Craft beer industry news.
LONGMONT, Colo. — Oskar Blues Brewery and Auburn University have forged a historic partnership to create a new graduate-level certificate in Brewing Science and Operations. Dale Katechis, founder of Oskar Blues, is a legacy alumnus of Auburn. Dale, his dad, and his older brother all matriculated at the Alabama university.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Drake’s Brewing Company and Beachwood Brewing Brewmasters John Gillooly and Julian Shrago have much in common when it comes to brewing hoppy beers.
MAGH SLECHT, Ireland — Celebrating ancient Celtic traditions, Guinness & Co. today announced that GUINNESS┬« Red Harvest Stout, a new, limited edition seasonal beer, will be available in the United States this fall.
BEND, Ore. — When the crispness of fall starts to fill the air, Jubelale starts to show up on shelves and tap handles. Dark and malty, layered flavors unwrap to reveal chicory and earth notes and a hoppy kick to finish.
WASHINGTON — Through the sheer economic output of brewing and beer importing, more than two million Americans are at work in jobs linked to the beer industry, the Beer Institute announced ahead of this year’s Labor Day holiday.
Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s first craft brewery, will begin distributing in Iowa this September. The brewery has partnered with local wholesaler Johnson Brothers of Iowa to enact statewide distribution.
SAN ANTONIO — Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling is no stranger to barrel aging. Four of their previous Small Batch beer releases have been barrel aged, and of course they use barrels to age their Texas whiskey. However, their newest release is perhaps their greatest barrel aged accomplishment to date. They have patiently waited for… Read more »
BELLAIRE, Mich. — Short’s Brewing Company, Northern Michigan’s largest craft brewery, today announced it has purchased 538,552 kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy credits (RECs) generated by wind farms across America.
SEATTLE — Today, Two Beers Brewing announced the release of its most anticipated beer — Fresh Hop Ale — has been scheduled for this Friday, August 30 at The Woods tasting room in SoDo.
The craft beer category may be poised for its eighth consecutive year of double-digit dollar sales growth in U.S. supermarkets — recent IRI data pegs it up 15.3 percent through July 14 — but the figure is just one small brush stroke in a larger portrait of craft’s ongoing, upward surge.
WILMINGTON, Del. — On Saturday, September 7, beginning at 1 p.m., all 10 regional Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant locations will celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of a new season with the annual release of The Great Imperial Pumpkin Ale.
Oskar Blues, which has experienced 198 percent growth from 2010 to 2012, according to the company, has blossomed into the second largest craft brewery in Colorado. This rapid growth has landed the brewery a spot on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list for the fourth year.
FREDERICK, Md. — In an effort to further Maryland’s burgeoning hop growing industry, Flying Dog Brewery held the state’s first hop selection Monday, August 26.
MONTVILLE, Conn. — Sun BrewFest returns to Mohegan Sun this October for a celebration of one of the oldest, most finely crafted beverages of them all: Beer. Sun BrewFest offers evening tasting sessions on Friday, October 4th and Saturday, October 5th in the Uncas Ballroom. New this year will be a Sunday morning BrewBrunch on… Read more »
