Craft beer industry news.
ESCONDIDO, CA – In 2010, the masterminds behind Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Victory Brewing Co., and Stone Brewing Co. came together to formulate a most glorious collaboration beer, taking some serious culinary (and musical?) inspiration with their inclusion of parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme in the boil. Now, after a two-year hiatus, this beer at… Read more »
BOSTON, MA – When full-time Harpoon employees hit their fifth anniversary at the brewery, Harpoon co-founders Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary take them on a European beer trip to experience the different beer cultures that initially inspired them to found a brewery in Boston. The Harpoon Bohemian Pilsner, released for the summer season, was a… Read more »
BOULDER, CO. – Executive Chef Ian Clark of Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace opened BRU handbuilt ales, a small half barrel nano brewery in his garage last April. Since then he has tirelessly been working to keep up with demand.
Following the July Fourth weekend, Karl Strauss Brewing Co. will send its first shipments of Red Trolley Ale and Tower 10 IPA into Northern California, marking the first time in the company’s 23-year history that its beers will be available for regular distribution outside of Southern California.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the world’s biggest brewer – Anheuser-Busch InBev – is close to inking a multi-billion dollar deal to purchase Grupo Modelo, the makers of Corona. The deal is estimated to cost AB InBev $12 billion. The company already owns 50.2 percent of Modelo.
BEND, OR – GoodLife Brewing Company is excited to announce Descender IPA will be put in 22oz, screen-printed bottles on Wednesday, June 27th. With Mountain Rescue Dry Hop Pale Ale already in 22oz bottles, GoodLife will have bottles of Descender IPA available before the 4th of July weekend in Oregon via Point Blank Distributing and… Read more »
BOULDER, CO – After 34 years, the National Homebrewers Conference continues to wow attendees with in-depth seminars, fun social events and great homebrewed beer. Seattle, Wash. hosted the event for the first time, where visiting homebrewers enjoyed the local flavor, from the Emerald City’s famous local beer, all the way down to the Grand Banquet… Read more »
CHATSWORTH, CA. — ABP Craft has been on a massive expansion in Northern Los Angeles to Santa Barbara county with their craft beer offerings and new account placements. Just six months ago ABP Craft launched with one brand, albeit a hot one, Bootlegger’s Brewery.
Golden Road Brewing is going into North County San Diego via Markstein Beverage Company, but hasn’t yet made up its mind about the rest of the city, founder Meg Gill told Brewbound.com. The news comes following an inaccurate report that Los Angeles Based GRB would be the first craft brand in L. Knife & Son’s… Read more »
SALT LAKE CITY – In its 20th year of operation, and to accommodate a 67% sales growth in 2012, Uinta Brewing Company announces plans for expansion. In April 2012, Uinta installed three new fermentation tanks, increasing its production capacity to 65,000 bbls and allowing Uinta to implement a 24/7 brewing schedule to meet the growing… Read more »
A beer made from a beard? Apparently the folks at Rogue Ales have discovered a wild yeast strain growing in the beard of Brewmaster John Maier, and plan to use it in a new release, New Crustacean, scheduled for 2013. It’s hard to tell if the so-called “beard beer” is real or not, but it… Read more »
Golden Chaos lived up to its name by taking home a gold medal in the ‘Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale, Pale Strong Ale.’ Bourbon-barrel aged Imperial Black Phoenix won a silver medal in the ‘Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Stout’ category, and Knuckle Sandwich and spring-seasonal Mountain Meadow both took home bronze medals.
When you think of corn during the summer months, you typically think of that backyard BBQ and some ears on the grill. Ipswich is hoping to change the way you get your fill of maize this summer with its latest local harvest offering, corn bock. It’s made with locally grown corn from Marini Farms and… Read more »
HOOD RIVER, OR — Full Sail Brewing is proud to announce the release of a new beer in their Brewer’s Share Series — Chris’s Summer Delight, developed by Brewer Chris Haveman. In 2008, Full Sail Brewing created their small batch Brewer’s Share series as an opportunity for each of their individual brewers to express their… Read more »
