Craft beer industry news.
San Francisco – The San Francisco Brewers Guild invites you to celebrate 10 years of Brews on the Bay with us aboard the historic S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien at Pier 45, on Saturday, October 19th, from 2-5pm. Enjoy over 50 different beers made by San Francisco breweries, while soaking up the salty air, sunshine, live music,… Read more »
DENVER — While enjoying beers in the Great Divide Brewing Company Tap Room, Tyler DuBois and Justin Park, the co-founders of The Real Dill, developed the inspiration for their newest product, Titan Dills.
ALEXANDRIA, VA — The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) is excited to announce the first ever Share Your Story Contest for beer distribution employees who have never attended the NBWA Annual Convention & Trade Show. The contest is intended to highlight many of the 130,000 men and women who make up the beer distribution industry,… Read more »
Is private equity investment in the craft beer business something that brewers should fear? Will the involvement of more sophisticated forms of investment capital necessarily lead to the downfall of the craft beer movement? Seasoned investor Craig Farlie weighs in.
BEND, Ore. — Deschutes Brewery brings its Base Camp for Beer Fanatics campaign to Chicago for an amazing series of specialty beer tastings, beer and food pairings, and appearances by Woody, the giant beer barrel on wheels. Deschutes brewers, ambassadors and fanatics will be on hand to provide some in-the-trenches insight into our courageously crafted… Read more »
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Duck Duck Gooze, The Lost Abbey’s much-anticipated blended oak-aged sour, returns to The Lost Abbey pond this August. A blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old beers aged in French Oak barrels, Duck Duck Gooze was first released in 2009 and has since remained one of the more sought after… Read more »
BOULDER, Colo. — Batch No. 11 of Avery Brewing Company’s The Beast is loose and coming to seduce your soul and dominate your senses.
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Oh happy (hoppy?) day! Preparations for the Stone 17th Anniversary Celebration & Invitational Beer Festival are underway, and this year’s event figures to be the biggest and best yet.
FT. COLLINS, Colo. — Outside Magazine’s sixth annual “Best Places to Work” list once again includes New Belgium Brewing. The magazine ranked the brewery 17 out of 100 selected companies.
HOUSTON — Saint Arnold Brewing Co., the oldest craft brewery in Texas, today announced the upcoming release of Saint Arnold Icon Gold, the latest in the brewery’s line of rotating beers that complement the brewery’s year-round and seasonal offerings.
Saint Archer Brewing Company is pleased to announce the launch of a new short film series called The Ambassador Project. The film series offers a unique glimpse into the lives of some of Saint Archer’s owners/ambassadors. Every other month a new volume will be released on the Saint Archer website and ultimately shared virally through… Read more »
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. — This fall, Rogue Ales is releasing Rogue Farms Pumpkin Patch Ale, an ale brewed with Rogue’s own fresh pumpkins grown and harvested at Rogue Farms in Independence, OR.
Boulder, CO. — Kaiser Wilhelm once said, “Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.” If the Kaiser and his significant other had tipped this bottle, we’d all be “sprechenden Deutsch!” For The Kaiser, Avery takes a traditional Oktoberfest — gorgeous, deep copper sheen, massive malty backbone, and spicy, floral,… Read more »
A report from research firm Consumer Edge Insight indicates the ballooning preference of consumers for heavier beers. That’s shown not through a lineup of even more craft beer style holidays, like IPA Day, but through a decline in consumers’ taste for light beer, long the best-selling premium style.
