Craft beer industry news.
Riverbend Brewing, known for an eclectic mix of milkshake IPA’s, clean West Coast IPA’s like Oregonized Love and plenty of rotating draft beers is releasing two new brews available in 16 oz. cans and on draft. The start to a rotating series of unique one-offs, classic styles and fun mash ups, Blunder Armour IPA and Fudge Me Berry Hard raspberry imperial porter will be hitting the market soon.
The 1623 Brewing family is growing. The brewing company is proud to announce its new territory sales manager, Carrie Nevius. Nevius is a fourth-generation dairy farmer who helped her father to manage their family farm in Westminster, Maryland.
After inventing the consumer craft beer brewing appliance space eight years ago with their pioneering Zymatic and creating a best-selling line of affordable, easy-to-use brewing appliances with the Pico line, PicoBrew is addressing the demand for precision cold brew coffee and kombucha in the home with the new Pico C Craft Beverage Bundle.
Mike Hess Brewing hosted the grand opening of its new Imperial Beach tasting room and biergarten on Saturday, March 30. Combining a tap room and kitchen with a 6,500 square foot yard, this location is the largest beachfront biergarten in San Diego
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) today announced the acceptance of a record $2.5 million offer in compromise from Heineken USA Incorporated for alleged trade practice violations outlined in the Federal Alcohol Administration (FAA) Act. Heineken USA’s (HUSA) payment is the largest offer in compromise that the federal agency has ever accepted, TTB spokesman Thomas Hogue confirmed to Brewbound.
Once again, a record number of craft breweries were in operation in 2018, according the Brewers Association (BA), a trade organization that represents small and independent breweries. The BA, which released its 2018 craft industry growth statistics today, reported that 7,346 craft breweries operated in the U.S. in 2018. That’s up from 6,490 in 2017.
Founders Brewing Co. has announced Cerise as the next release in the Mothership Series. There are a few things that are quintessentially “Michigan” and many would argue that cherries top that list. Last released in 2012, Cerise (5.7 percent ABV) is a tart cherry ale.
Mahou San Miguel is upping its stake in Colorado’s Avery Brewing, and the Spanish beer company has teamed up with its other U.S. craft brewery partner, Michigan’s Founders Brewing, on the new investment. Mahou, along with Founders, will purchase a 40 percent stake in Avery Brewing for an undisclosed sum. The newly acquired stake will be combined with Mahou’s original 30 percent minority interest in Avery that was purchased in early 2018.
First introduced at Padres Beerfest in 2014, AleSmith Brewing Company is getting ready for the fifth anniversary of San Diego Pale Ale .394. Brewed in collaboration with Hall of Fame inductee, Tony Gwynn, this hoppy pale ale has become synonymous with the city where it was born.
Garage Brewing Co. continues its journey in the land of hazies with the release of Hazy #8, the latest rendition in its hazy series. Hazy #8 is a super juicy double dry-hopped craftacular brew teeming with grapefruit, pineapple and dark fruit notes.
In preparation of its five year anniversary celebration, Creature Comforts Brewing Company announced the release a limited offering, Five Year Anniversary Ale. The beer will be available, along with a variety of special offerings, on April 13 at the brewery’s five year anniversary celebration.
Crawford Brewing Equipment has announced its latest innovation, Otto the Automated Keg Washer. Otto provides micro-breweries with premier keg washing capabilities that are made in the USA. Crawford’s Automated Keg Washer showcases our company’s hallmarks: quality, service and innovation.
In this month’s Beer Business Finance column, Wormtown Brewery CFO Kary Shumway examines at what the different products in brewery’s portfolio actually cost to make, and how to price them for the healthiest margins.
In the latest Press Clips: Lion acquires Magic Rock Brewing in the UK; Allagash founder Rob Tod makes James Beard finals; Russian River’s Pliny the Younger generates more than $4 million in impact; the Cleveland Indians name Great Lakes and Miller Lite official beers; and more industry news.
