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DC Brau Kicks Off the Season with Oktoberfest Lager

Break out your steins: It’s almost fall, and that means  the return of DC Brau’s popular German-style offering – Oktoberfest, a malt-forward amber lager that’s available once a year, and only for a limited time.

Distraction Brewing Leverages Roaming Taproom Trailer for Beer Garden Pop-Ups, Weekly Happenings, Events

Family-run, Roslindale-native brewery, Distraction Brewing Company, is covering serious ground this summer with pop-ups all across the city. With the help of its recently built A Little Distraction beer trailer, founders Mike and Lora Estey, along with their team, are now bringing their latest and greatest brewery creations on-the-go with this traveling beer-tap mobile. For… Read more »

Cape Beverage Partners with Grüvi for New Jersey Distribution

Beverage Distributing is excited to announce the addition of its first non-alcoholic brand to its distribution portfolio: Grüvi. Cape Beverage will begin distributing three popular Grüvi brands to New Jersey retailers starting next month: Non-Alcoholic Juicy IPA, Alcohol-Free Dry Secco, and Alcohol-Free Bubbly Rosé. 

Lion Sells Fourpure and Magic Rock in the UK to Odyssey Inns

Lion Sells Fourpure and Magic Rock in the UK to Odyssey Inns

Eight months after announcing intentions to sell its U.K. craft brewing operations, Kirin subsidiary Lion has sold its Magic Rock and Fourpure brands to Odyssey Inns Ltd, a hospitality group led by Stephen Cox, who co-founded Devon’s Utopian Brewing.

The Veil Brewing joins Positive Legacy’s Pours for Positive Charitable Giving Initiatives on Behalf of Beverage Producers

Charitable giving and philanthropy have been cornerstones of the craft beer industry since its infancy in the early 80s. And while giving back is often still a priority for breweries, the ongoing pandemic and labor crisis, a looming recession, as well as several other external factors have forced several breweries to put charitable giving on the back burner while focusing on sustaining growth.

Boston Beer and Beam Suntory JV Launches Twisted Tea Sweet Tea Whiskey; PepsiCo’s Blue Cloud Distribution Clears Regulatory Hurdle in Nevada

Boston Beer and Beam Suntory JV Launches Twisted Tea Sweet Tea Whiskey; PepsiCo’s Blue Cloud Distribution Clears Regulatory Hurdle in Nevada

One year after its launch, the joint venture between Boston Beer Company and Beam Suntory revealed a third product: Twisted Tea Sweet Tea Whiskey. Hard MTN Dew – a collaboration between Boston Beer and PepsiCo – rolled out to Las Vegas retailers this week after a regulatory standoff with the Nevada Department of Taxation.