Craft beer industry news.
Spokane, WA — The Inland Northwest Ale Trail launched its second season with an updated map on August 1st. This year’s map has 27 Inland Northwest breweries featured, up from just sixteen in it’s first year, and includes breweries in Northern Idaho, the greater Spokane area, and Southern Washington.
Having made inroads in New England earlier this year with launches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, D.G. Yuengling Brewery is taking another step toward filling out its footprint in the region by expanding distribution to Connecticut. According to The Courant, the Pottsville, Pa.-based brewery’s beers will be available at bars and restaurants in the Constitution State on September 22 with packaged offerings to follow shortly thereafter on October 6.
MILWAUKEE — To keep pace with demand, Lakefront Brewery will expand its cold storage and distribution warehouse at 218 E. Keefe Ave. in Milwaukee’s Harambee neighborhood.
Los Angeles, CA — For beer lovers, late September/early October is the best time of the year. It’s the two-plus weeks when Oktoberfest unleashes its beer-flowing, schnitzel-eating, game-playing traditions throughout the land. It’s a time for beer enthusiasts to raise their mugs and toast what’s become one of the most sensational celebrations in the world…. Read more »
Chandler, Arizona—Professionally produced by HDE Agency and presented by Bashas’, the 7th annual SanTan Brewing Oktoberfest is set to invade the streets of downtown Chandler on Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 3-11 p.m.
YORK, PA — On Monday, October 27, Nate Fochtman, Ace Distributing, will be honored as one of Central Penn Business Journal’s 2014 Forty Under 40 award recipient for his commitment to business growth, professional excellence and community service. There will be an evening reception and awards program at Hilton Harrisburg from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.,… Read more »
Concerns over public safety could block the tap lines Chainline Brewing is trying to open up in Kirkland, Wash. Worried citizens fear the new brewery slated to open in a shared commerce complex would pose a threat to public safety and lead to the overcrowding of an already busy parking lot.
It was a “very good” second quarter, according to Craft Brew Alliance, the makers of Widmer Brothers, Redhook, Kona, Omission and Square Mile Cider. During an earnings call on Thursday, CEO Andy Thomas described the quarter as one that would “go down as a record for CBA.”
PORTLAND, MAINE — To fill consumer demand for Shipyard Signature Series Smashed Pumpkin beer, Shipyard Brewing Company has released its award-winning Smashed Pumpkin in 4-packs. This beer will hit the shelves this month in markets nationwide. Smashed Pumpkin is also available in 22oz. bottles and on draft. ÔÇ¿
There’s still more than a month left in summer but already, pumpkin beer patches are growing on store shelves. The rollout started early this year: New York’s Southern Tier Brewing bottled its popular Pumking offering on May 28 and the first cases of it appeared at a Pennsylvania retail store on June 30.
Chico, CA—August 7, 2014—Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is premiering two brand new beers in its second seasonal variety 12-pack of the year.
Boulder, Colo. — Upslope Brewing Company is excited to announce the launch of their new limited release Lee Hill Series, a quarterly series debuting with Barrel Aged Brown Ale. This new series, named after Upslope’s original, now small batch, North Boulder brewery, celebrates experimentation and creativity. Barrel Aged Brown Ale, aged in Leopold Bros. Maryland… Read more »
RALEIGH — What is bumble bee beer made with? What does oyster beer taste like? Find out when you join the brewers of Wake County at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh for a one-of-a-kind evening of beer and science.
Frederick, MD — On behalf of the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay, Governor Martin O’Malley accepted a donation from Flying Dog and OLD BAY┬« to the True Blue program yesterday in the brewery’s taproom.
