Craft beer industry news.
SAVANNAH, GA — Tamp & Tap — a celebration of local collaborations will be held Saturday, January 11, 2014 from 1-4 PM. The event will be at PERC’s new facility located at 1802 East Broad Street. The event will feature collaborations from many local companies including the premier of Southbound Brewing Co.’s newest beer, Moonlight… Read more »
New Belgium will distribute throughout Alabama beginning in January after signing agreements with four wholesalers in the state. The addition of Alabama will expand the brewery’s footprint to 36 states. The northern, southwestern, south central and east central territories of the state will be handled by Supreme Beverage, Gulf Distributing, Allstate Beverage and Premium Beverage,… Read more »
LOS ANGELES, CA — Drinks Americas (OTC: DKAM) is a leading U.S. broker for authentic Mexican Beer. Their leading brand Day of the Dead Craft Beer showcases the original art work of well known Southwest artist. The eye catching creative label design has contributed to the extremely fast response from the marketplace. Day of the… Read more »
Graham Mackay, the creator and chairman of SABMiller Plc, passed away this morning at the age of 64, according to Bloomberg. Native to South Africa, Mackay stepped down from his post as chief executive officer after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor in April. Last year, Mackay spoke about the rise of craft and… Read more »
Dogfish Head has inked an agreement with Indiana Beverage for distribution throughout the state’s 24 counties. It’s the first new contract in the state for the brewery, but additional agreements with wholesalers will be finalized early in the New Year, according to a brief announcement posted on Dogfish’s blog. It adds that Dogfish beers could… Read more »
LA VISTA, NE — Lucky Bucket Brewing Company is happy to announce the release of two new brews as a part of its Single Batch Series; Beyond the Pail, a Belgian Pale Ale, and the anticipated return of El Mastodon, an American Barleywine. This is the first year Lucky Bucket has produced the Beyond the… Read more »
After more than four years of spearheading sales for fast-growing the Eugene, Ore. craft brewery Ninkasi Brewing, Marty Ochs is out as the company’s national sales director. “I gave Ninkasi everything I had and I absolutely lived and breathed the brand,” he told Brewbound. “This is the nature of the industry and this is what… Read more »
A new report from on-premise insights firm Restaurant Sciences LLC, indicates that craft beer sales have declined sharply over the last three months, but other industry sources say that’s not the case. Restaurant Sciences — which tracks food and beverage products sales throughout North America — said that volumes sales of craft beer in September,… Read more »
EVANSTON, IL — Temperance Beer Company, Evanston’s first craft brewery, will debut its Tap Room on Friday, December 20, giving beer enthusiasts an opportunity to drink one of the brewery’s unique offerings within feet of where it’s brewed. Located at 2000 Dempster St., the 2,000-square-foot Tap Room was designed by brewery founder and architect, Josh… Read more »
This time of year, when the temperature starts droppin’, we bust out our dark and wintry Limited Release Foreign Style Stout to warm ya up! Okay, so the weather’s been quite warm and pleasant around here this week, but who says you can’t drink stouts in 60 degrees? Not us! Help us welcome back this… Read more »
BOSTON, MA — Today, The Boston Company announced that David Rocco has joined the Operations Department as Senior Director of Supply Chain, with responsibilities for planning, customer service, order fulfillment and freshest beer operations. David brings 25 years of supply chain experience from Staples, Accenture, and Quaker/Pepsi where most recently he has led changes and… Read more »
Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Brewery is looking for inspired artists for a special project as part of its events for Kalamazoo Beer Week 2014. Beginning Dec. 17, Bell’s will accept designs from fans for a Bell’s or craft beer related mosaic to be assembled with bottle caps during a KBW event in January. Designs must… Read more »
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Bell’s beer is flowing at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids and a grand opening for the new Bell’s bar will be held on Dec. 18 at 10 a.m. Bell’s Brewery, Inc. partnered with Maryland-based HMSHost, who manages and operates the bar, to recreate the look and feel… Read more »
EUGENE, OR —Ninkasi Brewing Company announces the release of its Dawn of the Red, an India Red Ale, to store shelves and on-draft January through April 2014. Crafted as part of Ninkasi’s Special Release Series, this beer embodies all aspects of the creative process that goes in to each and every Ninkasi brew — from… Read more »
