On the eve of the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), Bell’s Brewery President, Larry Bell, has managed to once again make the news. Last year he was squabbling with Northern Brewer over the use of the previously named “Three Hearted Ale” homebrewing kit. This year, he’s discussing a sale. Yesterday, Bell told MLive.com that he’d… Read more »
It’s not quite the European expansion that Stone Brewing’s CEO and co-founder has been discussing for some time now, but Greg Koch is headed abroad. Koch has partnered with Avanish Vellanki and Shailenda Bist on a new craft brewing project based in India. Independence Brewing Company will become the only independently owned and operated craft… Read more »
Thousands of craft brewers from across the country will converge on San Diego next week for the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference, presented by the Brewers Association. As one of the largest industry events for professional brewers, brewpubs and packaging breweries, CBC offers a wide-ranging spectrum of seminars and discussions aimed at providing brewers the chance… Read more »
Talk about building from the ground up: Golden Road co-founder Meg Gill is so busy running L.A.’s newest brewery that she doesn’t even have time to take a seat. “I’m still working on the floor of my office because I don’t have anyone to go buy me a chair, and I don’t have time to… Read more »
A Redhook Brewery employee is in critical condition after an exploding keg sent the worker to the hospital with “life-threatening injuries,” according to the website for the Portsmouth Press Herald. The worker was reportedly cleaning the keg when it exploded. The brewery has since closed the brewery’s ‘Cataqua Pub’ for the remainder of the day… Read more »
UBS, the global financial services company headquartered in Switzerland, released an investment report today on the country’s top craft brewer, Boston Beer Co. The inaugural rating for the makers of Samuel Adams? Neutral. UBS sees “limited upside” in SAM shares. UBS reports that despite being the largest craft brewer in the U.S. — they produced… Read more »
The Brewers Association—the not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries—today released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on 2011 beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 36 are small and independent craft brewing companies.
By now, you’ve probably already heard that New Belgium will be building a second location in Asheville, NC. The Fort Collins, Colo.-based company is one of four regional craft breweries — those producing more than 15,000 barrels annually — to announce secondary locations this year. The others – Sierra Nevada, Victory Brewing and Lagunitas –… Read more »
A group of Massachusetts craft brewers is proposing that the state change what they believe are outdated beer distribution regulations, allowing craft brewers more freedom to switch wholesalers. House Bill 1897 would allow small brewers — those who sell less than 6 million barrels of beer globally and account for less than 20 percent of… Read more »
Lagunitas Brewing Founder Tony Magee took to Twitter last night to announce the biggest news in the company’s 19-year history: Lagunitas is adding a second production facility, in Chicago. Unlike recent expansion stories from larger brands Sierra Nevada and New Belgium, in the case of Lagunitas, the announcement didn’t involve back-and-forth deliberations between final choice… Read more »
It’s official. New Belgium today announced plans to build a second brewery in Asheville, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue joined Kim Jordan, the Fort Collins, Colo.-based brewery’s co-founder and CEO, and other New Belgium executives today for the official announcement. The brewer known for its Fat Tire Amber Ale will build a new brewery… Read more »
After nearly 50 percent volume growth in 2011, Left Hand Brewing will look to add another 18,000 barrels in 2012. The Longmont, Colo. based company is currently in the midst of a ten year facility expansion plan that will bring total brewing capacity to 250,000 barrels.
It didn’t take long for Alchemy & Science to make its next move after acquiring L.A.’s Angel City Brewing in January. The craft-brew incubation project from industry veterans Alan Newman and Jim Koch introduced a new line of craft shandy today under the personality ‘Curious Traveler.’
Angry Orchard Cider Company is expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow regarding the nationwide roll out of three cider varietals. The company initially launched the product as part of a trial run in New England, New York, Maryland and Colorado. After a positive response from cider drinkers, Angry Orchard’s parent company, Boston Beer, will… Read more »
