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BrewExpo America took place on May 3 & 4 this year at San Diego Town & Country Resort and Conference Center. BrewExpo America is the tradeshow component of the annual Craft Brewers Conference. This year’s CBC drew a record 4,500 attendees.

ANAHEIM, CA. – Evans Premium Lager, the upstart craft beer company that produces Evans Original, Evans Black and Evans Light lagers, is now on a level playing field with breweries with many more years of experience under their belt.

In last week’s Q1 earnings call, Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) briefly mentioned a nationwide rollout of its new gluten-free offering, Omission Beer. Today’s press release from the company indicates that it will be available across CBA’s entire distribution footprint by mid-June.

The founding brewers of the newly established NYC Brewers Guild have drummed up some spectacularly rare and diverse beers for the evening of Tuesday, May 22nd. At Brooklyn Brewery, nearly every style of beer (and some made up ones) will be represented. Serious beer fans, take note — you’ll likely never see a lineup of… Read more »

Finally a beer company has creatively used a QR code. Guinness recently began distributing pint glasses that, when filled with Guinness (or any dark beer), reveals a special QR pattern. After scanning, the code reportedly can tweet your pint, update your facebook status, check you in on foursquare and download special coupons and promotions.

KAILUA-KONA, HI – This past March, craft beer drinkers were treated to something extra special at the 17th annual Kona Brewers Festival. The cast of Travel Channel hit Sand Masters, a reality show about a select group of sand sculptors who travel the globe to create masterpieces for clients on film, were so inspired by… Read more »

RICHMOND – Governor McDonnell today signed two pieces of legislation to support Virginia craft brewers at the Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. House Bill 359 (McClellan) allows manufacturers to lease space in their brewhouses to smaller-scale brewers and Senate Bill 604 (McWaters) allows retail sales of beer and sampling on the premises of Virginia breweries.

Harris Interactive, a market and research firm headquartered in New York recently released the results of its annual poll, which examines the health of over 1,500 brands and analyzes responses from over 38,000 consumers across multiple consumer goods categories.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Last night, HEINEKEN received the prestigious GBCHealth Business Leadership Award at GBCHealth’s annual conference in New York City. HEINEKEN has been selected to receive this award by GBCHealth for its enduring commitment to and excellence in its support for health-related programming for its employees, their dependents and the communities in which… Read more »

BAY SHORE, NY- The Golden Tap Awards Gala, one of the premiere events of Long Island’s second annual Craft Beer Week, was be held last night at the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in Bay Shore. Awards were given in a number of people’s choice categories, including Long Island Beer of the Year. Blue… Read more »

Brad Hittle, a former Pabst CMO and founder of Two Roads Brewing, believes a “looming shakeout” of the craft beer category could lead to more business for his start up contract brewing facility. “As the industry evolves and as the looming shakeout occurs, capacity will be released,” he said. “Smaller brewers will suffer. I don’t… Read more »

SAN DIEGO, CA — San Diego hosted the ninth bi-annual World Beer Cup┬« this past weekend in conjunction with the Craft Brewer’s Conference. The conference brings together brewers from around the world with 4,500 attendees. The competition is highly regarded and considered the largest international gathering of beers with more than 3,921 entries from 799… Read more »

These days, nearly every regional brewer is announcing major expansion plans. We’ve seen announcements from Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, Victory Brewing, Lagunitas and most recently Oskar Blues. So what does the founder of a 23-year old brand think about it all?

BOULDER, CO – Reinforcing its position as the leader in American craft beer promotion and education, the Brewers Association (BA) and its Export Development Subcommittee have selected Andreas F├ñlt to cover Europe as an American Craft Beer Ambassador within the BA’s Export Development Program (EDP).