Craft beer industry news.
The Rocky Mount Mills Brewery Incubator, a three-year program, is designed to teach entrepreneurs to brew, learn and proof their concepts while at the same time, helping them to develop a business plan, recruit investment and eventually grow beyond the incubator space.
Idle Hands Craft Ales is releasing Klara, its Dortmund-Style lager, in 16 ounce cans for the first time on Monday, November 20, at 3pm in its taproom.
Responding to rising demand for its innovative flexible packaging equipment as well as more complete integrated systems, Barry-Wehmiller is creating two new divisions dedicated to meeting these needs.
Pyramid Brewing Co. is bringing back its trio of Snow Cap winter warmer ales. The seasonal brews, Snow Cap, Super Snow Cap and Bourbon Barrel-Aged Snow Cap, reign as a Pacific Northwest favorites for over the last three decades. With much anticipation from craft beer lovers in Washington and Oregon, the three ales will be available again this November to warm up the chilly Pacific Northwest winter.
Sixteen Counties—a beer made with 100% Maine-grown and processed grains—will soon be available in 12 oz. bottles. This Belgian-style pale ale was previously available in 750 mL bottles, but now will only be available in 12 oz. On November 27th, it will begin shipping out to select markets from Maine to the Mid-Atlantic.
Lincolnshire based Axholme Brewing Company and Grimsby Town Football Club have unveiled a specially commissioned bottled beer which will go on sale on November 28th, 2017.
Lompoc Brewing has announced the upcoming release of seven beers on draft for this holiday season. The beers will be released on Monday, Nov. 27 from 4pm to 11pm at Lompoc Sidebar, 3901 N Williams Ave.
Brian Stetson has joined the team as the Tap House Manager and will oversee the onsite experience of patrons looking to enjoy everything that Commonhouse Aleworks has to offer.
WaveGrip (www.wave-grip.com), manufacturer of innovative beverage multi-packing solutions, is launching a new automatic version of its entry-level G1 applicator for lower volume beverage producers. The G1 can create multi-packs of 4, 6 or 8 cans, with automatic pack separation, and accommodates a full range of can heights at speeds of up to 100 cans per minute (cpm).
In this week’s edition of Last Call: A new Brewers Association survey provides taproom insights, Tenth & Blake’s Pete Marino lays out five keys to surviving a shakeout, and Old Town Brewing fights the city of Portland.
On Saturday, November 25th, River North Brewery will unveil The Vicennial Series. This boundary pushing project includes three whiskey barrel-aged behemoths intended to age up to twenty years – a vicennium.
With just six weeks left to go in 2017, U.S. beer volume sales are roughly flat, according to recent data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI Worldwide. The firm, which tracks category-wide sales trends at off-premise retailers, reported that U.S. beer volume sales were down 0.7 percent while total beer dollar sales have increased 1 percent through November 5.
The calendar includes Cores, Special Releases, and a Nitro Series, poised to hit Cigar City Brewing’s entire distribution footprint.
Evolution Craft Brewing Co. is pleased to announce that John Scheckells has been named General Manager of Operations for Evolution Craft Brewing and Public House.
