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For the country’s second biggest producer of craft beer, the old adage of “less is more” has helped shepherd sales of its most coveted offerings. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, recognizing that the craft beer marketplace was becoming increasingly crowded with an onslaught of new brands, created a solution to help guarantee shelf space and alleviate… Read more »

FT. COLLINS, CO – Coffee cherries, dates, feijoa and hibiscus are just a few of the creative ingredients found in the first round of New Belgium’s Lips of Faith beer series for 2013. The Lips of Faith series, which features New Belgium’s more esoteric and palate-elevating creations, will introduce two new selections per quarter throughout… Read more »

St. Paul, Minn. — The Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA) has officially launched its brand new, redesigned website (www.mbaa.com). The new site includes advanced features and technical information designed to provide an online community for brewers.

PORTLAND, OR — Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) will distribute its gluten-free Omission Beer in Canada beginning in mid-January. Launched in March 2012, Omission Beer is the first U.S. craft beer brand focused exclusively on brewing great-tasting craft beers with traditional beer ingredients, including malted barley, that are specially crafted to be gluten-free.

KINGSTON, MA – Beginning in January 2013, American beer lovers will experience Lebanese craft beer for the first time when 961 Beer, debuts in the United States. Founded in 2006 by Mazen Hajjar, the brewery began as an experiment among friends and has grown to produce 300,000 cases annually

REDLANDS, CA. — Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, one of the top 100 brewers in the U.S., is proud to announce it will launch its craft beer in the San Francisco Bay Area starting Jan. 15, 2013. The initial release will include Orange Wheat, Alt-Bier Ale, Chocolate Porter and Double IPA along with its Seasonal offerings… Read more »

PAWTUCKET, RI — Foolproof Brewing Company (formerly High Jinx Brewing Company) announced its beers are now available in bars across Rhode Island. The brewery, which pairs high-quality, hand-crafted beers with a variety of life experiences, is the latest addition to New England’s craft brewing scene.

SANTA FE, NM – Santa Fe Brewing Co. is excited to announce that, after 24 years in business, we have finally reached the 15,000 bbl per year production landmark. Just in the last year we have grown 33% and added another 30% of fermentation space for 2013.

The distribution rights to two popular craft brands are changing hands in Chicago. Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., a beer wholesaler in Chicago, sold the distribution rights for the country’s 12th-largest craft brewer, Dogfish Head, and New Holland Brewing, a regional craft brewery based in Holland, Mich., to the Chicagoland MillerCoors Distributor Cluster for an undisclosed… Read more »

ST. LOUIS — Beck’s, the number one German beer brand in the world, today introduced Beck’s Sapphire, a remarkably smooth and distinctive golden pilsner brewed with German Saphir hops.

Westminster, MA — Wachusett Brewing Company celebrated Wachusett Mountain Ski Area’s 50 year anniversary by creating the world’s 1st Light IPA.

Mukilteo, WA – The start of a new calendar often sparks a desire to change things up – be it tastes, activities, attitudes or all of the above. With this in mind, starting mid-January 2013, Diamond Knot Craft Brewing will release its spring seasonal beer, Slane’s Irish-Style Red Ale.

Fresh out of college, towing Charlie Papazian’s “The Complete Joy of Home Brewing,” also known as “the home brewer’s bible,” Sten Sellier bought his first brew kit. For 10 years, he inched toward his dream.

The $305 million acquisition of Vermont Hard Cider Company LLC — maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider — by the Irish cider company C&C Group is now complete. First announced in late October, the deal represents roughly four times Vermont Hard Cider’s expected $70 million in revenue for 2012.