Craft beer industry news.
BOSTON, MA — The brewers at Samuel Adams are ushering in the new year with a new spring beer—Samuel Adams Cold Snap—the newest addition to the brewery’s popular seasonal beer collection. Brewed for spring’s transition away from the hearty brews of winter to the bright, lighter-bodied beers of summer, Cold Snap is the brewers’ take… Read more »
San Francisco, CA — Anchor Brewing Company announces the release and final selling season of Anchor Bock┬« Beer, a seasonal interpretation of the strong German beers that mark the beginning of spring. Each year, breweries in Germany celebrate the coming of spring with a strong, flavorful beer. Anchor Bock Beer, a dark satiny brew with… Read more »
Coronado, CA — Hoppy Daze Belgian IPA, part of the Crown Series from Coronado Brewing, is making its way to craft beer drinkers across the country beginning in January 2014. Hoppy Daze pours golden with a slight fruit tart aroma in the nose with the beer’s flavors coming from Coronado’s special Belgian yeast blend, Czech… Read more »
SEATTLE, WA — Two Beers Brewing, Seattle Cider Company and New Belgium Brewing have joined forces to create a one-of-a-kind graff, a unique style combining unexpected hops and malt with small batch cider from Washington state. Coined GRAFF(T) — a nod to the style of beer as well as the process of bonding a shoot… Read more »
Paso Robles, CA – Firestone Walker Brewing Company is set to release its first Proprietor’s Vintage Series beer of 2014 with the return of ┬ºucaba, a barrel-aged English barleywine that remains confoundingly unpronounceable yet eminently drinkable. ┬ºucaba was one of the first components created as part of Firestone Walker’s annual barrel-aged Anniversary Ale blend starting… Read more »
Boulder, CO – In honor of Colorado’s history making new laws, tomorrow, Saturday, January 4 at 4:20 PM, West Flanders Brewing (1125 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO) is releasing Recreational Smoke. A homegrown, fully legal, American-style porter, Recreational Smoke is enhanced with beechwood smoked malts from Bamburg, Germany. These specialty grains are paired with an array… Read more »
Longmont, CO.,— Oskar Blues has announced the launch of the Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul markets in the great state of Minnesota and will partner with the Original Gravity group of distributors consisting of Capitol Beverage Sales, Thorpe Distributing, College City Beverage and C&L Distributing.
For aspiring business owners in Henderson, Nev., starting a tavern or brewpub can be a financial risk akin to a long night of roulette in nearby Las Vegas. CraftHaus Brewery, however, has successfully worked with the city to amend brewpub licensing in hopes of making that bet a whole lot safer for would-be entrepreneurs.
If today’s press release from Oskar Blues is any indication, competition in the craft beer category is poised to heat up in the New Year. The Longmont, Colo.-based craft brewery — which also owns and operates a secondary production facility in Brevard, NC — today announced plans to get more aggressive with its distribution efforts in 2014 and, to start the year, Oskar Blues said will expand into five new states
Dover, DE — Fordham Brewing is resetting their core lineup beginning in February of 2014. Three new core beers, the Rinse and Repeat series, focus on sessionability. None of the beers will clock in at higher than 5.0% ABV. The first, Gypsy Lager, is a Munich-style Helles brewed in the tradition of great German lagers…. Read more »
Portland, OR — Award-winning brand design agency Sandstrom Partners today announced the completion of brand strategy and design for Healdsburg, California-based Sonoma Beverage Works for its new Sonoma Cider line, according to Sandstrom president Jack Peterson. “Sonoma Beverage Works is a business owned by a family with a true passion for producing the finest American-made… Read more »
LOS ANGELES — Drinks Americas (OTC: DKAM; “Drinks Americas” or the “Company”), a leading U.S. broker for authentic Mexican craft beer currently present in over 32 states, announced today that as a part of its greater, long-standing initiative to support its investor base, the Company has retained Windmill, a unique and experienced provider of communication… Read more »
Newport, Oregon – Rogue celebrates mothers everywhere with the release of MoM Hefeweizen, an ale brewed with Oregon Rose Petals crafted specifically for Mother’s Day. MoM Hefeweizen is infused with roses that grow on Rogue Farms. Rogue Brewmaster John Maier takes the hand-picked petals and adds them to the brew as part of a proprietary… Read more »
Once just a brewpub serving up craft beer to Arizona locals, Grand Canyon Brewing Co. today announced plans to invest $2.7 million to expand its production facility and push into a handful of new markets in 2014. In a press release, the company said it is beginning construction on a new, 27,000 sq. ft. production… Read more »
