Craft beer industry news.
Allagash Brewing Company will roll out cans of its flagship beer Allagash White, as well as year-round sessionable River Trip, throughout the remainder of its distribution footprint in the first quarter of 2020.
Charlotte, North Carolina-based Sycamore Brewing added distribution to Virginia this month, vice president of sales Archie Gleason told Brewbound. Night Shift Brewing will begin distribution to New Hampshire in 2020, according to a Facebook post from Amoskeag Beverages.
Great Notion Brewing & Barrel House (GNB), the brewery best known for its hazy, fruit-forward IPAs and “culinary-inspired” sours and stouts, announces the company has signed a lease at 5101 14th Avenue NW, Seattle, Washington 98107 in the Tommer building with hopes to open the doors before Summer 2020.
Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) has announced it will release its January Hazy IPA, Hindsight 2020, one day early on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2019. The beer will only be available at Hopworks’ North Williams Pub and Beergarden in 16 ounce four packs from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. while supplies last.
Lost Abbey co-founder and chief operating officer Tomme Arthur announced plans to launch a new line of canned sour beers called Tiny Bubbles, which he called his company’s “authentic alternative,” in his opening address earlier this month during the Brewbound Live business conference in Santa Monica.
Ithaca Beer Company will release a new core brand, Every Day Haze IPA on February 6, 2020
Port City announces the return of Long Black Veil®, a Black IPA made with Centennial and Citra Hops. Originally brewed as Port City’s Halloween beer, it is named in honor of the “Female Stranger of Alexandria”, a local historical oddity and legend.
Founders Brewing Co. has announced Civilized Brut, the first seasonal release of 2020. Civilized Brut is brilliantly bubbly, refreshingly crisp and stunningly clear, similar to a fine Brut Champagne. Designed for a more sophisticated IPA drinker, it has a clean and restrained bitterness.
Federal excise tax (FET) relief for makers of beer, wine and spirits is locked in place through the end of 2020. President Donald Trump today signed into law a tax extender package that includes the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which passed both chambers of Congress this week.
Deschutes Brewery is excited to share the 2020 beer release calendar including exciting new releases.
Revision Brewing Company announces the distribution rights change from Mussetter Distributing to Markstein Beverage Co. in the Greater Sacramento Area. In two and a half years, the brewery has exceeded production goals that were initially set to be achieved in year five of business, thus creating a higher demand for distributor resources resulting in the brewery’s move to Markstein Beverage Co.
D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., America’s Oldest Brewery, is proud to announce it has become an Official Partner of the New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center.
Trillium Brewing Company has released Threads, a modern-day interpretation on a nearly extinct, yet incredibly complex, traditional British Strong Ale. Inspired by a rich history of English Brewing, Threads, and its three single-adjunct variants, are aged in a variety of barrels ranging from Bourbon and Maple Bourbon to Rye and Apple Brandy. Trillium and their friends in brewing at Cloudwater, Other Half, Monkish and The Veil, thoughtfully blended portions of each close to three-year barrel-aged ale to unravel a final beer that is incredibly thought-provoking and complex.
Coronado Brewing Company announced Thursday the appointment of James Murray as the San Diego craft brewery’s next CEO. Meanwhile, Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered Monday Night Brewing has hired Jill Matherson as its director of people and culture.
