Craft beer industry news.
Ft. Collins, CO — As the first snow starts to fall in the Colorado mountains, thoughts of “accumulation” are in the air. To celebrate the white of winter, New Belgium has released Accumulation, a seasonal White IPA that is all about hops and wheat. Accumulation pours unfiltered, with a white-gold tone, offering tropical aromas from… Read more »
DURANGO, CO — With this season’s abundant apple crop, it seemed a natural for Steamworks Brewing Co. to develop a firkin recipe using this plentiful fruit. To that end, the brewpub will roll out an “Apple Pie” Firkin as part of Firkin Friday, its monthly showcase of unique hand-crafted beers. The keg will be at… Read more »
SAN LEANDRO, CA – Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG), innovator of the only wastewater treatment process that creates renewable energy, is a Double Hopped Sponsor of the California Craft Brewers Association’s Annual General Meeting. The event will be held on October 29, 2013 at the University of California Davis Conference Center in Davis, CA. PTG will… Read more »
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii — The 19th annual Kona Brewers Festival will indulge both craft beer aficionados and foodies alike on Hawaii’s Big Island Saturday, March 8, 2014 from 2:30 to 6:30 pm. The annual fundraising event, held rain or shine on the beach and luau grounds at King Kamehameha’s Courtyard Kona Beach Hotel in Kailua-Kona, taps… Read more »
STEVENS POINT, Wis. — There’s something brewing in the center of Wisconsin. Beer lovers will find plenty of ales, stouts and lagers at the four breweries — Point, Central Waters, O’so and Kozy Yak — that make up the Grain Circle Trail in the Stevens Point area. Fall is a perfect time to come to… Read more »
Xi’an, Shaanxi, China – Merchant du Vin is pleased to announce that MdV-Asia Ltd., a beer importing company based in Hong Kong and selling throughout China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, has added three world-renowned breweries to its portfolio: Du Bocq, Dupont, and La Trappe. After four years of increasing sales of Samuel Smith, Ayinger, and… Read more »
New Belgium Brewing Company is one step closer to opening its second brewing facility on the East Coast. The company today announced it would resume site work on its new Asheville, N.C. brewery, in preparation for a groundbreaking in the spring of next year. The project is still expected to be completed in late 2015.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) — the federal agency that approves new beer labels and brewing companies — is once again operational following a 16-day government shutdown that ended last Thursday.
Kalamazoo, MI – Beginning Nov. 1, we will be changing over to a winter hours schedule for brewery tours. Tours at our brewery in downtown Kalamazoo will be unaffected and we will continue to offer them at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays and 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30… Read more »
MillerCoors yesterday announced that it will cut 360 jobs, firing 200 salaried employees — nearly 2 percent of its active workforce and 6 percent of its salaried posts — and eliminating another 160 unfilled positions. In a prepared statement, the company said the cuts are an attempt to “to create a more balanced, efficient organizational… Read more »
When walking around the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show in Atlanta, one can easily pass booths featuring off-kilter beef jerky, energy drinks, e-cigarettes, fried everything. But a growler-fill station for craft beer?
Novato, CA — Moylan’s Brewery is proud to announce their recent bronze medal win at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival, which took place in Denver last week. The Bay Area brewery received a bronze medal for their Dragoons Dry Irish Stout in the Dry Irish Stout category. Over 732 breweries from around the world… Read more »
AleSmith Brewing Company claimed Gold and Silver medals at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest national beer competition that recognizes the most outstanding beers produced in the United States. The top three winners in the competition’s 84 beer-style categories were announced October 13 at… Read more »
Fort Bragg, CA — In anticipation of long nights of celebration with the many friends we’ve made over the last 25 years, the brewers of North Coast have created a Belgian inspired session beer designed to promote a festive mood while minimizing the consequences of overindulgence. Brewed with pale malts and fermented with the same… Read more »
