Craft beer industry news.
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 »
ALEXANDRIA, VA — National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) President & CEO Craig Purser is pleased to announce that veteran government affairs professional Laurie L. Knight will join NBWA as the Executive Vice President, Government Affairs. In that position, she will lead the association’s lobbying team, direct the association’s federal advocacy efforts and play a key… Read more »
ATLANTA — According to the American Homebrewers Association, nearly one million Americans brew beer at home at least once during the year. To support the fast-growing craft beer movement in Atlanta and in the southeast, Publik Draft House (P.D.H.), in partnership with Atlanta Magazine and Monday Night Brewing, announces the Great Southern Craft Beer Competition…. Read more »
Longmont, Colo & Brevard, NC. – James Watt and Martin Dickie, owners of the UK’s fastest-growing brewery, travel across America visiting different American beer towns, celebrating distinctive craft beers and creating their own locally-inspired drafts on Esquire Network’s new show Brew Dogs. Join James & Martin as they visit Oskar Blues’ Brewery, Hops & Heifers… Read more »
Virginia – This November, through its partnership with Brown Distributing, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery will introduce its portfolio of beers to select restaurants and stores in northern Virginia. Jacob Brunow, head of the Craft and Import Department at Brown says “we are ecstatic about representing our hometown beer in new markets,” adding “to us, Hardywood… Read more »
