Craft beer industry news.
Minneapolis, MN – It’s nearly February, and fans of coffee stouts already know that means the return of War & Peace is imminent. Beginning at noon on Saturday in our taproom, it will be available — as is the case with all Garage Series — for a very limited period of time.
PORTLAND, Ore. (Jan. 29, 2014) — With Valentine’s Day on the way and spring on the horizon, Portland Brewing has brewed up something special — Rose Hip Gold. Much like the beauty of the rose itself, with its prickly thorns, this delicate Belgian-style Ale has notes of fruit and spice along with a little citrusy… Read more »
LAS VEGAS — The 2014 Great Vegas Festival of Beer, Nevada’s largest independent craft beer festival, is joining the ranks of Downtown Las Vegas’ bustling community and introducing major upgrades when it hits the revitalized Fremont East Entertainment District on Saturday, April 26, 2014.
AURORA, CO — Last year, Aurora’s Dry Dock Brewing nearly quadrupled its production numbers, jumping from 3,273 barrels in 2012 to 12,000 barrels in 2013. This increase comes with Dry Dock’s new 30,000-square-foot production facility, North Dock, at 2801 Tower Road.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Flat 12 Bierwerks, an Indianapolis based craft brewery, announces its lease agreement and intent to establish a location on the riverfront in downtown Jeffersonville, Indiana. The location, at 130 W Riverside Dr., will feature a taproom spotlighting Flat 12 brewery creations.
Earlier this month, Anheuser-Busch InBev shared a glimpse of its plans for 3 ┬¢ minutes of commercial airtime during this Sunday’s Super Bowl. With five total ads, the beer giant will debut a new slogan, a re-closeable aluminum bottle, and trot out its famous Clydesdale horses for a “Hero’s Welcome” dedicated to American troops returning… Read more »
Add Founders Brewing to the growing list of craft breweries now producing more than 100,000 barrels annually (there’s 30 of them). The Grand Rapids, Mich,-based brewery cranked out 111,000 barrels in 2013, a 63-percent uptick from the 70,800 it produced in 2012. In fact, over the last six years, Founders has averaged a compounded annual… Read more »
CORK AND CARLOW, Ireland – Ever wonder how the Irish celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Wearing green, having large feasts and drinking pints of the Emerald Isle’s greatest consumable goods: Irish beer.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Summit Brewing Company today announces the release of Frost Line Rye, an in-between-seasons seasonal beer for late winter. Frost Line Rye will be available in beer coolers and pubs the week of January 27th.
FAIRFIELD, CALIF.—When candy makers at Jelly Belly Candy Company set out to create the world’s first beer flavored jelly bean, the question wasn’t how; it was what. Ale or Lager? Stout? Lambic? Pilsner?
PORTLAND, Ore. — Zwickelmania, the annual one-day event in Oregon when breweries open their doors to the casual and hardcore beer fans, lands on Saturday, Feb. 15 this year — the day after Valentine’s Day — from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. An expected 100 breweries, both big and small, are participating with meet the… Read more »
Hood River, OR – In the 1990s, a master distiller visiting from Scotland, and a Brewmaster from a small brewery in Hood River, serendipitously crossed paths. Over a pint or two, they shared their labors of love and pondered a rather intriguing question: what would happen if beer and distilled spirits met somewhere along the… Read more »
Manhattan Beer Distributors, one of the country’s largest beer wholesalers, is taking a harder look at the cider category. The Bronx, NY-based wholesaler confirmed today that it has acquired the distribution rights to Woodchuck Hard Cider, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the C&C Group which also produces and markets the Magners, Hornsby’s and Blackthorn cider brands… Read more »
Green Flash Brewing Co. today announced its plans to expand distribution in Michigan in an effort to meet statewide demand. The San Diego-based brewery, which entered southern parts of the state in October, has inked deals with each of the 11 distributors that make up a statewide beer distribution network known as the M1 Group.
