Craft beer industry news.
Hood River, Oregon — Full Sail Brewing is proud to be one of the 69 craft brewers across the country that has joined the Ales for ALSÔäó campaign in support of the ALS Therapy Development Institute’s (ALS TDI) mission to discover and develop effective treatments for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
San Diego, CA — Karl Strauss Brewing Company is excited to announce the winner of its fourth annual Pro-Am competition. Each year, the company invites local homebrewers to submit their best beers for the chance to brew the winning recipe on a commercial scale at one of Karl Strauss’ satellite breweries.
Start with a topic as polarizing as franchise law reform, add a couple hundred brewers, distributors and beer executives, and, inevitably, you’ll end up with plenty of engaging (and sometimes emotional) conversation. That was the case this week in Chicago at the Beer Marketer’s Insights Spring Conference, an event focused on the market for high-end… Read more »
Novato, CA. — Moylan’s Brewery announced they will be hosting their biannual blood drive on June 21st, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A record 3 Blood Centers of the Pacific vans will be welcoming donors in the Mancini’s Sleepworld parking lot down the street from Moylan’s Brewery at 65 Rowland Way.
Boulder, CO — This Sunday the Avery Brewing Company will release No. 20 in it’s Barrel-Aged Series, Obscuro & Nimbosus, a tropical, sour ale aged in dark rum barrels and spiced with a touch of fresh ginger and key lime zest.
WINTER PARK, Colo. — Colorado’s “homegrown” brew fest, the Winter Park Beer Festival, returns to Hideaway Park on Saturday, Aug. 9. This fifth annual event features unlimited beer tasting, live music and a quintessential grassroots festival atmosphere, while also tying in beer seminars, home brewers and cicerones to appeal to the true aficionado.
Spokane, WA–No-Li celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Spokane hosting the 1974 World’s Fair Expo this year, and the enduring legacy of good it created locally, in the Pacific Northwest, and across America, with their Expo ’74 Summer Wheat.
New Holland Brewing Co. is expanding its distribution to three New England states, per an agreement with L. Knife & Son, the company announced today. Beginning next week, the Holland, Mich.-based brewery’s beers will be available, both on draft and in bottles, throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller walk into a bar. After ordering a round of light beers, a whole boatload of money is exchanged and the two beer giants leave the bar as one major brewing entity. That’s not much of a joke, but it is a potential reality — at least if you believe the merger… Read more »
Half Moon Bay, Calif. — Mavericks Brewing, an independent craft brewery devoted to creating innovative premium American craft beer in cans, is launching this month in Northern California.
San Francisco, CA — Anchor Brewing Company announces the release of their summer seasonal, Anchor Summer┬« Beer, a refreshingly light and thirst-quenching American-style filtered wheat beer.
Seattle, WA —Un-Cruise Adventures hops to it with four new craft beer theme cruises set for fall and spring departures in Washington’s Puget Sound and Salish Sea.
LONGMONT, CO — Team Left Hand is dedicated to fighting Multiple Sclerosis. This June 28-29th, the community team will ride the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter, National MS Society’s Newmont Bike MS, presented by Point B, a 150 mile journey from Westminster to Fort Collins & back. The rigorous ride is a labor of love, but cannot compare… Read more »
Portland, OR – Breakside Brewery is beyond excited to release last years GABF silver medal winning “Passionfruit Sour” as a summer seasonal release available in 22oz bottles and on draft.
