Craft beer industry news.
JAMESPORT, NY. A must for this summer’s to-do list, the award-winning North Fork Craft Beer, BBQ & Wine Festival will return to Long Island’s North Fork this August for what can only be described as the most talked-about and most anticipated event of the summer.
On Monday, Brewbound.com brought you Part I in The Lost Abbey’s latest marketing approach – unsuspectingly crashing a private beer tasting. The video, a teaser, provided a glimpse of what was to come when brewery co-founder Tomme Arthur knocked on the door of the private event.
In April, an exploding plastic keg that killed a Redhook Brewery employee sent shockwaves through the brewing industry. On April 24th, twenty-six-year-old Ben Harris was pressurizing a keg as part of a cleaning process when it exploded. Harris, who worked at Redhook Brewery’s Portsmouth Brewery location, died shortly thereafter at nearby Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
GORHAM, ME — Sebago Brewing Company is pleased to announce the release of their Single Batch Series Beer, Hop Swap Ale, on Friday July 20th, 2012. Hop Swap (6.1% ABV) is named for a process — a deliberate brewing of a solid American Ale where the hops are annually swapped out as an experiment.
The Austin, Texas-based Jester King Craft Brewery today announced plans to periodically send limited supply of its beer to a number of new out-of-state markets. The Belchertown, Mass.-based Shelton Brothers Importers acted as the brewery’s “master distributor” for the most recent shipment.
VANCOUVER, BC — Russell Breweries Inc. (“RBI”) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to terms under a letter of intent for the initial non-exclusive rights to import, produce, package, use, market, sell and distribute Russell brands and branded merchandise with FVI Capital Inc. (“FVI”) in China.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today, Anchor Brewing announces the release of the second brew in our Zymaster Series, Mark’s Mild. Anchor Brewmaster Mark Carpenter enjoyed his first mild with friends in a British pub in 1969, two years before Fritz Maytag hired Mark, a San Francisco Bay Area native, to work at the historic San… Read more »
HOUSTON, TX – It’s been two years since SaveOnBrew.com began building its nationwide beer price aggregator. The website went live just as craft brew was coming into favor and retailers were beginning to stock more high-end products to meet the demands of America’s evolving palate. Now brewmasters and beer sellers can access frugal beer drinkers… Read more »
The Brewers Association today announced details regarding the 2012 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), the annual beer sampling event being held October 11-13 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo. The GABF is largest beer event in the U.S. It spans across three days and is attended by 49,000 thirsty craft beer fans.
ROCKVILLE, MD – Fond of dogs, beer, and having fun? Not that we need any special reason for having fun around here, but the second anniversary of our award-winning ales just seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up. And we think that what we have in store will be just too good for… Read more »
PORTLAND, OR. — Looking for a great summer beer for your barbecue or after-work drink on the patio? Widmer Brothers Brewing has four beers that are perfect for the warm summer months ahead. “It’s time to think about thirst-quenching summer brews,” said Rob Widmer, co-founder of the brewery, “and we have options to please every… Read more »
Earlier this month, The Lost Abbey co-founder Tomme Arthur, quality assurance manager Gwen Conley and multimedia manager Ryan Tillotson flew from San Diego, Calif. to Washington D.C. to crash a private beer tasting. Tillotson created the alias Chris Molken on beeradvocate.com, and asked if some Lost Abbey fans would be kind enough to let him… Read more »
COOPERSTOWN, NY – On June 21st, the Knighthood of Belgian Brewers met and confirmed the list of 2012 inductees as Chevalerie or Knights of Honor, and the Members of Right. These are both rare and high honors (even more rare for Americans) they will be extended to two gentlemen with ties to Brewery Ommegang:
Firestone Walker Brewing Company announced yesterday that it will sell its Nectar Ales brand of beers to Total Beverage Solution (TBS), a beer, wine and spirits company based in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. “It’s a great brand and has a great lineage,” said Firestone Walker Brewing co-proprietor Adam Firestone. “We weren’t giving Nectar Ales the… Read more »
