Craft beer industry news.
Brew Talks video replay is now available. Beyond beer offerings continue to be the growth driver within the beer category. Boston Beer’s Dave Burwick, Lone River Beverage Company’s Katie Beal Brown and Manhattan Beer’s Ed McBrien discuss the opportunities within the so-called “fourth category” of offerings.
As more stories of workplace harassment and toxicity come to light in the craft beer industry, more companies have responded this week either terminating employees, announcing investigations, issuing apologies or statements of support for the victims. Brienne Allan has been sharing stories from the beer and restaurant industries of workplace harassment, assaults and toxicity on her Instagram account, @ratmagnet, now for the last 10 days, amounting to about 1,000 stories.
Just how big a part of the beer category could hard seltzer be by 2025? It depends on who you ask. During this month’s Beverage Forum, Anthony Von Mandl and Jim Koch, the leaders of the companies that produce the two largest hard seltzer brands, White Claw and Truly, respectively, offered differing projections, according to analysts’ reports.
Lamplighter Brewing Co. and DivcoWest today announced final plans to open a new taproom and production space in the coming months, Lamplighter CX, at Cambridge Crossing (CX), the new 43-acre neighborhood at the intersection of Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston, and directly adjacent to the new Lechmere Station.
Ranch Rider Spirits Co., Texas’ number one premium spirit-based seltzer, revealed its newest premium vodka seltzer just in time for summer – The Buck, a fresh Moscow Mule recipe made with real ingredients.
Party Water, a hard seltzer from the team at Five Boroughs Brewing Co. (based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn), is now shipping directly to consumers in New York State and is available at stores across the Greater New York City area.
Holidaily Brewing Company, America’s dedicated gluten-free brewery, introduces the next style in their Adventure Series, a small-batch experimental beer series. This year-round, rotating series features the brewery’s newest innovations in gluten-free brewing.
Urban South Brewery today released a new cocktail-inspired beer in collaboration with Bhramari Brewing Company, based in Asheville, North Carolina.
Video replay is now available for the first Brew Talks event of 2021. A year into the pandemic, beer industry leaders discuss the pathway to recovery. Panelists include Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione, BevMo’s Amy Gutierrez, the Winking Lizard Tavern’s John Lane and the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Julie Verratti.
The BA is accepting grant applications on a rolling basis through November 1. The trade group’s Philanthropy and Outreach Subcommittee — a newly formed division of the organization’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee — will consider applications each month.
Whalers Brewing Company announced it will help reopen Rhode Island and kick off Summer 2021 by giving a free keg of their award-winning American Pale Ale, Rise, to every bar and restaurant in Rhode Island.
Crosby Hops, MxPx and Silver City Brewery Invite Brewers Around the World to Join the Effort and Brew the Crafted Lager on July 13, the International Day of Rock ’n’ Roll
AMASS, a portfolio of high-growth premium botanic beverages and self-care products, launches its first line of ready-to-drink Hard Seltzers in three flavors, Surfer Rosso, Faerie Fizz, and Sun Sign.
Pelican introduces its second collaboration beer in their four-part Bird-Day alumni series with a summer-ready tangerine golden ale aged in mezcal barrels.
