Craft beer industry news.
North Carolina’s Wicked Weed Brewing broke ground this morning on its third facility in the Asheville area, a 40,000 sq. ft. production brewery that’s expected to create 82 new jobs. Set on the western edge of town in a building the company purchased from the county, the facility will enable Wicked Weed to boost capacity by an additional 50,000 barrels.
Today, Brooklyn Brewery and MicroStar Logistics are pleased to announce an extension of their partnership. MicroStar’s industry-leading keg management program delivers the efficiency and flexibility a leading brewer like Brooklyn needs in today’s dynamic marketplace.
Across the country, it seems like the craft beer industry is growing at a rate faster than the rules of the game can evolve. In a number of states, regulations dating back to Prohibition and beyond linger, and producers complain they are hindering the growth of an industry that’s booming elsewhere. To keep up, a number of lawmakers from all over the country are looking to rewrite the rules to foster growth and make their states more competitive, while some are working to make current laws even more restrictive.
Wasatch Brewery has entered the bottled nitro craft beer category with its new release of Polygamy Nitro Porter, making it the second brewery in the country to finesse these tiny bubbles into a bottle. This nitrogenated Porter is six percent ABV, soft and creamy. Bottled nitrogenated beers require extensive research and development.
Firestone Walker Brewing Company launched Easy Jack last year as a different kind of session IPA, one with surprising complexity fostered by a rare selection of newer hop varieties from around the world.
Seven years after Ninkasi Brewing Company, an independent craft brewery based in Eugene, Ore., opened its doors, the brewery decided the sky was not the limit. In 2014, the brewery’s co-founders embarked on a new kind of mission – the Ninkasi Space Program (NSP), with one ultimate goal: send brewer’s yeast to space, return it to Earth and use it to brew delicious craft beer. After a successful rocket launch in October 2014 from Spaceport America, Ninkasi is proud to introduce Ground Control, an Imperial Stout brewed with Oregon hazelnuts, star anise and cocoa nibs and fermented with an Ale yeast that survived a trip to space and back. Ground Control will be available April 13, 2015, in limited edition 22-ounce bottles at select retailers across the country.
Drizly, the technology company powering fast, convenient beer, wine and liquor delivery for consumers and businesses across the U.S., today re-launched with a new brand identity and a complete re-imagination of the liquor store shopping experience.
The Center for Alcohol Policy is now accepting nominations for the Third Annual Leadership in Alcohol Regulation Award to be presented at the Center’s upcoming Alcohol Law and Policy Conference September 9 – 11, 2015, at the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois.
Mother Road Brewing Company is proud to announce their first out of state distribution as they introduce their beers to the state of New Mexico this month. Mother Road has partnered with Premier Distributing Company, and will launch statewide the week of March 23rd with bottled and draft beers. Mother Road Brewing Company is the first Arizona brewery to distribute to the New Mexico market.
Through a contract with Major Brands, Los Angeles craft brewery The Dudes’ Brewing Company, is excited to introduce a selection of its brew line-up to the beer savvy consumers in the St. Louis and Kansas City markets.
Island Brewing Company continues to explore the wondrous world of IPAs with its latest release in its Variance Series: Dublin Calling. This is a beer brewed with a classic Irish Red grain bill, but hopped up to West Coast regiments for 6.2% abv and 55 IBUs.
For the second straight year U.S. craft brewers increased production volumes at a double-digit clip, growing 18 percent in 2014 according to new data from the Brewers Association. As part of its annual “Growth in the Beer Category” report — which highlights market share, production and brewery opening statistics, among others – the BA emphasized a key milestone for craft: for the first time ever, craft brewers achieved double-digit volume share of the marketplace.
Portland! We promised you a pub and we have come through. Our 10 Barrel Portland brewpub will open its doors to beer lovers on March 16, pouring 20 taps of year-round and limited release beers.
West Virginia lawmakers passed a bill this weekend to ease a number of regulatory and financial burdens on the state’s craft brewers. Pending Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s signature, Senate Bill 273 will enable brewers to provide on-premise samples, ease limits on growler sales, and implement a gradual licensing fee system for brewers, eliminating the current flat rate.
