Craft beer industry news.
BRANFORD, Conn. – Andy Schwartz has been named Brewmaster of Stony Creek Brewery of Branford, CT. Currently a brewer for Craft Brew Alliance in New Hampshire, Schwartz will join the Connecticut brewery this summer.
North Park, San Diego – Come and enjoy a day in North Park at the Festival of Arts Waypoint Craft Beer Block. One ticket price gets you entrance to the event where you will enjoy 13 4oz tasters from a selection of over 30 local craft brewers.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Founders Brewing Co. will introduce Dissenter, an Imperial India Pale Lager (IPL) brewed with a wide variety of tropical, citrus-forward hops, this August to mark the tenth installment in the brewery’s popular Backstage Series. Like all of Founders’ Backstage Series beers, Dissenter will be sold in 750mL bottles, with a suggested… Read more »
Today’s craft beer drinker is a promiscuous one, eschewing the loyalty their daddy’s daddy showed to his favorite brew so many years ago in favor of exploration. But heck, Gramps didn’t have a fraction of the options enjoyed by the contemporary consumer.
A little more than 100 days have passed in 2014 and the craft beer category is showing no signs of slowing down. Craft sustained its 20-plus percent growth pace, with year-to-date craft dollar sales up 24.6 percent, through April 20, across IRI’s multi-outlet and convenience store universe (MULC), which includes grocery, drug, Wal-Mart, Club, Dollar,… Read more »
Seattle, WA — Naked City Brewery and “Band in Seattle” are launching an intimate concert series where great Northwest bands braid songs together with stories about the music. The inaugural Naked Session features Big Sur performing two acoustic, story-driven sets in the Screening Room on May 17, followed by Star Anna on June 28, and… Read more »
Phoenix, AZ — With a goal to collectively sell 10,000 pints of beer, five east valley breweries are teaming up during American Craft Beer Week to raise awareness and money to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of the East Valley. Participating breweries include SanTan Brewing, Arizona Wilderness, The Perch, Huss Brewing & Desert Eagle… Read more »
NEW YORK — This summer, Blue Moon Brewing Company is sponsoring Spotify’s Follow the Moon Tour, a five-city tour bringing together music lovers and emerging artists for “artfully crafted” events.
After the Boston Beer Company posted record-breaking fourth quarter revenue gains in 2013, it’s hard to believe that the country’s leading craft brewer could sustain momentum and continue increasing volume and growing sales through the first three months of 2014. But that’s exactly what the makers of Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea and Angry Orchard Cider did in the first quarter of the year, growing revenues 35 percent and core shipment volumes 32 percent.
Washington, DC — DC Brau Brewing Company is pleased to announce its partnership with Reyes Beverage Group’s Premium Distributors of Washington, DC and Virginia.
ATLANTA — Second Self Beer Company is set to debut in west midtown in summer 2014. The brewery will offer balanced yet complex craft beers from brewers and co-owners Jason Santamaria and Chris Doyle.
Fort Collins, CO — The Colorado Brewers Festival (COBF) celebrates its 25th festival this year on Saturday, June 28th & Sunday, June 29th, in downtown Fort Collins’ Civic Center area. The festival hours are 11 AM to 5 PM each day.
Boulder, CO—The Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers, released its annual 2014 Beer Style Guidelines.
Lyons, CO — Oskar Blues Brewery and the Town of Lyons announced this week that despite the September flooding that damaged the majority of the town’s parks and rec areas—the popular Burning CAN Beer Festival and Lyons Outdoor Games (http://lyonsoutdoors.com/) will once again bring together beer lovers and outdoor adventure under views of Rocky Mountain… Read more »
