Craft beer industry news.
The Fat Cat Beer Company, makers of “sessionable,” handcrafted beer, recently announced an addition to their repertoire of great tasting session beer styles with the launch of its Dark Side Lunar™ Stout.
Breakside Brewery is kicking off 2015 with five new beers, four of them in bottles, two of them available year round and one of them launching a brand new Farmhouse Fruit and Funk series. Beginning January 1st welcome brand new year round beers Lunch Break ISA and Amuse Saison both available on draft and in 22oz bottles.
Hood River, Ore. – “Ten years ago Full Sail introduced Session Lager, and it reflected our view that beers should be inclusive and celebrate camaraderie without extremes or gimmicks. Grateful that many beer lovers agree with us, and with “sessionable” beers suddenly all the rage, there’s never been a better time to expand Session’s universal appeal…. Read more »
The popular North Carolina-based bluegrass ambassadors, Steep Canyon Rangers, are proud to announce a new partnership with Oskar Blues Brewery, brewers of Dale’s Pale Ale, Mama’s Little Yella Pils, and other craft beers.
One truth made abundantly clear in 2014: Not all cash is created equal. On one side of the equation sit companies like Founders (Mich.), 10 Barrel (Ore.), and Blue Point (NY), all of which were bought out by larger, international beer companies. While those three brands will now be able to use the money and the distribution reach of their new investors and owners to grow, there’s a definitional downside: they’ve left the ranks of the craft realm.
There is little doubt that most beer salesmen would consider a job heading up sales for Dogfish Head to be one of the most coveted positions in craft. And there was a time when Adam Lambert, the man who held that position, VP of Sales, until the end of November, would have agreed. Brewbound recently discussed his decision to leave Dogfish Head, the keys to becoming a successful beer salesman, and what he hopes to accomplish at New Holland Brewing.
Kona Brewing Company has announced it is celebrating its 21st birthday in a very Hawaiian way – by giving back to those who made them the success they are today. After months of discussion about how to best say mahalo to the people of Hawaii, the employees of Kona Brewing determined that the most fitting way was to create a special series of small-batch beers that would only be available in its island home.
In January, Odell Brewing will release the second edition of its Fernet Aged Porter, a rich imperial porter aged in retired Leopold Bros. Fernet barrels.
Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) is releasing IPX Single Hop Ale: Mt. Hood. The beer is the latest in the single hop series, which has continued to be an educational celebration of hops for more than two years. It is available on tap and in 22oz bottles throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson checked in with Yahoo Finance yesterday, providing a small snapshot of craft beer’s growth in 2014. In a video interview with multimedia correspondent Akiko Fujita, Watson said shared updated figures on the amount of craft breweries currently operating throughout the U.S. The latest number? 3,250.
Bell’s Brewery has issued a voluntary recall of its beer, Mercury: The Winged Messenger, in 43 Michigan counties, citing a glass defect on the lip of certain bottles, which could cause small pieces to become dislodged. The recall, according to a statement from the company, applies only to bottles purchased in specific counties in its home state of Michigan, “not the entire packaging run.”
As Brewbound prepares to go on a brief hiatus for the holiday season, we thought we’d feature some exciting collaboration news from two of the country’s fastest-growing craft breweries. Oregon’s Ninkasi Brewing and Virginia’s Devils Backbone have partnered to create an imperial dark rye beer that Ninkasi’s founding brewmaster Jamie Floyd describes as “unlike anything we’ve ever brewed before.”
Sonoma Cider, organic hard cider producer, is proud to announce the addition of two new sales team members — James Williams and Ken Komar. The company has also added to its distribution network in California, signing contracts with Harbor Distributing and Pacific Beverage.
The holiday season is always a time of festive gatherings, celebrations and parties. This makes it the right time to remind people to drink responsibly and to not drive drunk. To help send that message, the Beer Institute is partnering with members of Congress to record and distribute public service announcements asking the public to share our industry’s Commitment to Responsibility.
