Craft beer industry news.
Woodinville, WA – Redhook first brewed Double Black Stout 17 years ago. Since he stopped brewing the beer in 2000 and briefly brought it back for a limited release in 2008, it remains one of Redhook’s most requested beers. Beginning Oct. 29, Black is back. Redhook’s Double Black Stout will be available for a limited… Read more »
NORWALK, CT – Diageo, the world’s leading premium spirits, wine and beer company, is pleased to announce it has earned a perfect score in the annual Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) survey for the fifth consecutive year. The CEI is an annual report produced by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational… Read more »
WASHINGTON – The Boston Beer Company today announced that its Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program is providing loans to small businesses in the Washington, D.C. area, and will also offer its first speed coaching event for the region’s small business community.
SAN FRANCISCO – The countdown begins! In eighty-five days thousands of people will relish the history, artistry, and above all, the tremendous flavor of craft beer in hundreds of venues across the Bay Area, during the 5th edition of SF Beer Week, from February 8-17, 2013.
SPOKANE, WA – No-Li Brewhouse lands international acclaim at the 2012 European Beer Star Competition, what some call the Great American Beer Festival of Europe, with a bronze for its Crystal Bitter. No-Li spans the globe in reaching international beer enthusiasts and racks up its 6th medal in as many weeks.
(COOPERSTOWN, NY – Brewery Ommegang has previously won European Beer Star awards and this year Ommegang brought home a record four more. The European Beer Star competition, one of the most prestigious beer competitions in the world, is now in its ninth year. Each year brings together local, regional, national, and international breweries to compete… Read more »
LONGMONT, CO — Craft beer in-a-can pioneers Oskar Blues Brewery and SKA Brewing have come together to create a CANlaboration beer to celebrate the 10 Year CANiversary of Dale’s Pale Ale. The Smoked IPA, “oSKAr the G’Rauch”, is the first official brewing collaboration between the two breweries that share much of the same Colorado lifestyle…. Read more »
LANCASTER, PA – Big design changes are happening at Lancaster Brewing Company. With the release and redesigned label of Lancaster Brewing Company’s seasonal favorite beer, Winter Warmer Ale on October 22, a new partnership with Wolf Sanctuary of PA was formed. Lancaster Brewing Company is donating $.25 from each case of Winter Warmer beer sales… Read more »
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery announced the release of its newest seasonal beer, Warmer, as the latest addition to the company’s Local Fields Series. According to press materials, Warmer is a strong, rich ale brewed with holiday flavors like cinnamon, maple syrup, caramel malts and fresh spruce from the San Bernardino Mountains.
LAHAINA, MAUI, HI – Maui Brewing Co. (MBC) is elated to announce some recent additions to their “family”: Darren Moser, Director of Brewery Operations, and Kaiao Archer, Brewer. Darren Moser, former Brewer and Production Manager for Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley, California, joined MBC in August. Darren tells us:
PORTLAND, OR – Upright Brewing, Portland’s first farmhouse-style brewery celebrates Black Friday appropriately with a new bottle release “Untitled” brewed in tribute to Punk band Bad Brains. The release party at Saraveza’s newly remodeled Bad Habit Room includes a screening of the Bad Brains documentary “A Band in DC” and a listening party for their… Read more »
Massachusetts has become somewhat of a proving ground for country’s 10th largest craft brewer, Boulevard Brewing. When the company launched its Smokestack Series of beers into the market last September, it was looking to test a distribution model where specific portions of a portfolio were introduced in newly-established markets.
STEVENS POINT, WIS — Ciderboys Cider Co., a new Wisconsin cider maker based in Stevens Point, introduces its family of carbonated craft hard ciders statewide this week, with other states to follow shortly. Ciderboys handcrafts two year-round hard ciders, First Press Traditional Hard Cider and Magic Apple Apple Strawberry Hard Cider, and two seasonal flavors, Cranberry Road Apple Cranberry Hard Cider for the fall and Mad Bark Apple Cinnamon Hard Cider for the winter.
ESCONDIDO, CA — Today, Stone Brewing Co. released its last collaboration beer of 2012: Evil Twin / Stillwater / Stone “The Perfect Crime” Black Smoked Saison. In a masterfully orchestrated collaboration of the minds, Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergs├© of Denmark’s Evil Twin Brewing, Brian Strumke from Baltimore’s Stillwater Artisanal Ales, and Stone brewmaster Mitch Steele crafted a… Read more »
