Craft beer industry news.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Narragansett Beer announces today the release of its limited-edition Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout, a unique collaboration between two iconic Rhode Island companies. A custom blend of Narragansett’s bittersweet milk stout with dark, delicious Autocrat Coffee makes for a delightful beer that is more Rhode Island than Roger Williams himself. Since the 1890’s, Narragansett Beer… Read more »
LEWISTON — AUBURN, MAINE: Baxter Brewing Company, the acclaimed all-cans craft brewery in Lewiston, Maine that was the first of its kind in New England, will be available throughout northern New England in convenient 12-can boxes, beginning in January. “People have been asking for this option from the very beginning,” explained Luke Livingston, Baxter’s founder… Read more »
SIERRA MADRE, CA —— Combining a love of craft beers and concern for the environment, two local entrepreneurs recently launched a mobile beer-canning business that allows small-scale brewers to package and distribute their beverages in a way normally only available to much larger competitors. Greg Kinne and Mike Nalick, co-owners of Sierra Madre-based Beer Monks… Read more »
Montreal, Quebec – Glutenberg is proud to announce the inauguration of its new brewery in Montreal. This $2 million investment occurred two years only after the company was founded. Thanks to its new installations, Glutenberg will be able to respond to the increasing demand for its gluten-free beers in the United States. The US distribution… Read more »
St. Paul, MN — The Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA) has launched a new award designed to recognize outstanding achievements by a single brewery in the development and implementation of an innovative process (or processes) that supports sustainability in brewing. Breweries that have completed a sustainability project from January 2011 to present are… Read more »
Heading north up I-55 from its St. Louis home, 4 Hands Brewing Co. is blowing into the Windy City in 2014, bringing seven of its beers to Chicago, per an agreement with Wirtz Beverage of Illinois.
PORTLAND, ME — It takes great water to make great beer, so the Natural Resources Defense Council is teaming up with a half dozen of Maine’s most beloved craft brewers to launch a campaign in the state advocating for strong clean water safeguards. The Maine kickoff extends NRDC’s national “Brewers for Clean Water” campaign to… Read more »
CHARLOTTE, N.C.— In a strategic move to prepare for wholesale distribution of its award winning craft beer, Boone, NC-based Appalachian Mountain Brewery announced today it entered into a letter of intent to acquire North Carolina Natural Energy, Inc., a publicly traded company, (OTC:NCNE). North Carolina Natural Energy, Inc., a Florida Corporation headquartered in the foothills… Read more »
Over the past week, a number of small breweries inked new distribution deals aimed at strengthening each one’s home market presence. The Black Abbey Brewing Co., based in Nashville, Tenn., came to an agreement with BountyBev that will bring its beers to the state’s Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner Counties, according to the Nashville Post.
CHICAGO, IL — Premium adult beverages are providing momentum to the on-premise channel despite cautious consumers. Higher-priced spirits and beer categories in particular are growing in restaurants and bars, although the channel is slowing overall according to Technomic’s just-released 2013 BarTAB Report. The on-premise channel grew in total volume (0.7 percent) to reach 1.9 billion… Read more »
MILWAUKEE — Lakefront Brewery, Inc. has announced it will add a walk-up food counter featuring locally sourced products and extend its tour schedule to include weeknight tours from 4 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. The brewery’s Friday night fish fry will also be revamped, with all cooking and food operations to be taken over by the… Read more »
Just in Time for the Holidays: Fuller’s Introduces Limited Edition Vintage Ale Gift Pack Includes 4 bottles of internationally acclaimed Vintage Ale, each of a different vintage. Every year since 1997, Fuller’s Head Brewer John Keeling has combined the year’s finest malts and hops with Fuller’s proprietary yeast strain to produce a small quantity of… Read more »
ESCONDIDO, CA (Dec. 2, 2013) — Some things are just too good to deprive the world of. That ideal is the impetus for Stone Brewing Co. re-releasing its delicious and wildly popular Stone Smoked Porter w/Vanilla Bean. Previously bottled only once in 2012 as a 12-ounce special edition bottle run, the beer was an instant… Read more »
Irvine, CA — G.K. Skaggs would like to announce that they have teamed up with Young’s Market Company of Hawaii, San Miguel Brewery/Foundation, and the Filipino Consul General of Hawaii to set up emergency aid donation centers on the Hawaiian Islands in response to the devastating Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Young’s Market Company of… Read more »
