Craft beer industry news.
Bust out the gilded goblets! Magic Hat Brewing Company is jubilating this holiday season with a limited edition release of their festive stout brewed with raspberries, Feast of Fools. Magic Hat is partnering with the Vermont Foodbank for the release, working together to provide more than 8,000 meals for Vermonters in need.
Portland Cider Company’s Wassail Holiday Party features the release of three winter and specialty ciders.
Creature Comforts Brewing Company will debut a limited offering from its wood cellar, Golden Door, this November. Golden Door is a mixed fermentation saison aged in oak barrels that will be available in 750-mL bottles in the brewery’s Tasting Room.
The lightweight keg can offer savings on transport of up to 65% while using a Ball-in-Bag technology which allows for beverage producers, distributers and bars to maintain a longer shelf of product.
New Belgium Brewing’s Imperial Frambozen makes its return, just in time for the holidays. Also debuting this month is a Blend Like a Brewer variety pack that encourages beer connoisseurs to mix New Belgium favorites together in creative ways; Belgian Reserve Honey Orange Tripel, a Golden Strong Ale; and the latest Voodoo Ranger Special Release, Red IPA.
For the first time ever, beer excise tax reductions have been included in a comprehensive federal tax reform proposal. On Tuesday night, U.S. Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released a “Chairman’s Mark” to the Senate GOP’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project announces the release of “Coffee Baltic Porter,” an 8.5% ABV coffee porter, available in a six-pack of 12-ounce cans.
Perrin Brewing Company introduces Perrin Light Lager, a refreshingly clean, crisp beer with a perfect balance of malt and hops
Creature Comforts Brewing Company will release a barrel-aged biere de garde made with local honey, Booger Hill, in late November. The beer was packaged and conditioned in 750-mL bottles and will be released on-site at Creature Comforts.
Catawba Brewing taps a Small Batch Altbier (5.3 percent ABV) on Thursday, November 16, available exclusively in Catawba’s four tasting rooms.
Hopsteiner is proud to have helped support Katherine Easterling, a Doctoral Candidate at Florida State University (FSU), in the discovery of a genetic anomaly within domestic and wild hop plants.
Innis & Gunn’s three wise guys, Ken, Dougal and Fergus, have brewed a limited-edition festive beer to create their own Christmas brewicle. The limited-edition Frank & Sense, is the perfect festive treat for beer lovers this Christmas.
Forensic IT, a St. Louis forensic technology, data and automation solutions firm, announces they have reached an agreement with Profamo to oversee, support and service Lambrechts’ keg washers and fillers in North America.
In a move toward diversifying its portfolio and reaching spirits consumers, Pabst Brewing Company today announced a foray into the crafts spirits space with the launch of Not Your Father’s Bourbon. The 86 proof (43 percent ABV), small-batch bourbon is the first product to be launched in a new line of spirits under the Not Your Father’s label, which includes the popular Not Your Father’s Root Beer flavored malt beverage as well as hard vanilla cream and ginger ale offerings, among others.
