre-sell the third offering in the Angel Series; White Angel, Saturday, June 27th at 12pm (EST) via Brown Paper Tickets.
ATHENS, Ga – Creature Comforts Brewing Company will be officially changing its tour structure on July 1, 2015, in response to the new law put into effect by Senate Bill 63. The law, which was signed by Governor Nathan Deal on May 5, will allow Georgia breweries like Creature Comforts to charge customers for tours instead… Read more »
Standard Brewing Company, a new brewpub to be located at 12322 Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights, is scheduled to open for business in late August 2015.
After completing an “extensive” internal and external search, Duvel Moortgat USA yesterday announced Bobby Dykstra as its new vice president of the sales. Dykstra, a 12-year beer industry veteran, takes over for Steve Mills, who left to become CEO of Uinta Brewing earlier this month.
