Craft beer industry news.
CHICAGO – “Everyone Loves BIG Cans.” That’s the motto at Moat Mountain Brewing Company which has launched its Bone Shaker Brown Ale in 24 oz. Rexam cans. Moat Bone Shaker Brown is an English-style brown ale with a rich, malt body and medium hop bitterness, and is 5.5 percent alcohol by volume. It is the… Read more »
LEESBURG, VA – According to GuestMetrics, based on its proprietary database of POS transactions from restaurants and bars, Anheuser-Busch InBev, MillerCoors, and Heineken USA all lost share to craft beers in on-premise during 2012.
Despite participating in the largest annual tradeshow for an industry that typically measures innovation in units per minute and is always pursuing economies of scale, a number of the exhibitors at this year’s PACK EXPO offered slower, smaller versions of their products in order to grab the attention of craft brewers.
SAN MARCOS, CA – Award-winning craft brewery Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey today announced a new addition to its portfolio produced under the company’s Port Brewing label. Board Meeting Brown Ale, an imperial brown ale brewed with coffee and cocoa nibs, will join Port favorites Wipeout IPA, Shark Attack Imperial Red, Old Viscosity… Read more »
COOPERSTOWN, NY – Brewery Ommegang and HBO are partnering on a series of beers inspired by the critically-acclaimed drama Game of Thrones. Launching in tandem with the season three debut on March 31, Iron Throne, a blonde ale, is the inaugural beer in the series and the result of a creative collaboration between Brewmaster Phil… Read more »
FT. COLLINS — New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, is once again hosting “The Glass That Gives” program, in which the purchase of nucleated Belgian globes benefit nonprofit organizations. So far, nearly 5,300 sets have been ordered and 350.org, People for Bikes, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and Waterkeeper Alliance are reaping the… Read more »
IRVINE, CA – G.K. Skaggs, Inc. has promoted Andy Hammond, previous Mid West Manager of Beer and Wine to National Sales Manager of Beer. The company feels Andy’s superb hard work and strategy has lead to an immense success in brand growth in key markets and is ready to implement Mr. Hammond’s strategy throughout all… Read more »
With nearly 2,000 visitors passing through Boston’s Harpoon Brewery on a weekly basis, the company decided its tasting room, built in 1987, could no longer accommodate the high volume of guests and needed a facelift.
FORT COLLINS, CO – New Belgium Brewing is pleased to announce that Jay Richardson, Director of Production and IT at the Fort Collins brewery, will assume the role of general manger at New Belgium’s second brewing facility in Asheville, North Carolina. Richardson is a 9-year New Belgium veteran having led both the IT and Production… Read more »
Last Thursday marked the first official brew day for Oskar Blues Brewery at its new facility in Brevard, N.C. The company brewed the first batch of its flagship offering, Dale’s Pale Ale, at the new, $12 million, 30,000 square-foot brewery just seven months after announcing it would be adding the second location.
BIRMINGHAM, AL– AlaBev is expanding the limits of great taste with the release of Straight to Ale’s Lily Flagg Milk Stout in six packs across Alabama on Tuesday, December 18. This offering will double their off premise products, the first offering being their flagship brew, Monkeynaut. This week also brings their seasonal brew, Unobtainium to… Read more »
SAN ANTONIO, TX — As a combined brewery/distillery, Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling can make products that no one else can. They have just released their most exciting beer to date — the first one to be aged in their own bourbon barrels – and they intend to brag about it pretty loudly. The beer… Read more »
In an effort to “bridge the gap” until 400,000 barrels of new capacity goes online at New Belgium Brewing’s new Asheville, North Carolina facility in 2015, the country’s third largest craft brewer today began installation of 16 new tanks at the company’s Fort Collins, Colo. production facility. The project is expected to be completed before… Read more »
Whether you’re a warlord or a couch hog, a new Belgian-style beer will soon be on tap to help validate your dedication to your craft. Game of Thrones, the award-winning HBO series based off the fantasy novels of George R.R. Martin, will collaborate on a line of beers with Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown, N.Y.
