Craft beer industry news.
It’s an ambitious endeavor, but Sierra Nevada Brewing will celebrate the opening of its new Mills River, N.C. brewery with one of the largest collaborative undertakings the craft beer industry has ever witnessed. The Chico, Calif.-based company announced Monday, plans to partner with 12 U.S. craft breweries on the creation of a ‘Beer Camp Across… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY — Dos Equis, the fastest growing premium Mexican beer in the U.S., is unveiling the details of this fall’s Masquerade program that will hit retail and on-premise accounts beginning September 1st. Set to coincide with this fall’s entertaining season, Dos Equis Masquerade entices consumers, 21 and older, to take their Halloween celebrations… Read more »
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) — which produces and markets the Redhook, Kona, Widmer Brothers and Omission Beer brands — today announced a new partnership with theCHIVE.com, a popular entertainment website known for featuring salacious photo galleries of scantily-clad women and humorous viral videos.
Beer drinkers rejoice as Saranac’s 125th Anniversary Celebration packs have shipped and are popping up on store shelves. In commemoration of F.X. Matt Brewing Company’s 125th anniversary, these limited time packages include 12 Saranac beers with a bonus pint of the new Legacy IPA.
ESCONDIDO, CA — What happens when a rabid beer geek and a passionate homebrewer get together to brew? Well, in 1996, Greg Koch and Steve Wagner started Stone Brewing Co., that’s what. Okay, here’s another oneÔǪwhat happens when, 17 years later, a brewing professional, a passionate homebrewer, and an all-around beer geek get together to… Read more »
San Jose, CA — The U.S. Open Beer Championships just announced the 2013 competition results, and Strike Brewing Co.’s Imperial Red won the gold medal in the Irish Red Ale category. The U.S. Open Beer Championships were held in Atlanta, GA. For 2013, over 2,500 beers were entered in 68 different categories.
In an effort to expand its distribution footprint to include all 50 states by 2018, New Belgium Brewing today announced plans to begin selling beer in Delaware on August 19. The Fort Collins-based craft brewery has signed an agreement with N.K.S. Distributors, a member of the Anheuser-Busch wholesaler network.
Honeoye Falls, NY — CB Brewing Company has joined the fight to cure ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) with breweries across the country. Ales for ALS (www.alsforals.com) is a national program designed to raise awareness and provide funding for the ALS Therapy Development Institute. With hops provided free of charge by Loftus Ranch, WA and Hop… Read more »
Hood River, OR — July is Oregon Craft Beer Month and to celebrate Full Sail Brewing will release a new beer in their Brewer’s Share Experimental line up: “Faria’s Clara,” helles lager crafted by Brewer Francisco Farias Martinez.
Eighty years ago when the Silver Grill Café opened in Fort Collins, 1933 was a pivotal year for local beer drinking. Prohibition was in full-force in the town of 11,000. Later that year, laws eased and drinking beer and liquor became legal. Today, with Prohibition a faded memory and micro-brewing a leading local industry, FCB… Read more »
Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii — The golden hues of Kona Brewing Company’s Big Wave Golden Ale are shining a little brighter this week as it brought home a gold medal from the2013 U.S. Open Beer Championship held in Atlanta, GA this past weekend. Judges at the competition sampled more than 2,500 beers from 68… Read more »
SEATTLE — Redhook Brewery, the Northwest’s original craft brew, announced today the release of “Joint Effort,” a new hemp beer brewed in collaboration with Seattle’s Hilliard’s Beer that celebrates the legalization of marijuana in Washington State.*
Don’t miss the Fourth Annual Brew at the Zoo! Brew at the Zoo is a “beer tasting” event that features stations hosted by local breweries and restaurants – as well as an opportunity to stroll amongst the animals in the zoo’s signature Tropical Forest Pavilion, which is home to ring-tailed lemurs, ocelots, Baird’s tapirs, a pygmy hippo, free-flight birds and many other species.
Rumors can spread quickly in the beer business. In May, when New Belgium brewing announced an adjusted construction timeline for its secondary brewing facility in Asheville, NC, the chatter began. Was the move to a 100 percent employee-owned business model the wrong decision? Would the Asheville brewery even open? Had Fat Tire sales gone flat?
