Craft beer industry news.
It didn’t take long for Bell’s Brewery founder Larry Bell to break ground on his new side project, Upper Hand Brewery. Bell’s, currently the country’s 7th biggest craft beer company, today announced that it broke ground on a new $1.3 million “state of the art craft brewery and bottling facility” located at the Delta County… Read more »
DENVER, CO — The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) and the Brewers Association (BA) are pleased to announce that DeCrescente Distributing Company of Mechanicville, New York, has been selected as the 2013 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year. The award, now in its seventh year, recognizes the beer distributor who does the most to market,… Read more »
San Jose, Calif. — The products of Howe Sound Brewing Company will be the first of 2X4 Brewing & Imports portfolio to be distributed by Young’s Market Company in California. Products from Parallel 49 Brewing Company and others as part of the “Canada’s Select Brews Ôäó” established by 2X4 will soon follow.
Green Bay, WI. — The Beverage Testing Institute (Chicago, IL) has awarded Green Bay’s Stillmank Beer Company a Silver Medal in the 2013 specialty beer category of the World Beer Championships. The blind judging panel seated in Chicago, IL on August 26th, 2013 has selected Stillmank’s amber ale known as Wisco Disco for this distinction…. Read more »
ATLANTA — Georgia’s largest craft brewery brought home a gold from the nation’s touted “Super Bowl of Beer Festivals” held in Denver, CO throughout the weekend. During Saturday’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) award ceremony, the SweetWater team was presented with a gold medal in the Rye Beer category for their LowRYEder India Pale Ale.
Bozeman, MT — Bozeman Brewing Company has expanded its canning operations to included Bozone Hefeweizen, Hopzone IPA and Bozone Plum St Porter in 12-ounce aluminum cans. These three favorites join the award-winning Bozone Select Amber Ale on store shelves across Southwest Montana. The six-packs are also available at the brewery and flow on tap alongside… Read more »
New Belgium Brewing is once again expanding its distribution footprint, this time to Ohio. The country’s third largest craft brewery today announced that it has signed agreements with a mix of nine different Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors wholesalers.
San Francisco, CA — Today, Anchor Brewing Company announces the release of the fifth brew in their Zymaster┬« series, Harvest One American Pale Ale. It’s hard to imagine that the Cascade hop, today one of craft brewing’s most popular hop varieties, was ever new. Yet this distinctively aromatic hop, developed in Oregon by the USDA’s… Read more »
(LONGMONT, CO) — Four weeks ago, 3 inches was all that remained between a flood disaster and a dodged bullet for Left Hand Brewing Company. On Saturday morning, the number 3 proved its good luck again for the brewery – this time with 3 Gold Medals for Sawtooth Ale, Milk Stout, and Fade to Black… Read more »
Chelsea, MA — Mystic Brewery received a gold medal in the 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest national beer competition that recognizes the most outstanding beers produced in the United States. The top three winners in the competition’s 84 beer-style categories were announced October 13… Read more »
Boulder, CO —The 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 252 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, including GABF Pro-Am medals. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence. In its 27th year, the 2013… Read more »
Over the years, the Boston Beer Company founder has dabbled in the space, sure. The company released its first “Boston IPA,” an English style made with the Fuggle and East Kent Golding hop varietals, in the 1990s. It’s played with hops over the years, rolling out offerings like Latitude 48, Whitewater IPA, Third Voyage Double IPA, even a mixed-IPA variety pack.
(COOPERSTOWN, NY) — The hottest news coming out of the Great American Beer Festival’s first session on Thursday, October 10 was the announcement of the third beer in the Game of Thrones-inspired series from Brewery Ommegang and HBO. Fire and Blood Red Ale, inspired by House Targaryen, follows Iron Throne Blonde Ale (Spring 2013) and… Read more »
Demand continues to balloon at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the Brewers Association (B.A.), which runs the event, will add more breweries or beer drinkers. “Demand for the festival, demand for the competition was huge this year,” said Paul Gatza, the B.A.’s director.
