Craft beer industry news.
PORTLAND, OR. — Where can you drink rare and unique beers, raise money for local charities, sing “Happy Birthday” to an impish octogenarian, and pet puppies at the same time? At the 8th annual FredFest, of course!
BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Ball Corporation’s board of directors today elected John A. Hayes, the company’s president and chief executive officer, as chairman of the board. R. David Hoover, who had been chairman since 2002, will remain on the board as a director.
San Francisco, New York, Beyond! —Behold the return of a long-awaited friend, now permanent member of Shmaltz Brewing’s seasonal mishpocha:REJEWVENATOR 2013!
With an ever-growing selection of creative brews with innovative combinations of hop varieties, specialty malts, and imaginative flavor adjuncts, the contributions of one very important ingredient are often overlooked by lovers of American craft beer — yeast.
SAN DIEGO — Karl Strauss Brewing Company is partnering with the coalition of independent distributors dubbed “The Attenuators Network” to manage a growing portion of its on and off-premise distribution throughout Southern California.
DURANGO, Colo. — Firkin Fridays continues at Steamworks Brewing Co. on Friday, May 3, 2013, with the introduction of a unique brew: “Cherry Cinders.” The firkin cask will be tapped at 3 p.m.
Craft beer sales in the Bay State continued to climb in 2012, according to new data from the Beer Distributors of Massachusetts, a trade association advocating on behalf of family-owned wholesalers. Beer sales to Massachusetts distributors totaled 4,169,941 barrels (57,378,387 cases) for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2012. But a closer look at the… Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS — The Brewers of Indiana Guild (B.I.G.) held its annual meeting on Saturday, April 20th at Sun King Brewing Company in Indianapolis. Founded in 2000, B.I.G. is a unified voice for craft brewers in Indiana and represents all of its 63 breweries.
CHICAGO — Join us during Chicago Craft Beer Week for an evening celebrating the Chicago’s Women of Craft Beer at Riverview Tavern in Roscoe Village.
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Stone Brewing Co. is pleased to announce that, beginning May 13, the San Diego, California brewing company’s beers will be available in bars, restaurants and retail outlets in Puerto Rico for the very first time. Known for its flavorful and hop-centric ales, Stone will distribute its bold beers throughout the Isle of… Read more »
HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y. — CB Brewing Company has launched a Facebook Photo Contest that is running April 18-May 5, 2013. The theme for the photo contest is “Are You the Face of American Craft Beer?”
NEWBURYPORT, MA — The Newburyport Brewing Company(TM), Massachusetts’ only all-can and keg craft brewery, announced today that it is partnering with Boston’s premier comedian, Dave Russo, to bring an evening of comedy featuring Lenny Clarke to the South Shore Music Hall in Quincy on Friday, May 31, 2013.
Hundreds of brewers flocked to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. last month in an effort to update the federal beer excise tax. Although most of the brewers were in town for the Craft Brewers Conference, they didn’t waste an opportunity to voice their opinions to legislators. Bill Covaleski, brewmaster and president of Victory Brewing Company, was one of those brewers at The Hill.
The Harpoon Brewery will host its first of three “Brewed For Boston” fundraiser events for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings tonight, beginning at 6 P.M. The special events, happening at the Harpoon Brewery Beer Hall (located at 306 Northern Ave., Boston, Mass.) are scheduled to place between 6 P.M. — 9 P.M. on each… Read more »
