Craft beer industry news.
Three top 15 craft breweries today announced the first-ever release of their canned summer seasonal offerings. Boston Beer Company, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and Shipyard Brewing Company, ranked no. 1, no. 2 and no. 15 (respectively) on the Brewers Association Top 50 craft brewery list, plan to offer 12 oz. cans of their summer seasonal… Read more »
LANSING, Mich. — With the craft beer craze continuing to sweep the state of Michigan and summer approaching, Pure Michigan and Founders Brewing Co. have teamed up to give fans and craft beer enthusiasts a chance to pick a Founders beer style that best represents Pure Michigan.
The latest innovation in can packaging might pair best with a nude beach. It’s been dubbed the topless beer can, and it was unveiled by Crown Beverage Packaging at last month’s Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in Washington D.C.
UTICA, N.Y. — F.X. Matt Brewing Company’s craft beer, Saranac, will be featured among the state’s best at the 16th annual TAP(SM) New York beer and food festival, April 27 and 28 at Hunter Mountain.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Maine-based Sea Dog Brewing Company will open its second brew pub in Florida on Thursday, April 25. Its first location opened in Clearwater earlier this year.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Natian Brewery, a three year old microbrewery located in Portland, Oregon, is happy to announce that their Pacific Northwest ales will be ready for retail sale throughout Pennsylvania by early May.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The 3rd annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival will be held on June 8th and 9th during Portland Beer Week and feature over 25 participating breweries and more than 40 delicious beers. Highlighting the spectacular flavors and variety that fruit can offer from locally grown Oregon berries to exotic and rare you have never experienced anything like the Portland Fruit Beer Festival.
Brewery Ommegang’s season-long Facebook sweepstakes, part of its ongoing cross-promotion with HBO and the hit drama Game of Thrones, invites viewers to submit their recommendation after each episode on which character deserves a toast of Iron Throne Blonde Ale.
The country’s fifth-largest craft brewer, Deschutes Brewery, today announced that it has made its first contribution to a newly established of Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). The fund will allow those employees who are not part of the management team to benefit economically from building value in the company, said Deschutes CFO Peter Skrbek.
The pushing and shoving between The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) has subsided with an agreement that will likely close in June.
As part of a bill proposed to the Illinois House of Representatives this week, Anheuser-Busch has agreed to sell its 30 percent stake in City Beverage, the brewer’s largest Chicago-area distributor, according to The Chicago Tribune. The agreement alleviates concerns by some that Anheuser-Busch’s stake in the distributor would decrease the variety of beer sold to retailers.
Chicago, IL — Wirtz Beverage Group announced today a new National Leadership Team comprised of four company leaders. Danny Wirtz, Julian Burzynski, Art Wirtz and Ed Callison will all now serve as Executive Vice President. Under the new structure, each executive will oversee dedicated areas of business and the state affiliate teams in Illinois, Iowa,… Read more »
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Vermont Hard Cider Company, LLC, maker of the growing Woodchuck Hard Cider brand, is also growing its renewable energy use. Woodchuck is now harvesting the sun through a solar orchard in nearby Bridport, Vermont.
He’s back. A man known by most in the craft beer industry simply as “Pete” has returned to the beer business. This time around, Pete Slosberg (of Pete’s Wicked Ale fame) is betting on a lower alcohol product that is slowly beginning to become more popular as a craft beer style.
