Craft beer industry news.
PORTLAND, Ore. — September 29, 2014 — Widmer Brothers Brewing today announced the re-release of Snow Plow Milk Stout and Old Embalmer Barleywine in its 30 Beers for 30 Years Series. Snow Plow and Old Embalmer are available in 22-ounce bottles and on draught starting today in the Portland area, and represent the years 1999… Read more »
Clifton Park, NY — It’s become an annual tradition for Shmaltz Brewing Company to release the award-winning limited-edition Jewbelation┬« series at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, CO. This week, Shmaltz kicks off the national roll out of its Anniversary brew, Jewbelation 18┬«, with three standout Denver beer events featuring the brand spankin’… Read more »
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) honored several industry leaders today during NBWA’s 77th Annual Convention taking place September 28 — October 1 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana.
ASHEVILLE, NC — Wicked Weed Brewing Announces a New Once-a-Year Release, Dark Arts, a 15% ABV Wild Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels for a year.
Flagstaff, AZ — Mother Road Brewing Co. is excited to announce the release of their Fall seasonal, Painted Racer ESB (Extra Special Bitter). Painted Racer ESB is brewed with Marris Otter as the base for the grain bill, giving this beer a rich malty body that pairs well with roasted meats, BBQ, or strong cheeses.
Milwaukie, Oregon – Breakside Brewery presents their first ever Milwaukie Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, October 11th at their production brewery & tasting room in Milwaukie, Oregon. For the first time the tasting room will be open to all-ages with kids activities as well as a special German-themed tap list and food menu from Breakside’s NE… Read more »
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) is releasing the cult-classic Abominable Winter Ale beginning in October. This Northwest Organic Winter Ale is available in 16 oz. cans, 22 oz. bottles and on draught in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia bars, pubs, and stores.
Three craft brewers and one ‘big beer’ executive walk into a room of beer distributors at 9:00 a.m. One of them pulls out a vaporizer. I forget how the rest of that joke goes, but everyone ends up laughing. That was the scene this morning at the 77th annual National Beer Wholesalers convention, being held in New Orleans.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Narragansett Beer today announces the rerelease of Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout, a unique collaboration between two Rhode Island staples. Introduced in December 2013 as Narragansett’s first-ever “Hi Neighbor Mash-Up,” Narragansett Autocrat is a custom blend of Narragansett’s bittersweet milk stout with coffee extract from the famed Autocrat Coffee, the key ingredient in the Ocean… Read more »
A couple years ago, Ballast Point foresaw a distribution footprint that would include 35 states. In the words of chief commercial officer Earl Kight, however, the company is “still stuck” at 26. It’s not that the San Diego brewery hasn’t grown: Ballast Point made the Brewers Association’s list of the 50 largest craft brewers for the first time this year, having sold 88,204 barrels in 2013, up 86 percent over the previous year.
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) is excited to announce that Rick McAmis of Premium Beverage Sales in Springfield, Missouri, is the winner of the Second Annual Share Your Story Contest for beer distribution employees. McAmis was recognized on stage today during the general session of NBWA’s 77th Annual Convention taking… Read more »
Another top-50 craft brewery has sold a piece of its business to private equity. Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing today announced that it has sold minority interest to TSG Consumer partners, a private equity firm that invests in middle-market consumer brands.
Attention beer geeks! Your next pint of Pliny could be coming from Paso Robles. Russian River Brewing, the award-winning craft brewery from Santa Rosa, Calif. today announced that it will produce a limited amount of its acclaimed flagship, Pliny the Elder, under an exclusive contract partnership with Firestone Walker Brewing.
Highland Brewing is investing $5 million into a facility expansion that will enable the company, which is based in Asheville, N.C., to boost annual capacity by 60,000 barrels and create additional jobs. Backed by bank loans and some gradual tax incentives offered up by the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County (EDC), the brewery plans to occupy an additional 30,000 sq. ft. of its current building with new tanks and a bottling line.
