Craft beer industry news.
San Francisco — W.G. Barr Beverage Company, a new Bay Area startup, today announced the release of T.W. Pitchers’ Snake Bite, a bottled blend of beer and apple cider based on a popular British pub-mixed drink.
Bend, OR — This year, Deschutes Brewery is toasting 25 years with the 6th vintage of its imperial porter, Black Butte XXV. In order to celebrate in style, this iteration of the annual beer amps it up with the addition of Theo’s cocoa nibs, Mission figs and Medjool dates. The bourbon barrel aged portion of… Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Brewers Guild will be celebrating 10 years of Brews on the Bay aboard the historic S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien at Pier 45, Saturday, October 19th, from 12-5pm. Beer fans will enjoy over 50 different beers made by San Francisco breweries, while soaking up the salty air, sunshine, live music, food,… Read more »
Brewbound is now accepting submissions for the Fall/Winter edition of its guide to the craft beer industry. Beer companies with U.S. distribution are invited to showcase their new and seasonal product offerings in the Fall/Winter New Beer Guide. This key resource will be aimed at retailers and distributors who are looking to add new craft… Read more »
Boulder, CO — Things are hoppin’ at Upslope Brewing Company. Towering pallets of beer cans are rushed to be filled by swollen fermenting tanks, kegs in the bustling taproom are draining at a record pace while a local singer sips the brewery’s newest summer release between verses of “Friend of the Devil”. At a table… Read more »
LITTLETON, CO – This time it was Colorado’s Grand Valley Beer FestivalÔǪ While void of a “stout” category, the judges awarded their Dark Ale category’s Bronze Medal to Fuller’s London Black Cab Stout. And as the newest member of Fuller’s award-winning, exclusively London-brewed portfolio, Fuller’s London Black Cab Stout continues to win consumer tastes and… Read more »
Craft brewers in Texas should have an easier time selling beer in the Lone Star State now that Gov. Rick Perry has officially signed five bills that promote the business efforts of small producers. Last Friday, Gov. Perry signed off on bills SB 515-518 and SB 639, which make it easier for craft breweries and… Read more »
MARIETTA, Ga. — Vicinity Manufacturing held their first annual VicinityBrew Summit on May 17th at the Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel & Conference Center. VicinityBrew offers a comprehensive brewery management solution for Microsoft Dynamics by integrating and automating critical data along production, finance, quality, scheduling and compliance.
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Today, Stone Brewing Co. released Stone RuinTen IPA, a re-brew of 2012’s infamous Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA. The triple IPA was embraced by fans and Team Stone alike, which prompted Stone Co-founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner to add the intensely aromatic and unabashedly bitter brew to the Stone special release… Read more »
GLENDALE, WI — Proving once again that exceptional craft beers come not only from Wisconsin but from Milwaukee’s original microbrewery, Sprecher Brewing Company took nine (9) awards at the 2013 Los Angeles International Commercial Beer competition. The award total includes one gold, three silver, and three bronze medals; as well as two honorable mentions.
BOSTON — Back by popular demand by grooms everywhere, the brewers at Samuel Adams announce the return of Samuel Adams Brewlywed Ale. The limited release, Belgian-style “bride ale” will be available for one day only — on June 26, 2013 — exclusively at the Boston Brewery. Created to celebrate the tradition of brewing for weddings,… Read more »
BOULDER, Colo. — The American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) members like their beers bitter and once again voted Russian River Brewing Company’s Pliny the Elder the “Best Commercial Beer in America” for the fifth year running. The poll is conducted annually by Zymurgy magazine—the journal of the AHA.
NEW YORK — On June 19, NYC non-profit GrowNYC and Brooklyn Brewery will announce the launch of Greenmarket Wheat, a collaboration between local farmers, malters and brewers that captures the flavor of regional agriculture in a bottle.
Clifton Park, NY – Friday, June 14, 2013 – Come one, come all, and step right up, to Upstate New York on Sunday, July 7, 2013 to celebrate the public grand opening of Shmaltz Brewing Company’s new brewing home in Clifton Park (10 minutes north of Albany’s capital district)! Wet your whistle with vintage, barrel-aged… Read more »
