Craft beer industry news.
MT. PLEASANT, SC – Beverage importer and supplier Total Beverage Solution (TBS) expands its portfolio in the first quarter of 2011. The company announces exclusive importation rights to Belgian beer labels Maes Pils and Mort Subite, both brewed by Alken-Maes brewery. Maes Pils was first brewed in 1946, after the sons of the Maes brewery founder… Read more »
NEW YORK – Dos Equis, the fastest growing premium Mexican beer in the U.S., and perennial favorite of the Most Interesting Man in the World, celebrates a crowning achievement – Becoming the first beer brand globally to reach the coveted milestone of 1 Million ‘Likes’ on Facebook. “We are absolutely thrilled and honored,” said Paul Smailes,… Read more »
BOULDER, CO – The Brewers Association announces that the Great American Beer Festival Eligibility rules have been updated. Beginning in 2011, breweries located in the unincorporated, organized U.S. Territories of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands will be eligible to enter the GABF. Each year, breweries throughout the U.S. enter commercially available beers… Read more »
(Boston, MA) – The past 40 years have seen enormous innovation and change in American businesses. One of the industries that has completely reinvented itself is the beer business. In 1970 there were fewer than 100 breweries operating in the United States. Consumers had limited choices. Today, two enormous global brewers produce over 90% of… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, MO – If fate can bring two people together, can it also create beer? The guys behind Mother's Brewing certainly hope so. The wheels started turning after Thanksgiving dinner in 2008, when Founder Jeff Schrag was reading a Wall Street Journal article about the rise of craft beer. Like most, Schrag had a yurning to… Read more »
Full Sail Brewer Chris Davis HOOD RIVER, Ore – The newest beer in Full Sail’s Brewer’s Share line up, “The Revelator,” crafted by brewer Chris Davis, is a revelation of camaraderie and discourse inspired by friends new and old sharing a beer or two. A winter ale, The Revelator is a deep copper… Read more »
SAN DIEGO – Stone Brewing Company, Pizza Port Carlsbad and Green Flashing Brewing Company teamed up to create 'Highway 78,' a scotch ale that checks in at 8.8% ABV. Brewer's from each company assisted in the collaboration on December 17th of last year. This beer is set to release on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2011…. Read more »
DEXTER, MI – Jolly Pumpkin has announced the release of its newest beer to join the Baudelaire Series. iO Saison will be released in 750ml bottles and check in at 6.8% ABV. Only 850 cases of the beer were made so head Brewer Ron Jeffries advises consumers get their hands on it quick! "It may… Read more »
BROOKLYN CTR, MN – The definition of Surly most commonly means rude or bad tempered, however it can also mean 'threatening.' Surly Founder Omar Ansari has auspicious intentions of building a $20 million dollar brewery, restaurant and event center that opponents believe would 'threaten' the beer scene and the three-tier system. "California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Colorado,… Read more »
Jeff Lebesch with friends Peter Smith and Scott Fennell on the the Chickaloon Glacier in Alaska, enjoying a 'Gordon' Instead of having a tribute beer last forever in the form of ‘Gordon,’ Oskar Blues will have to settle for ‘G’Knight.’ The Gordon Ale was originally released in 2003 by Oskar Blues Brewery as a tribute… Read more »
Beer is the quintessential aspect of Super Bowl Sunday. Every year, big beer spends millions of dollars on advertising spots, in hopes that drinkers everywhere will continue to support “fizzy yellow beer.” In 2010, the cost of a 30 second ad was $2.6 million. For the most part, AB/In-Bev controls the airwaves, splitting time between… Read more »
BOSTON, Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — In a twist on traditional Valentine's Day gifts, Samuel Adams and FromYouFlowers.com have brewed up the perfect delivery for beer lovers. As almost 75 percent of men say they would prefer a beer-themed gift over more traditional options such as flowers*, guys across the country are sure to crave the new Samuel Adams®… Read more »
Boulder, CO • February 3, 2011—Keynote speakers Fritz Maytag and Ken Grossman will officially open the Brewers Association's Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in San Francisco, Calif. on March 23. More than 2,500 of the world's leading brewers, brewery owners and brewing supply professionals are expected at this year's CBC. Maytag and Grossman are slated to engage… Read more »
In a first for American craft beer, Stone Brewing Co. will be opening a brewing operation in Europe, the LA Times is reporting. Greg Koch, Co-Owner of Stone will be finalizing on a location this week for the first American craft brewery in Europe. According to the Brewers Association, US craft exports have swelled to… Read more »
