Featuring the best local craft beers and one of the widest selections of brews from around the globe, World of Beer Franchising, Inc., (WOB) is opening its third tavern in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood this spring at 320 8th Avenue, New York, NY. WOB offers guests over 500 bottles and 50 rotating taps inviting guests into a journey to discover the best in local and international beers. The rapidly expanding tavern franchise currently operates nearly 70 taverns in 20 states. This tavern will employ about 60 people.
Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub, maker of numerous award-winning American craft ales and lagers has partnered with Finnish investor group Captol Invest to launch The Tommyknocker Craft Beer Bar in a fashionable section of downtown Helsinki.
Woodchuck® Hard Cider’s latest creation, Gumption, will soon be available on tap across the US. Gumption continues Woodchuck’s history of authenticity and handcrafting the finest ciders using premium ingredients. When Woodchuck introduced the U.S. market to craft cider 24 years ago, it took gumption to follow their own path. Craft cider caught on, and today, Woodchuck continues to lead the craft cider industry, with a passionate focus on innovation, quality and its Vermont roots.
JR Motorsports and Dale’s Pale Ale have agreed to a multifaceted partnership, general manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller announced today. The first craft beer to be featured in a can, Dale’s Pale Ale will sponsor Regan Smith and the No. 7 Chevrolet in the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Oct. 9). Additionally, Dale’s Pale Ale is named the presenting sponsor of Smith’s JR Motorsports Upfront podcast on Dirty Mo Radio.
Regional Craft Brewery Ale Asylum is gearing up to release canned product into the market and has chosen Earth Day to celebrate their recent solar panel installation with a fundraising event that will benefit RENEW Wisconsin. Starting the week of April 20, Ale Asylum will be releasing Hopalicious, Bedlam!, Demento and Unshadowed 12 oz. cans in 12-pack packages into their Wisconsin and Illinois markets.
The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing America’s small and independent craft brewers—has concluded the 32th edition of the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® (CBC) in Portland, Oregon.
Upland Brewing Co. today announced that Infinite Wisdom Belgian Tripel will be available on May 1st in 4 packs and on draught. It will be available on draught at all Upland locations May 8th.
Narragansett Beer today announces the release of Innsmouth Olde Ale, the second installment in the Lovecraft Series of limited edition beers that celebrate legendary horror author and lifelong Providence resident, H.P. Lovecraft. Innsmouth Olde Ale is an English-style Olde Ale crafted in collaboration with Revival Brewing Company.
In June 2002, Stone Brewing Co. introduced the world’s first full-time brewed and bottled West Coast double IPA, Stone Ruination IPA. Massively hopped and aggressively bitter, it helped spark the ever-growing desire among legions of craft beer fans for over-the-top hop flavors and aromas.
Two recently released independent economic studies highlight craft’s growth in two very different markets: New York and Oregon. Both reports, commissioned by each state’s respective guilds, offer a bicoastal perspective on the economic impact of craft beer. While the two markets ostensibly share little in common (east coast versus west coast; industrial versus bucolic; the Yankees versus who needs a baseball team?), it seems craft beer is one thing the two states can bond over.
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”) (Nasdaq: BREW), a leading craft brewing company, announced today the appointment of Joe Vanderstelt as Chief Financial Officer, who will join the company on April 27, 2015. In his role, Vanderstelt will oversee all financial operations and investor relations activities for the Company. He will report directly to CBA CEO Andy Thomas.
Another day, another deal. New York’s The Bronx Brewery today announced it has sold a minority interest to Tenth Avenue Holdings (TAH), a family office based in New York City that will provide guidance and funding to the small 6,000-barrel brewing operation.
Twin Peaks Brewing Company, the brewery of the ultimate sports lodge known for its made-from-scratch kitchen, rugged atmosphere, and playful Twin Peaks Girls, has recently begun canning and selling three of its craft beers throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
