Craft beer industry news.
Champion Brewing Company has announced that J.R. Hadley has joined Champion as its first Director of Development. Hadley made a name for himself in Charlottesville as the founder of Boylan Heights Burger Bar, a popular restaurant on The Corner near the University of Virginia
When Strongbow Hard Ciders, the#1 global cider brand, re-introduced Original Dry last summer, the brand answered the call from consumers for the crisp, less sweet original hard cider favored by the many devoted Strongbow drinkers.
Squatters Craft Beers announces the release of Brilliant Bier German Style Pilsner, a new addition to their year-round lineup of exceptional brews. The release is concurrent with a legislative change in Utah that will allow stronger beer to be sold in grocery and convenience stores.
On November 1, Port City Brewing Company welcomes back Tidings Ale as one of our LimitedRelease brands. This strong, spicy Belgian-style blonde ale, brewed with Virginia wildflower honey and wheat, was the first beer we brewed with locally grown Virginia wheat from Bay’s Best Feed (Heathsville, VA)
The Reyes Beverage Group, the nation’s largest beer wholesaler, has struck its second deal in Virginia in the past 13 months, according to a press release. Premium Distributors of Virginia, a Reyes subsidiary, announced Friday that it has acquired the distribution rights of Winchester, Virginia-based Dixie Beverage Company. The deal will add 280,000 cases to… Read more »
FIFCO USA is embracing its role as a “big-small company.” With just 1.3% of market share, FIFCO is nowhere near the size of the world’s largest brewery, Anheuser-Busch, but both companies have the same number of wholesalers. FIFCO USA is still able to pull in big-name celebrity sponsorships. Those celebrity relationships were on display during FIFCO USA’s national sales meeting last week in Philadelphia.
Buoy Beer Company continues their rotating 12 oz. can series with 6-packs of Dunkel Lager, the final feature in the 2019 line-up. Dunkel Lager is an original recipe from Buoy Beer’s founding brewer, Dan Hamilton. It has become a core beer for the company and is available in draft year-round.
Ecliptic Brewing is gearing up for winter with the release of its first pastry stout of the year: Sedna Tiramisu Stout. The company will also release a barrel-aged version of this beer, with both launching mid-November.
Luxury cruise line Cunard has partnered with award-winning microbrewery, Dark Revolution, to create a trio of craft beers now available exclusively on Cunard’s Three Queens – Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria.
Kilowatt Brewing, a SanDiego based craft brewery, released their first Zeily brand hard seltzers in January 2019. Conditioned on real fruit, these easy to drink sparkling beverages have a 5.7% ABV and come in a variety of flavors including raspberry, apricot, tangerine, and strawberry blueberry, just to name a few.
Founders Brewing Company and former employee Tracy Evans announced Thursday they have agreed to settle the racial discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based craft brewery. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, and the lawsuit has been dismissed.
Bale Breaker Brewing Company, a family-owned brewery located in the beautiful Yakima Valley, had announced its release of Brewshed IPA, a limited release collaboration with Washington Wild available exclusively in Seattle-area PCC stores.
Park City’s Wasatch Brewery announces an exciting design refresh, including updates to cans and secondary packaging. The revamped aesthetics align with an upcoming change in Utah legislation allowing stronger beer – from 4% ABV to 5% ABV – to be sold at convenience and grocery stores.
The latest brewing innovation from CERIA Brewing Company is a new dealcoholized THC-CBD infused India Pale Ale (IPA), set for launch at licensed dispensaries in Colorado in mid-November and California in December.
