Craft beer industry news.
Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii – Kona Brewing Company has announced it will add three new states – Kentucky, Michigan and Wisconsin – to its distribution lineup this month. Kona Brewing’s flagship Longboard Island Lager, and Big Wave Golden Ale will be available year round in 6-pack bottles and on draught throughout the new states…. Read more »
Santa Barbara, CA — Telegraph Brewing Company announced today that their award winning beers are now available in Washington State through Seattle-based Orcas Distributing Ltd. “The Pacific Northwest is one of the most vibrant craft beer markets in the country,” said founder and CEO Brian Thompson, “this move marks a major milestone for our company.”… Read more »
Chicago, IL — The Illinois craft beer market is poised to get even more exciting on Jan. 6 when brewery Ale Asylum launches statewide with distributor partner Wirtz Beverage Illinois. Tapping into a new market, it will be the first time the well-loved and widely sought-after Ale Asylum is available outside of Wisconsin. The Madison-based… Read more »
LOS ANGELES, CA — Drinks Americas (OTC: DKAM) is a leading U.S. broker for authentic Mexican craft beer. The Company’s mission is to identify and invest the majority of our brand-building resources on those with the greatest growth potential such as Day of the Dead Craft Beer, which proves to be right on trend. Drinks… Read more »
BOSTON, MA — The brewers at Samuel Adams are ushering in the new year with a new spring beer—Samuel Adams Cold Snap—the newest addition to the brewery’s popular seasonal beer collection. Brewed for spring’s transition away from the hearty brews of winter to the bright, lighter-bodied beers of summer, Cold Snap is the brewers’ take… Read more »
San Francisco, CA — Anchor Brewing Company announces the release and final selling season of Anchor Bock┬« Beer, a seasonal interpretation of the strong German beers that mark the beginning of spring. Each year, breweries in Germany celebrate the coming of spring with a strong, flavorful beer. Anchor Bock Beer, a dark satiny brew with… Read more »
Coronado, CA — Hoppy Daze Belgian IPA, part of the Crown Series from Coronado Brewing, is making its way to craft beer drinkers across the country beginning in January 2014. Hoppy Daze pours golden with a slight fruit tart aroma in the nose with the beer’s flavors coming from Coronado’s special Belgian yeast blend, Czech… Read more »
SEATTLE, WA — Two Beers Brewing, Seattle Cider Company and New Belgium Brewing have joined forces to create a one-of-a-kind graff, a unique style combining unexpected hops and malt with small batch cider from Washington state. Coined GRAFF(T) — a nod to the style of beer as well as the process of bonding a shoot… Read more »
Paso Robles, CA – Firestone Walker Brewing Company is set to release its first Proprietor’s Vintage Series beer of 2014 with the return of ┬ºucaba, a barrel-aged English barleywine that remains confoundingly unpronounceable yet eminently drinkable. ┬ºucaba was one of the first components created as part of Firestone Walker’s annual barrel-aged Anniversary Ale blend starting… Read more »
Boulder, CO – In honor of Colorado’s history making new laws, tomorrow, Saturday, January 4 at 4:20 PM, West Flanders Brewing (1125 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO) is releasing Recreational Smoke. A homegrown, fully legal, American-style porter, Recreational Smoke is enhanced with beechwood smoked malts from Bamburg, Germany. These specialty grains are paired with an array… Read more »
Longmont, CO.,— Oskar Blues has announced the launch of the Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul markets in the great state of Minnesota and will partner with the Original Gravity group of distributors consisting of Capitol Beverage Sales, Thorpe Distributing, College City Beverage and C&L Distributing.
For aspiring business owners in Henderson, Nev., starting a tavern or brewpub can be a financial risk akin to a long night of roulette in nearby Las Vegas. CraftHaus Brewery, however, has successfully worked with the city to amend brewpub licensing in hopes of making that bet a whole lot safer for would-be entrepreneurs.
If today’s press release from Oskar Blues is any indication, competition in the craft beer category is poised to heat up in the New Year. The Longmont, Colo.-based craft brewery — which also owns and operates a secondary production facility in Brevard, NC — today announced plans to get more aggressive with its distribution efforts in 2014 and, to start the year, Oskar Blues said will expand into five new states
Dover, DE — Fordham Brewing is resetting their core lineup beginning in February of 2014. Three new core beers, the Rinse and Repeat series, focus on sessionability. None of the beers will clock in at higher than 5.0% ABV. The first, Gypsy Lager, is a Munich-style Helles brewed in the tradition of great German lagers…. Read more »
