Craft beer industry news.
While bars and fine dining restaurants have caught on to the craft beer boom, casual restaurants are lagging behind, according to data provider GuestMetrics. Pulling from a database of more than $8 billion in sales from 2012, GuestMetrics found that craft beer accounted for 28 percent of overall beer sales in fine dining restaurants, 22 percent of beer sales in bars, and only 20 percent of beer sales in casual restaurants.
DURANGO, CO — Steamworks Brewing Co., in partnership with Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort (DMR), will reprise its popular “Clam Bake,” on Friday, Mar. 15, 2013, 2-5 p.m. Proceeds will once again benefit La Plata County Search and Rescue (LPCSAR).
EUGENE, OR – Ninkasi Brewing Company announces the debut of its new Vanilla Oatis Oatmeal Stout, available on shelves in 22oz. bottles starting in March and remaining on shelves year-round throughout the entire Ninkasi distribution footprint. As a new member of the Ninkasi Flagship Series, Vanilla Oatis Oatmeal Stout will offer customers a tasty, more… Read more »
Frederick, MD — A key mechanism of evolution, Natural Selection is one of the cornerstones of modern biology and now, Maryland craft beer. Today, Flying Dog Brewery and Evolution Brewing Company announced the release of Natural Selection Ale, a three-part collaborative beer.
Providence, RI — Today, the Famous Narragansett Beer announces the release of its all-new Imperial Bohemian Pilsner, the second installment of the brewer’s Private Stock series of limited-edition craft offerings. Narragansett’s Imperial Bohemian Pilsner was brewed under the supervision of award-winning Brewmaster Sean Larkin.
PORTLAND, OR —Widmer Brothers Brewing and the Timbers Army have teamed up to brew Green & Gold K├Âlsch, a limited-edition beer for the 2013 Portland Timbers season. The new beer will be available throughout the Portland area, and in select markets in Oregon and Southwest Washington, beginning on March 3, opening day for this year’s… Read more »
CHICAGO — Few topics generate as much passion among Chicago sports fans as the Chicago Bears. From the start of training camp, throughout the regular season, into the playoffs and during the off-season, Bears fans love to get together to debate their team’s prospects.
LONGMONT, Colo. — This March, GUBNA Imperial IPA will celebrate its 3-year anniversary as Oskar Blues’ hoppiest craft beer in a can. With a mutated overload of hops, GUBNA will be a limited seasonal release March through May 2013.
By spreading its footprint in supermarkets and convenience stores, craft beer continued its strong growth in 2012, seizing a greater share of the beer category. Dan Wandel, senior vice president of beverage alcohol client solutions for Symphony IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm, validated craft’s growth with statistics he shared as the featured guest of… Read more »
A number of packaging changes are on tap for Golden Road Brewing, the Los Angeles-based craft brewery that first launched in cans in January 2012. Co-founder Meg Gill said that while the vision for the Golden Road brand was present during the company’s first year, the execution on its canned packages was not. “You live… Read more »
Phillipsburg, N.J. — Hunterdon is proud to announce that Blue MountainBrewery will be the next addition to their expansive portfolio of craft brews. Distribution agreements have been signed and a sampling of their unique artisan ales from their “Barrel House Series” will be launched into the market the week of March 4, 2013. The Barrel… Read more »
LANSDALE, Pa. — Round Guys Brewing Company (RGB), a brewpub and on-site craft brewery, located in Lansdale, Montgomery County, is announcing its grand opening on March 9. The owners, Scott Rudich and Rich DiLiberto, long-time friends, chemists, and beer lovers, take great pride in developing unique, hand-crafted beer.
BOSTON — Backlash Beer Company is excited to announce the release of its first American-style beer, Salute, a West Coast-style, double IPA brewed with Citra and Simcoe hops sourced from the Boston Beer Company. In June of 2012, Jim Koch, the founder of Boston Beer Company, announced that he’d be sharing 30,000 lbs. of specialty hops through a ‘Hops Sharing Program…
Innovative beer styles sprout from varying inspirations. Sometimes, they derive from a brewer’s unparalleled creativity and fearlessness. Other times, things just run amok. Such was the case for Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout from Denver-based Wynkoop Brewing Company, when all it took for the buzz to develop was for brewmaster Andy Brown to jiggle some bull testicles on camera.
