Craft beer industry news.
Nitro beers and milk stouts are niche categories, but that’s just fine if you ask Chris Lennert, the vice president of operations at Left Hand Brewing Company. “We’re still niche as an industry,” Lennert said.
San Diego, CA — Mission Brewery is now releasing two of its beers in a new 32-ounce can. The first quart can to be used by a US microbrewer, Mission’s quart “Cannons” hold the ambitious microbrewery’s increasingly popular Shipwrecked Double IPA and its hoppy new session beer, El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale. The quart cans… Read more »
Craft brewers are once again questioning the safety of plastic kegs after new reports of a keg explosion surfaced this week on an industry forum. On Tuesday, the Brewers Association (BA) — which moderates the forum — posted an anonymous note from a craft brewery which claimed to have recently experienced what was described as… Read more »
Clifton Park, NY — Break out the latkes, turducken and HE’BREW Beer┬«, it’s time to celebrate Chanukah (begins Wed., Nov. 27) and Thanksgiving (Thurs., Nov. 28) with Shmaltz Brewing Company! Overlapping for only the second time since President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a federal holiday — the last time it occurred was in 1888 and it… Read more »
MUKILTEO, WA — It’s been just about 10 years since Diamond Knot and Chehalis musician Mark Bittler paired up and presented a live, original score to “Metropolis,” the famed 1927 silent film. First played at the Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse in 2003, Bittler is excited to once again “Wow!” viewers with his score.
HERSHEY, PA — A backdrop proclaiming “Welcome to the Country” framed by towering kegs adorning the names of twelve local breweries set the stage for Jason Reimer, co-owner of The Brewery at Hershey and President of the new Hershey Harrisburg Craft Beer Country (HHCBC), to address an audience of over 100 beer enthusiasts at Appalachian… Read more »
Oskar Blues, the Longmont, Colo.-based craft brewery — which got its start as a brewpub and currently operates a number of restaurant operations throughout the Centennial State — today announced it will expand its “craft casual” CHUBurger concept to nearby Coors Field, the home of Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies.
Like the rest of the nation’s federal workers, operations at the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), have stalled. This means that no new breweries, products or labels can be approved by the TTB, preventing them from legally entering the marketplace, and the slowdown has the potential to sap the novelty-based trials that an ever-expanding suite of products and brands have engendered within the industry’s consumer base.
BROOKLYN, NY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recognized F.X. Matt Brewing Company Chairman and CEO Nick Matt for his leadership in growing the craft beer industry at a special Oktoberfest Celebration, Thursday, Oct. 3 at Brooklyn Brewery. Nick was awarded the “Pioneer in Industry Award.” This is the first award of its kind given by… Read more »
MILTON, Del. — American Beauty, the counterculture collaboration between Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and the Grateful Dead, will be hitting taps and shelves over the next few weeks.
ST. LOUIS — Budweiser’s Project 12 — the brewmaster innovation platform that resulted in the introduction of Budweiser Black Crown — is back with three new beers named for the ZIP codes where the beers were brewed, beginning Oct. 28.
Craft’s love affair with consumer choice, style variations and packaging options might give some distributors a headache, but the strategy has helped to shape a beer category that continues to grow at a double-digit clip. The introduction of new SKUs doesn’t seem to be slowing anytime soon: three of the country’s largest craft beer suppliers are preparing to launch a set of new packages.
KENT, Wash. — Just in time for cooler autumn weather, Airways Brewing Company is releasing a tropical treat for craft beer lovers throughout the Puget Sound area. A long-time favorite in the Airways Tap Room, Maylani’s Coconut Stout will be now be available from October to April in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and on… Read more »
EXETER, R.I. — In 2007, Matt Richardson and Joel Littlefield founded Ocean State Hops, Rhode Island’s first commercial hop farm. As their mission statement declares, these home brewing brothers-in-law were fueled by a passion to cram as many hops into each batch of beer as humanly possible and supply other brewers looking to quench their… Read more »
