Craft beer industry news.
DALLAS, TX — This Valentine’s Day, Lakewood Brewing Company will seduce milk stout lovers all over DFW with a limited quantity release of a raspberry-infused version of the ever-popular Temptress Imperial Milk Stout.
TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Quarter After Productions L.L.C is excited to announce the release of a new podcast production “Short’s Cast”. Short’s Brewing Company located in Bellaire and Elk Rapids Michigan, is releasing an audio news magazine weekly that gives their fans, customers, and the loyal microbrew community the option of getting their Short’s news… Read more »
KENT, Wash. — Say hello to Loud Lady Imperial IPAÔäó, the second release of this limited-edition beer from the Kent-based brewery’s line of delicious handcrafted beers. With a special run just in time for Spring, this delicious, Northwest-style IPA is released only twice a year in small batches.
Fort Collins, CO — On January 25th and 26th, Odell Brewing will celebrate the much anticipated return of Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout, a hearty Imperial Stout brewed with milk sugar (lactose) and milk chocolate. Named for the local dairy farmer that has hauled away the brewery’s spent grain for nearly two decades, Lugene is brewed… Read more »
Half Moon Bay, Calif. — January 20, 2014 — The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company is looking forward to a busy and exciting 2014, especially now that Head Brewer Shane Aldrich has joined the brewing team alongside Brewmaster James Costa.
Mike Magoulas, the former MillerCoors executive who was appointed Boulevard Brewing’s CEO in September 2012, has resigned after less than 15 months with the company. Magoulas’ last official day with Boulevard was December 31, the same day Duvel Moortgat closed on its acquisition of the Kansas City-based company.
Salt Lake City, UT— Uinta Brewing Company introduces Tinder Rauchbier, the newest limited addition brew to their Crooked Line. Inspired by Owner Will Hamill and Headbrewer Kevin Ely’s recent trip to Germany to inspect new brewhouse equipment, Tinder is a German-style Rauchbier (Smoked Beer) that kindles moderate malty sweetness and robust smokiness. Brewed with Bamberg… Read more »
EUGENE, Ore.—In an award ceremony hosted last night at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco, Calif., Ninkasi Brewing Company’s co-founder and founding brewer, Jamie Floyd, was honored as the brewery received a Good Food Awards medal for its Believer Double Red Ale.
Rich Lozyniak will step down as CEO of North American Breweries, its parent company Florida Ice & Farm Co. (FIFCO) announced on Friday. He will officially relinquish duties upon the naming of his replacement. “Rich has been a tremendous leader in a time of great transition. He is an expert at building organizations and navigating… Read more »
Dogfish Head finally eclipsed the 200,000 barrel mark in 2013, a milestone that only 11 other regional brewing companies had achieved the year prior. Led by its “family of IPA offerings” — 60-minute, 75-Minute, 90-minute, 120-minute, Sixty-One, Indian Brown Ale, Aprihop, Burton Baton and Rhizing Bines — Dogfish Head production numbers soared to 202,000 barrels,… Read more »
LOS ANGELES, CA — Drinks Americas (OTC: DKAM) is a leading U.S. broker for authentic Mexican craft beer. The Company’s mission is to identify and invest the majority of their brand-building resources on those with the greatest growth potential such as Day of the Dead Craft Beer, which proves to be right on trend.
Nearly half of the country’s 2,722 breweries make less than 15,000 barrels of beer annually, but despite the limited capacity, a number of craft beer companies are rapidly expanding their production capabilities and distribution footprints. Lexington, Ky.-based Blue Stallion Brewing will make its first foray into retail when it begins regional distribution in February, the… Read more »
San Diego, CA — Karl Strauss Brewing Company is proud to support the next generation of local brewers by joining forces with UC San Diego Extension. Karl Strauss is celebrating 25 years of crafting the San Diego beer scene by offering two scholarships to UC San Diego Extension’s Brewing certificate program in 2014.
CINCINNATI, OH — Bockfest Cincinnati, a celebration of Cincinnati’s brewing heritage and the coming of spring, is ready for its 22nd annual celebration with a weekend filled with parades, parties, food, and beer from March 7-9 throughout downtown Cincinnati and the historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
