Craft beer industry news.
Garland, TX – Lakewood Brewing Company is proud to announce the release of this year’s Bourbon Barrel Temptress. This barrel-aged version of their flagship 9.1% imperial milk stout, The Temptress, is one of the most highly anticipated releases in Dallas-Fort Worth. Simply stated, Wim Bens, founder of Lakewood Brewing Company said “Bourbon Barrel Temptress tastes… Read more »
Charlotte, NC – On Saturday, February 1, 2014, ACEing Autism will host Queen City Brewers Festival (QCBF) at its new home: the Silver Hammer Studios at the NC Music Factory. Both sessions (1-4pm and 6-9pm) are nearly sold out, as tickets went on sale less than a week ago on Dec. 5th. “Guests will experience… Read more »
San Diego, CA —— Karl Strauss Brewing Company is honored that its Blackball Belgian IPA is one of 25 handpicked beers to make it onto Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Top 25 Beers of 2013 list. This marks the third year in a row that Karl Strauss has made the prestigious national list and the second time… Read more »
Asheville, NC — The Spring 2014 release from New Belgium Brewing’s Hop Kitchen series will be a Rye IPA using rye grown in North Carolina and malted by Riverbend Malt House in Asheville. This is the first time that a beer made with North Carolina craft malt will be given this degree of national distribution…. Read more »
Victory Brewing Co. today announced it will expand its distribution footprint in the U.S. and internationally this winter, offering its year-round brands to six new territories. Beginning this month, Brasserie Purveyors will begin importing the Victory brand on Grand Cayman Island, while Great Brands AB and Vertical Drinks will distribute Victory products in Sweden and… Read more »
LOS ANGELES, CA — Drinks Americas (OTN: DKAM) a leading U.S. broker for authentic Mexican craft beers teams up with S.K.I. Wholesale Beer the premier craft & import beer distributor in New York. Featuring beer, cider, wine & non-alcoholic beverages from all around the United States and the world, S.K.I. offers products to all NYC… Read more »
7G Distributing, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Anheuser-Busch InBev wholesaler announced that, effective Jan. 1, it will acquire Davenport, Iowa based Vanguard Distributing. “It was a footprint that’s adjacent to our territory and that made it very attractive. We expect to achieve a number of synergies,” 7G Owner Joe Lee told The Gazette.
LONGMONT, CO – December 6, 2013 — Left Hand Brewing has had a monumental twentieth year. In addition to winning three gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival and halting production due to the Colorado floods, the company gave back to the community by contributing nearly half a million dollars in aid throughout the… Read more »
ST. LOUIS, MO — This National Lager Day, Dec. 10, Anheuser-Busch will raise a toast to America’s most preferred style of beer, and for good reason. With ever-increasing interest in beers and brewing, adults still say that lager is their favorite type of beer, according to a new survey conducted by the brewer and KRC… Read more »
San Diego, California — Mission Brewery’s 32-ounce “cannons” of Shipwrecked Double IPA and El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale are now in seven new states. “I guess it’s true: Americans like big cans,” says Martin Saylor, Mission Brewery’s national-sales director. “The quarts have been a hit for us and now our distributors in our other states… Read more »
Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Brewery, Inc. and the Kalamazoo Wings invite the southwest Michigan community to the first ever Bell’s Brewery Blue Ice Weekend featuring Winter White Ale on Dec. 20th and 21st at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Wings will take on the Toledo Walleye both nights on ice dyed blue in celebration… Read more »
Grafton, MA – Banner Beer Company is pleased to announce the release of their cold weather seasonal beer. Banner All Nighter Ale will hit shelves on Dec. 12th. Named for the last log to be put on the fire during a cold winter night, All Nighter is an ESB style beer that has sustaining rich… Read more »
Hood River, Oregon — Throughout the past few months the World Beer Award judges throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas have been diligently running blind tastings to select the very best beers within eight internationally recognized beer styles. These awards acknowledge the best in each region and then in the world. The results were then… Read more »
The agreements mark the first commercial movement from a potentially disruptive contract brewer with an ambitious model — one that has the flexibility to work with both emerging and well-established breweries.
