Craft beer industry news.
DURANGO, Colo. — Steamworks Brewing Co., in partnership with Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort (DMR), will reprise its popular “Clam Bake,” on Friday, Mar. 14, 2014, 2-4 p.m. Proceeds will once again benefit La Plata County Search and Rescue (LPCSAR).
Founders Brewing Co. is expanding its distribution footprint to include Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas, the company announced today. Beer is slated to hit retail shelves and tap lines throughout each of the new markets this April. Founders, which has expanding quickly of late from its home base in Grand Rapids, Mich., has signed distribution agreements… Read more »
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina – Total Beverage Solution (TBS) and Vanberg & DeWulf are pleased to announce that TBS has acquired the exclusive rights to the Vanberg & DeWulf portfolio.
Boulder, Colo.—Following a 3-month review, independently owned Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore., has named TDA_Boulder as advertising agency of record.
San Diego, CA – On Wednesday, March 12th, North Park’s most notable new bistro & beer bar, Waypoint Public, will team up with one of San Diego’s top rated breweries, The Lost Abbey, to kick off the restaurant’s very first dinner for its brand new brewery series.
The country’s largest craft brewery, Boston Beer Company, last week reported fourth quarter depletions growth of 20 percent and net revenue of $205.4 million, an increase of $52.4 million over the same period last year. The company’s full-year depletions grew 23 percent while production volumes increased 25 percent, to about 3.4 million barrels.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Drinks Americas (OTC: DKAM; “Drinks Americas” or the “Company”), the exclusive United States broker for leading premium authentic Mexican beers currently present in over 32 states, today is proud to announce that in October 2013 it signed with Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) for the distribution of their authentic premium Mexican… Read more »
C. Dean Metropoulos, the veteran food industry investor who bought Pabst Brewing Co. back in 2010, is now in the early stages of trying to sell the 170-year-old brewery, according to Reuters. The Los Angeles-based producer of heritage beer brands like Pabst Blue Ribbon, Olympia and National Bohemian (Natty Boh), is expected to sell for… Read more »
Boulder, CO—At a two-day meeting held February 26-27 in Boulder, Colo., the Brewers Association (BA) Board of Directors introduced changes to the association’s foundational framework to better serve the not-for-profit trade group’s membership of small and independent American craft brewers.
ST. LOUIS — The popular Bud Light Lime Ritas franchise is doubling. The brand is introducing two new permanent flavors — Mang-O-Rita and Raz-Ber-Rita — as the third and fourth flavor profiles in the Bud Light Lime Ritas family, which also launched a fifth flavor — Bud Light Lime Cran-Brrr-Rita — as a limited-time season… Read more »
San Diego, California — Hospitality veteran Jon Mangini of URBN Restaurants Inc. (BASIC Urban Kitchen + Bar, URBN Coal Fired Pizza, GANG Kitchen) will open doors this April to URBN Coal Fired Pizza El Cajon and URBN’s new in-house brewery operation, URBN St. Brewing Co.
DENVER, CO — On March 1, Blue Moon Brewing Company will collaborate with artist collective Johalla Projects to artfully redefine the Lunar New Moon.
Kansas City — Announced earlier this week, tickets for the inaugural beer, food and music event, “Boulevardia,” will go on sale at 10a.m. on March 5th at boulevardia.com.
Eugene, Oregon – Eugene, Oregon-based Ninkasi Brewing teams up with Spokane Washington’s Iron Goat Brewing for a collaboration brew.
