Craft beer industry news.
BEND, OR – Deschutes Brewery has promoted Adam Birdwell to the newly formed position of account sales specialist in the San Francisco Bay Area. An employee at the brewery’s flagship pub in downtown Bend, Oregon for the last year, Birdwell will relocate to the Bay Area to help establish and manage relationships with distributors and… Read more »
KAILUA-KONA, HI. – Fresh off victories at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO, Kona continues its winning streak by nabbing two medals at the Great International Beer & Cider Competition in Providence, RI this past weekend. Big Wave Golden Ale and Pipeline Porter were awarded first and third place finishes, respectively, in the… Read more »
DOVER, DE — Fordham Spiced Harvest Ale won the bronze medal in the herb and spice beer category at the European Beer Star competition in Munich, despite only being in its second year of production. The most recent seasonal addition to Fordham’s six-pack portfolio, Spiced Harvest Ale was released in early fall.
REDLANDS, CA. — Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, one of the top 100 craft brewers in the country, is celebrating the return of winter by releasing its bourbon barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout, Pugachev’s Cobra on Saturday, Dec. 8.
FORT COLLINS – The holiday season is coming up, and NewBelgium.com offers Belgian glassware and philanthropic giving for the savvy shopper. For the second year in a row, New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, is hosting its “Glass That Gives” program, in which the purchase of the brewery’s nucleated Belgian globe glasses… Read more »
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The fourth annual New Hampshire BrewFest, hosted at Redhook Brewery on Oct. 6, attracted a record number of attendees and raised nearly $24,000 for the Master Brewers Association of the Americas New England Chapter and Prescott Park Arts Festival. The BrewFest featured more than 150 quality brews from 37 breweries as well… Read more »
NOVATO, CA – Brendan Moylan wears his colors close to his heart. In honor of the 150th Anniversary, and as a alumnae of St. Mary’s College, Class of 1983, he has created and will share Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant’s Gaelebration Ale with fellow beer lovers. Brewmaster Denise Jones combines Centennial, Cascade and Ahtanum hops to… Read more »
As part of our ongoing coverage of the 2012 Great American Beer Festival, Brewbound.com asked a number of craft brewers attending the event to define what success meant for their respective breweries. While most agreed that maintaining a profitable business was important, several indicated that it’s not always the main consideration when plotting a course… Read more »
GLENDALE, WI – Sprecher Brewing Company and Sprecher’s Restaurant & Pub have teamed up with their distributors — Beechwood Sales & Service, General Beverage and Preferred Beverage — to host a weeklong benefit for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Bring some family and friends to any Sprecher’s Restaurant & Pub, watch the games this weekend,… Read more »
Businesses and individuals along the Eastern Seaboard are picking up the pieces following the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy. Among those impacted were a few notable names in the craft beer industry, some of whom were hit especially hard. Barrier Brewing – the Oceanside, New York-based craft brewer that launched in June of 2010 –… Read more »
The Redhook Brewery certainly pushed some buttons last year when it launched a rather crude ad campaign littered with frat-boy humor. Now, Redhook has gone political in its latest ad campaign in support of same-sex marriage. The company is calling it their “So Gay” campaign and they hope to influence voter opinion on the issue… Read more »
BERKELEY, CA — Bison Organic Beer is excited to announce that, for the first time in the company’s 23 year history, its organic beers will be sold in the state of Nevada. Bison has partnered with Barone Imports, who will distribute its 100% organic beers throughout Northwest Nevada in the cities of Reno, Carson City,… Read more »
ST. LOUIS, MO – Anheuser-Busch will begin packaging 44,000 cases of emergency drinking water — or 1,056,000 cans — this week for residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy and other natural disasters. More than 4,000 cases of canned water are already en route to Anheuser-Busch distributors Harrison Beverage in Pleasantville, N.J., and Ritchie & Page Distributing… Read more »
DOVER, DE — Dominion Octoberfest was awarded the bronze medal at the Great American Beer Festival in the Marzen style beer category. One of Dominion’s seasonal offerings, Octoberfest is a traditional German Maerzen. An amber colored lager, it contains three hop varieties, Tradition, Saaz and Hallertau, and eight malts, including Vienna, Munich, Caramunich, Wheat, Dark… Read more »
