Craft beer industry news.
There’s beer on the brain in Bentonville. Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, has said it wants to double its alcohol sales by 2016. One area of the store Walmart would like to see customers spending more time is the beer aisle.
OMAHA, NE – The Celiac Sprue Association (CSA), the largest non-profit celiac support group in America, today announced that Omission Beer has met stringent requirements for earning the organization’s Recognition Seal. The CSA Seal, currently found on more than 1100 product brands, embodies the CSA’s commitment to a consistent, meaningful, and verifiable definition of products… Read more »
Massachusetts craft brewers who want more freedom to switch wholesalers are pushing for legislative change to what they believe are outdated beer distribution laws. The proposed House Bill 267 seeks to give brewers more power over their distribution rights. If passed, it will allow small brewers to easily opt out of relationships with wholesalers, a… Read more »
SAN JOSE, CA — Scott Fore, President of 2×4 Brewing & Imports LLC, is pleased to announce the recent signing of nine (9) new states and the District of Columbia with distributors to represent Canadian craft beers and ciders imported by 2X4 Brewing & Imports, LLC, under its Canada‘s Select BrewsÔäó portfolio. The following states… Read more »
HOUSTON, TX — As supplies of Saint Arnold Icon Gold diminish, the Houston brewery is greeting craft beer fans with a new offering from the Saint Arnold Icon series: Icon Red, a Bohemian Pils. Saint Arnold Brewing Co. (www.saintarnold.com), the oldest craft brewery in Texas, is gradually releasing the light and refreshing brew in 4-packs… Read more »
Portland, OR — The Commons Brewery has partnered with Morgan Distributing in Oregon. Morgan will distribute The Commons Brewery beers in package and draft throughout Oregon beginning January 1, 2014. “The plan from the beginning was to self distribute until it was no longer reasonable to do. With two years of self distribution under our… Read more »
The stage has been set for a classic Western shootout, but it’s not about Arizona horse rustlin’ — it’s about Arizona beer distributin’. The showdown is over North Coast Brewing, which is attempting to switch from its current distributor, Crescent Crown Distributing, to Hensley Beverage Company.
Santee, CA – To help get you into the Holiday Spirit, Manzanita Brewing Company has brewed up their 2013 edition of Night Before Christmas. With a unique blend of roasted and chocolate malts from England and peppermint added late in the brewing process, we have created a stout that is prefect for the holiday season…. Read more »
Boulder, Colorado — Twisted Pine Brewing Company has announced the launch of the Hopularity Contest, a homebrew competition that will award one victorious brewer with the opportunity to brew their winning recipe to production scale alongside Twisted Pine’s brewers. Local homebrewers are encouraged to bring their favorite hop-forward beer to Twisted Pine’s ale house by… Read more »
Denver, CO – In early 2014, to kick off its 20th anniversary year, Great Divide Brewing Company will release Lasso IPA, a beer the brewery deems “the new frontier of India Pale Ale.” While Lasso makes its debut at 5% ABV, the lowest in the Great Divide portfolio, this Wild West-inspired beer is anything but… Read more »
The continued maturation of the craft beer category has enabled the Brewers Association (BA) — a not-for-profit trade association representing the interests of craft brewers — to expand. After nearly three decades at 736 Pearl Street in Boulder, Colo., the BA, which currently employs 47 staff members, will relocate its headquarters to a new, $4… Read more »
STEVENS POINT, WIS. – Point 2012 Black Ale has another award for its trophy case, this time an international gold medal from the 2013 Brussels Beer Challenge in Belgium. The award-winning dark ale brewed by Wisconsin’s Stevens Point Brewery won the gold in the Dark/Dunkel Lager (including Schwarzbier) category at the competition, held November 1-3… Read more »
Colorado Springs, CO – Durango Brewing Company was recognized earlier this month with two Gold Medals at the All Colorado Beer Festival held in Colorado Springs, CO. Durango Brewing Company was the only brewery to receive two medals at this annual event. This marks the second year in a row that Durango Brewing won a… Read more »
Vista, CA — November 15, 2013 — Mother Earth Brew Co. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Stone Distributing to carry and distribute Mother Earth’s beers throughout the Stone Distributing Territory. The recent addition of equipment and staff has increased Mother Earth’s production by well over 200% providing… Read more »
