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The Virginia Beer Co. Releases 2 Wet-Hopped Beers

Fall is in the air and that means one thing: harvest season! Brewing with fresh hops is a meticulous process, having to rely on bountiful bines and timing of wet hops plucked, packaged, and shipped overnight via air freight to align with a brew day built around the arrival of those hops and those hops alone.

Hi-Wire Brewing Adds Distribution in Indiana

Hi-Wire Brewing has extended its distribution footprint again this year with the addition of Indiana bringing the total count to nine states east of the Mississippi.

Ennoble Beverages Adds Distribution in 10 States Over Last 6 Months

Ennoble Beverages, an industry-leading producer of great tasting, ready-to-drink Flavored Malt Beverage (FMB) Cocktails, announced significant expansion over the past six months, entering ten new states and signing 36 new distributors.

Union Election Does Not Pass at Surly Brewing

Union Election Does Not Pass at Surly Brewing

Minneapolis-based Surly Brewing’s hospitality employees will not be unionizing after their election to join Unite Here Local 17 failed this week. “We began this journey hoping for a different outcome,” the organizing employees wrote on their Unite Surly Workers Instagram account.

Brewbound Podcast: Hard Seltzer, It’s Just Another Word for Innovation

Brewbound Podcast: Hard Seltzer, It’s Just Another Word for Innovation

Large beer and CPG companies are trading on the equity of their top brands to try to get a piece of the $3.49 billion hard seltzer segment. The latest edition of the Brewbound Podcast brings together industry experts to discuss a slew of new introductions.

Affy Tapple and Phase Three Brewing to Release Caramel Apple Beer

Phase Three Brewing Company and Affy Tapple announced this week that they have joined forces to create a new craft beer, A Bushel of Apples. The beer harnesses the flavor of an Affy Tapple Original Peanut Caramel Apple, offering an inventive way for craft beer and Affy Tapple fans alike to enjoy the taste of this classic fall treat.

Siren Rock Provides Construction Update on New Brewing Facility in Rockwall, Texas

Two and half years after acquiring 1.5-acres of land in Rockwall’s Historic Downtown district, Siren Rock Brewing Company is literally reaching new heights as the vertical construction phase begins on its new 13,000 sf brewing facility near Lake Ray Hubbard, right across from Rockwall’s City Hall.