Colorado Brewers to Take On Sixth Annual Tour De BoulDurango
DURANGO, Colo. — On Monday, July 21st owners and representatives from six of Colorado’s leading craft breweries will depart on the ride of a lifetime…for the sixth year in a row.
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Epic Brewing to Release Wild Brainless on Peaches
Salt Lake City, UT — A disaster struck late last year at Epic Brewing Company. A batch of one of our prized beers, Brainless on Peaches, went south on us during barrel aging.
Oskar Blues Helps to Raise $50,000 for Flood Relief
Longmont, CO–The Oskar Blues CAN’d Aid Foundation recently partnered with Grassroots Outdoor Alliance to raise $50,000 for ColoRADo flood recovery at a fundraising event held at The Big Red Barn in Highland Meadows in Windsor.
Brewers Association: U.S. Brewery Count Eclipses 3,000
There are now more than 3,000 breweries in the U.S., according to Bart Watson, the Brewers Association’s (BA) staff economist. Through the end of June, the BA counted 3,040 breweries, which marks the first time the U.S. has crossed the 3,000-brewery threshold since the 1870s. Watson, who announced the statistics on the trade group’s blog… Read more »
Fourth Annual California Beer Festival Returns To Santa Cruz
APTOS, CA – The 4th Annual California Beer Festival (CBF) returns to Santa Cruz, and is now two big days – Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10. Once again the Festival’s scenic setting is Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Rd., in Aptos.
Kona Medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship
Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii — Now in only its second year on the mainland, Kona Brewing Company’s Big Wave Golden Ale has once again been decorated with a medal at the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship held in Atlanta, GA this past weekend.
Harpoon’s ESOP Gives 48 Percent of Company to Employees
Effective Aug. 1, Boston’s Harpoon Brewery will be minority owned by its employees. The company today announced that it has transferred 48 percent of the company’s shares into an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) after purchasing those shares back from six of its eight existing shareholders.
L’chaim! Shmaltz Grows Production 42 Percent in Clifton Park
One year after ditching a contract brewing business model for a shiny new brewing facility in Upstate New York, Shmaltz Brewing has grown its business nearly 50 percent. The company, which produces and markets a line of craft beers with tongue-in-cheek Jewish themes, had been producing its beers under contract for 17 years when it… Read more »
Harpoon Establishes Employee Stock Ownership Program
Boston, MA (July 10, 2014) — The Harpoon Brewery, brewers of Harpoon IPA and UFO beers, is proud to announce that effective August 1st it will become an employee-owned company. The existing shareholder group transferred 48% of Harpoon’s shares to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This new structure of employee ownership will ensure the… Read more »
Starr Hill Brewery Medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—Starr Hill Brewery, one of the most award-winning craft breweries on the East Coast, won a Bronze Medal in the 2014 United States Open Beer Championship, an international beer competition that evaluates professionally brewed and homebrewed beers from around the world, recognizing the most exceptional brewers and their beers.
August Schell Medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship
New Ulm, MN. – The August Schell Brewing Co. (www.schellsbrewery.com), America’s second-oldest, family-owned brewery, received international recognition at the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship by winning the silver medal in the American Lager/Pilsner category for its Grain Belt Premium.
Ithaca Expands Distribution in Pennsylvania
Ithaca, N.Y. — Pennsylvania founding fathers must have had craft beer on the brain when they coined the state motto “Virtue, Liberty and Independence.”
Grimm Brothers Brewhouse to Celebrate 4th Anniversary
LOVELAND, Colo. — Grimm Brothers Brewhouse and the Loveland, Big Thompson, Kiwanis Club have partnered up to present Loveland Beer┬¡B┬¡Q to celebrate their 4th anniversary and to support the Kiwanis work in the community.
Fort Collins Brewery Medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship
Atlanta, GA — The Fort Collins Brewery is thrilled to win two bronze medals for Wallace, Wee Heavy and Smoked M├ñrzen at the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship, held in Atlanta.