Craft beer industry news.
ST. LOUIS, MO — This National Lager Day, Dec. 10, Anheuser-Busch will raise a toast to America’s most preferred style of beer, and for good reason. With ever-increasing interest in beers and brewing, adults still say that lager is their favorite type of beer, according to a new survey conducted by the brewer and KRC… Read more »
San Diego, California — Mission Brewery’s 32-ounce “cannons” of Shipwrecked Double IPA and El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale are now in seven new states. “I guess it’s true: Americans like big cans,” says Martin Saylor, Mission Brewery’s national-sales director. “The quarts have been a hit for us and now our distributors in our other states… Read more »
Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Brewery, Inc. and the Kalamazoo Wings invite the southwest Michigan community to the first ever Bell’s Brewery Blue Ice Weekend featuring Winter White Ale on Dec. 20th and 21st at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Wings will take on the Toledo Walleye both nights on ice dyed blue in celebration… Read more »
Grafton, MA – Banner Beer Company is pleased to announce the release of their cold weather seasonal beer. Banner All Nighter Ale will hit shelves on Dec. 12th. Named for the last log to be put on the fire during a cold winter night, All Nighter is an ESB style beer that has sustaining rich… Read more »
Hood River, Oregon — Throughout the past few months the World Beer Award judges throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas have been diligently running blind tastings to select the very best beers within eight internationally recognized beer styles. These awards acknowledge the best in each region and then in the world. The results were then… Read more »
The agreements mark the first commercial movement from a potentially disruptive contract brewer with an ambitious model — one that has the flexibility to work with both emerging and well-established breweries.
As Dogfish Head’s supply catches up to demand, the Milton, Del.-based brewery continues to announce details on its re-entry into states that it had exited in March 2011. In a blog entry posted today on the brewery’s website, a Dogfish Head spokesperson writes that beer is on the way to wholesalers in Wisconsin and will… Read more »
For decades, wine was the pinnacle of class. Those who sought not just taste, but also considered region and age in their glass weren’t merely drinkers, but connoisseurs. That inherent sophistication had long been absent in beer, which was mostly inexpensive and uniform in flavor. In recent times, however, craft beer is often viewed as… Read more »
COMSTOCK, MI —Bell’s Brewery, Inc. invites members of the media to attend an unveiling of “From Seed to the Senses” at its Comstock Brewery on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. The wood sculpture is eleven-and-a-half feet tall by four feet wide and weighs approximately 1,400 pounds. It was created by Rockford-Illinois based artist Salem… Read more »
Bloomington, IL — In a new agreement announced today, DESTIHL┬« Brewery, of Bloomington, Illinois, and Quail Distributing, of Phoenix, will join forces to distribute DESTIHL’s acclaimed and award-winning craft beer brands throughout the State of Arizona. “The agreement with Quail represents an exciting opportunity for DESTIHL beers to be available outside the Midwest for the… Read more »
ALEXANDRIA, VA — On Thursday, America’s beer distributors will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, which repealed Prohibition and established today’s effective system of state-based alcohol regulation. An NBWA video playing in New York City’s Times Square highlights this historic anniversary. On December 5, 1933,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — This Dec. 5, Repeal Day, marks the 80th anniversary of the end of Prohibition with ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. Today, beer is the most-popular alcohol beverage choice for American adults, and is welcome at nearly every occasion. In turn, the brewing and beer industry is a major contributor… Read more »
The 21st Amendment Brewery announced today that Ted Whitney has joined the team as their new Director of Sales. Ted comes from the great Boulder, Colorado-based Avery Brewing Company where he worked for nearly seven years, most recently as their National Sales Director. Ted began a career in wine sales but he soon realized he… Read more »
SEATTLE, WA — Seattle Cider Company, Seattle’s first and only cidery since Prohibition, is excited to announce the release of its second seasonal cider. Available in 22-ounce bottles now through February, Seattle Cider’s New England style offers a unique flavor profile, fermented with brown sugar and raisins, and 9.5 ABV. This pre-Prohibition style cider joins… Read more »
