Craft beer industry news.
It’s hard to call it a homecoming when you never really left, but that’s exactly how 21st Amendment’s Dave Wilson views his recent appointment as partner and president with the San Francisco-based craft beer company. Over the last three years, Wilson has literally worn two hats. At industry events, he’d sometimes wear both a 21st Amendment embroidered hat and a Crux Fermentation shirt.
For years, smaller craft brewers have donated — or sold on the cheap — their spent grain to farmers to feed cows and other livestock. Rather than sending it to landfills, the handshake transaction between brewers and farmers has been lauded as mutually beneficial by many industry watchers and advocates.
It’s been four years since Phusion Projects was forced to remove energy stimulants like caffeine, guarana and taurine from its products, but the dust is still settling. On Tuesday, the maker of Four Loko agreed to pay $400,000 in a multistate settlement over allegations that it unlawfully marketed its flavored malt beverages, promoted the misuse of alcohol by minors and failed to disclose the effects of drinking alcoholic beverages with caffeine.
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Eugene McEnery III, Vice Chairman/C.O.O. of Euclid Beverage LLC, was elected Chair of the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois (ABDI) for FY ’14, beginning December 1, 2013. He will also serve another one-year term as Director-at-Large.
San Diego – SDBG’S new spring event will feature 50 craft breweries, 9 musical acts on 3 stages, a homebrew contest and local restaurants.
DOWNINGTOWN, PA — Victory Brewing Company’s┬« (Victory) summer lineup will grow in 2014, as the brewery announces that two new brands, Moving PartsTM IPA and Summer SelectionsTM variety 12-pack, as well as the popular specialty 750mL, Wild Devil Ale, will hit shelves in May.
Frederick, MD — Opening Day is right around the corner and the Baltimore Orioles have yet again proved their support for locally-brewed craft beer.
Jacksonville, FL — Bold City Brewery is extremely excited and proud to announce our expansion to the greater Orlando metropolitan area and our partnership with City Beverages of Orlando. They will begin distributing our products starting April 1st (and we’re not fooling!).
Verona, WI – Just five months after its successful debut in southcentral Wisconsin, Wisconsin Brewing Company is expanding distribution of its craft brews to retailers, bars and restaurants throughout central and northern Wisconsin
Stockholm, Sweden – Nya Carnegiebryggeriet is opening — a new and modern craft brewery in the F-marked Luma factory in Hammarby Sj├Âstad, with its own restaurant. Behind the project are Carlsberg Sweden and Brooklyn Brewery, as well as private investors.
BOSTON — A company best known for its alcoholic beverage, Four Loko, has agreed to pay $400,000 in a multistate settlement over allegations that it unlawfully marketed its flavored malt beverages, promoted the misuse of alcohol by underage individuals, and failed to disclose the effects of drinking alcoholic beverages combined with caffeine, Attorney General Martha… Read more »
San Marcos, CA — Inspired by the reverence the Jimadors in the Agave fields of Jalisco Mexico have for a local icon with divine associations, The Lost Abbey is proud to announce its newest addition to its seasonal barrel-aged portfolio, Agave Maria Ale.
ALEXANDRIA, VA — The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) and the Brewers Association (BA) are seeking nominations for the Eighth Annual Craft Beer Distributor of the Year Award.
ATLANTA—SweetWater Brewing Company is partnering with Delta Air Lines, to debut a new in-flight craft beer offering. Delta will begin serving SweetWater’s flagship brew — 420 Extra Pale Ale — on Delta’s 34 daily flights between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International and New York’s LaGuardia Airport starting April 1.
