Craft beer industry news.
A bill in Indiana would remove restrictions on some off-premise retailers that prohibit them from selling cold beer. Towns in New Jersey are now allowed to designate areas where legal drinking age people can drink alcoholic beverages, according to NorthJersey.com.
Deschutes announces the release of a groundbreaking non-alcoholic dark beer, Black Butte Non-Alcoholic.
On Friday, January 21st, 2022, Distraction Brewing Company will officially launch its first limited-edition beer hand crafted by the brewery with can design by Blind Fox Art to benefit Tommy’s Place which provides a magical vacation home for kids fighting cancer with their family and friends in Falmouth, MA.
Larkspur, California-based Marin Brewing Company will close this month after 33 years.
Wallenpaupack Brewing Company, the award-winning craft brewery, brewpub & taproom, located adjacent to Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania, unveiled a new beer series entirely devoted to a hugely popular, but often overlooked style of craft beer: lagers.
Days after the BBC reported that Scottish beer maker BrewDog allegedly submitted false information to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, keg labels for the two beers in question were surrendered. Meanwhile, the number of convenience stores operating in the U.S. stood at 148,026 in 2021, a 1.5% decline compared to the 150,274 stores in operation in 2020, according to NACS and NielsenIQ.
Alcohol-conscious consumers and craft beer enthusiasts alike are getting a welcomed upgrade to their alternative beverage options, this January, with the launch of RationAle Brewing and its line of small-batch, non-alcoholic craft beers, now available online nationwide as well as in select retailers and on-premise outlets throughout the U.S. West Coast.
Island Brands USA, a family ofsuperpremium beers enjoyed by active, socially conscious consumers, announced tremendous fourth-quarter results and year-to-date performance, launching the company into a period of unprecedented retail expansion and product innovation.
Lakewood Brewing has upgraded last year’s smash seasonal Tangerine Queen, an American Wheat beer with orange peel and tangerine, to year-round availability.
2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Dale’s Pale Ale, the voluminously hopped, groundbreaking American Pale Ale that holds the distinction of being the first craft beer ever packaged in a can.
The challenges with procuring aluminum cans aren’t likely to let up for several years, and increased input costs are likely to bleed down to drinkers, according to David Racino, co-founder and CEO of Austin, Texas-based can supplier American Canning.
Team Left Hand, a group of employees and friends dedicated to solving the riddle that is multiple sclerosis, is proud to announce that 2021 was their second largest fundraising year, only behind 2019.
Maui Brewing Company announces the launch of their first limited release in cans for 2022.
Convenience retailers expect the hard seltzer segment to grow +10% year-over-year in 2022, according to Goldman Sachs Equity analyst Bonnier Herzog’s latest “Beverage Bytes” report. Hard seltzer sales slowed to +13% at c-stores in Q4, down from +18% in Q3, +32% in Q2 and +94% in Q1 as the calendar cycled against 2020 numbers.
