Craft beer industry news.
The country’s largest craft brewer, Boston Beer Company, is enjoying impressive sales growth in the convenience channel to begin 2013, up over 25 percent through a four-week period ending Jan. 19. Those numbers, and others, seem to confirm a growing presence for at least the country’s best-established craft beer brands in convenience stores.
A Texas legislator is aiming to boost support for small craft brewers in his state, which is dominated by Spoetzl Brewery, makers of Shiner Bock, and beer giants Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors.
Dancing around the hammer of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) and Constellation Brands, Inc. have announced a revised agreement to ABI’s proposed acquisition of Grupo Modelo. The companies hope new details in the agreement will persuade the DOJ to drop its lawsuit, which aims to block the acquisition.
AUSTIN, Texas — Alamo Drafthouse is pleased to announce the draft beer lineup for Alamo Drafthouse Littleton and its adjacent stand-alone bar, Glass Half Full. The Glass Half Full tap wall draws exclusively from local and regional Colorado breweries, with an emphasis on the world-class beer produced in and around Denver.
LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. — Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., the largest craft and specialty import beer distributor in the Chicagoland area is thrilled to welcome another exceptional Midwestern brewery to their family. Furthermore Brewing Company, located in Spring Green, WI, is brewing up unique beers that are now available to Chicago brew enthusiasts through Louis Glunz Beer,… Read more »
Brewbound.com today announced that it will host its next in an ongoing series of BrewTalks at the Great Lost Bear in Portland, Maine. New England-based beer industry professionals are invited to attend the free event, which will begin at 7 P.M. on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Launched in January, the Brew Talks series is a set… Read more »
A Colorado state senator has pulled the plug on a proposed bill that would allow grocery and convenience stores in the state to sell craft beer, according to coloradoan.com. Sen. Kevin Priola (R-Henderson), the sponsor of the bill, stated that the legislation lacked support from the craft beer industry as well as from the House Business, Labor and Economic Workforce Development Committee, which was scheduled to hold a hearing on the bill yesterday.
The Brewbound New Beer Guide has been added as a supplement to the digital Jan/Feb issue of BevNET magazine. The guide features over 300 new and seasonal beers from over 115 craft breweries.
PORTLAND, Maine — Fast on the heels of last month’s announcement of Vermont distribution, Rising Tide Brewing Company has now begun offering its beer in New Hampshire as well. Rising Tide has partnered with New Hampshire Distributors, Bellavance Beverage Company, Clarke Distributors, and White Mountain Distributors to allow for statewide distribution.
A recent agreement ending a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action against controversial flavored malt beverage maker Phusion Projects, LLC could have future implications for the craft beer industry. On Tuesday, Phusion agreed to change its packaging and add an additional label statement about its alcohol content on cans and bottles of its Four Loko product.
SAN FRANCISCO — As the story goes, it is 1859 and Shaun and Nico have just arrived in San Francisco for the gold rush. Ten years late. Soon they find themselves in a dinghy in the middle of the Bay thanks to a forged treasure map given to them by scheming shop owner Cornelius De… Read more »
Taking interaction with beer nerds to another level, Flying Dog Brewery’s Stove Toppers series offers something a 6-pack and social media can’t replicate: the chance to make their beer at home.
FT. COLLINS, Colo. — New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a wide variety of award-winning beers, has wrapped up another joyous season of “The Glass That Gives”. The program, which ran from December 1, 2012 — January 31, 2013, gave people a chance to support nonprofit organizations by purchasing nucleated Belgian globes or sending free online cards. The campaign raised more than $7,500 and delivered 6,407 glassware sets.
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Vermont Hard Cider Company LLC, maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider, is thrilled to announce an addition to our lineup of handcrafted ciders. Woodchuck Pink is the latest in our Private Reserve line of innovative ciders. Beyond its great crisp apple taste, Pink brings recognition to the efforts of some local Vermonters.
