Craft beer industry news.
Hi-Wire Brewing has created a new year-round Flagship beer that is low in calories but certainly does not lack in flavor. At just 100 calories per 12-ounce can, this crisp and refreshing IPA boasts notes of tropical fruit, melon, and citrus from juicy American hops along with low bitterness at an easy-drinking 4% ABV.
California businessman John Gallegos has increased his investment in SouthNorte Beer Company, buying out Coronado Brewing’s minority stake in the brand and making him the majority owner of the San Diego, California-based microbrewery. SouthNorte was founded in 2016 as a partnership between Gallegos, San Diego-based Coronado Brewing, SouthNorte head brewer Ryan Brooks and Brandon Richards, the former CEO of SouthNorte and Coronado and the current president of AleSmith Brewing Company.
FIFCO USA CEO Adrian Lachowski will exit the company on January 15, 2020, Costa Rica-headquartered global beverage company FIFCO (Florida Ice and Farm Co.) announced Wednesday. FIFCO expects to announce Lachowski’s successor in mid-January.
Deschutes Brewery, family and employee owned since 1988, is excited to add WOWZA!, the brewery’s new hazy pale ale boasting a low 100-calories, 4-grams of carbohydrates, four percent ABV, to their portfolio in cans. WOWZA! begins shipping to distributors this week and will be available in all markets where Deschutes is sold in 12-ounce, six pack cans and on draft in January. Click here for a more details.
Nessie, sour belle of the cranberry bog, will release at Barrel House Z on Saturday, 12/14. The BHZ taproom is opening an hour earlier on Saturday (11:00AM) to avoid lines and ease parking congestion.
As we end 2019, a lot of us are looking forward to 2020 with new breweries and new beers. In the upcoming year, River North Brewery will continue to release Single Casks with their Norther Society all the while reintroducing their revamped Local’s membership. On December 21st at River North Brewery’s North Washington Street taproom they are releasing the last Single Cask of 2019.
Cascade Brewing will celebrate its 21st anniversary on Friday, Dec. 13, at the Cascade Brewing Barrel House. The event will include a live barrel tapping, a pub-only draft release, and a kick off of a holiday bottle sale. Admission to the event is free.
Stickmen Brewing Company, in partnership with Browar Polska Distributing, is proud to announce their entry into the Seattle area markets with a targeted soft-launch in December, and a full-product launch in January.
After seven years, Foolproof Brewing founder Nick Garrison is seeking a buyer for his Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based craft brewery. Foolproof’s assets include its 30-barrel brewhouse and 1,000 sq. ft. taproom, as well as the building and land the brewery sits on.
Nancy Palmer has left her post as the executive director of the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild to become the director of government affairs at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Palmer, the first woman to receive the Brewers Association’s F.X. Matt Defense of the Industry Award, started at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in November. She had served as executive director of the guild since being promoted to the post in July 2014.
San Luis Obispo, California — Central Coast Brewing (CCB) has signed a distribution agreement with Local Craft Distribution, based in Solvang, California. Local Craft Distribution specializes in sales and distribution of finely crafted beer, wine, cider, and spirits to customers in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties.
TapRm, a platform which cracked the hurdles hindering the sale and distribution of beer both traditionally and online, has raised $1.5 million to expand its business.
Crafted Exports, the leading international distributor for American craft beers and spirits, and Galatea, the leading Swedish craft beer importer, have partnered with Man in the Moon, a gastropub in Stockholm, Sweden, to bring the best Florida has to offer to Sweden.
Following on the heels of the recent discovery of a rare, purebred Dingo in Australia, Sydney-based brewery 4 Pines Brewing in partnership with Los Angeles-based Golden Road Brewing have announced the launch of their first trans-Pacific collaboration brew, Dingo Pup, paying tribute to the real dingo that has captured the world’s imagination.
