Craft beer industry news.
Craft cidery Austin Eastciders starts the year off right with its new champagne-like Texas Brut Cider. The new limited release officially launches mid-December and is widely available after the new year in all Austin Eastciders markets across the country.
Lancaster Brewing is pleased to introduce its new 16-pack can Variety Barn scheduled for release on Feb. 1. The new package will replace its bottled 12-pack Variety Barn.
January 11th marks another milestone moment for Angry Horse Brewing as we approach our second can release, with not one, but two different styles of beers.
UpCountry Brewing kicked off the New Year with its first ever bottle release of the Tripel Lindy Belgian Tripel.
Ska Brewing has teamed up with Snowdown, Durango’s premier winter celebration, to create a sure-fire cure to your cabin fever. Snowdown Comic Excelsior-Style Amber Lager will be available in the Durango area on draft and in limited 6-packs of 12 oz. cans beginning Friday, January 4.
New Belgium Brewing is ringing in 2019 with the debut of a new Voodoo Ranger Rotating IPA Series. This year, three hoppy brews will be released under the new line in 12-ounce cans and on draft, beginning with Voodoo Ranger Liquid Paradise IPA, a delicately bitter and extremely aromatic IPA boasting a mélange of tropical notes.
In this week’s edition of Last Call: The Brewers Association shares 2018 packaging trends; High Country Beverage reaches an agreement to acquire a share of a Kansas wholesaler; Allagash to can flagship White; Ballast Point sets opening date for downtown Disney taproom; and more industry news.
Creature Comforts Brewing Company is releasing the collaboration made with Jackie O’s Brewery from our tasting room this Friday, Jan. 11. Special tours with our Wood Cellar and Specialty Brand Manager Blake Tyers will begin at 3 p.m.
Hi-Wire Brewing’s Collaboration 12-pack is returning for a third straight year in 2019. The beloved Asheville brewery is teaming up with Cincinnati, Ohio’s Rhinegeist Brewery, Atlanta, Georgia’s Monday Night Brewing, and Charleston, South Carolina’s Revelry Brewing.
On Friday Jan. 18, Port City Brewing Company debuts Golden Export Lager, the newest entry in its popular Rotating Lager Series. Based on the blonde export lagers invented in late-19th century Germany, Golden Export Lager balances a subtly sweet, toasty malt character with spicy, floral hops.
Kentucky’s Braxton Brewing Company has embarked on a $5 million expansion that will include the purchase of the building where its brewery is currently situated, as well as the construction of a rooftop bar and the installation of a new canning line.
Dust Bowl Brewing Co. kicks off 2019 with the introduction of Pancho Imperial Stout, available in 16 oz. cans and draft. The limited release brew is made with cacao nibs, Ancho chiles and cinnamon. Pancho offers a smooth finish despite the hefty 10.1 percent alcohol by volume.
Portland’s Cider Riot! rings in the New Year with the relaunch of its Burncider Pub Draught cider in Oregon’s new sustainable multi-use bottles. The locally made bottles are intended to be washed and refilled rather than crushed and recycled and craft breweries throughout the state have begun using them for beer.
Grimsby brewery Docks Beers, is to take to the skies as it provides the first cans of craft beer on Eastern Airways flights.
