This winter New Belgium brings back an old favorite, cellars a recent addition, partners once again with B-Corp friends, and joins forces with a Belgian favorite to create five beers perfect for ushering out 2016. Available this month is Accumulation, the Ben & Jerry’s collaboration: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ale, the second release of Bretta IPA, and Anne Françoise Belgian Collaboration. In December, New Belgium brings back Clutch.
Ecliptic Brewing will release its 2016 Barrel-Aged Rastaban Oud Bruin for a second year on November 12th with a limited tapping and bottle release. There will also be a very limited amount of 2015 Barrel-Aged Rastaban Oud Bruin bottles for sale.
Constellation Brands has negotiated its “most comprehensive arena sponsorship” for popular Corona, Modelo and Ballast Point beer brands, yesterday announcing the signing of a lucrative “marketing alliance” with Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets.
Highland Brewing Company will release limited quantities of Black Watch Double Chocolate Milk Stout on Black Friday, November 25, 2016, at the brewery. Black Watch is part of Highland’s Warrior Series: big beers in small batches.
Left Coast Brewing Co., one of Orange County’s largest and oldest breweries, is proud to announce the release of Hop Juice Triple IPA, an update to their award-winning, full-time Hop Juice Double IPA.
San Francisco’s beloved Magnolia Brewing Company is now available on draught throughout Los Angeles. Magnolia has partnered with the independent Guardian Distribution for distribution in Los Angeles County. Look for flagships brands Blue Bell Bitter, Proving Ground IPA, Prescription Pale and Kalifornia Kölsch plus seasonals and limited release beers from time to time.
Firestone Walker’s Luponic Distortion revolving hop series reaches firmly into the Southern Hemisphere with the release of Revolution No. 004 this month—a mind-bending mix of seven different hop varieties, led by a pair of experimental South African hops.
The latest twist in Massachusetts’ pay-for-play scandal came Friday as beer importer Shelton Brothers filed a lawsuit against Craft Brewers Guild, owned by Sheehan Family Companies, alleging that the Everett, Mass.-based wholesaler’s “unfair and illegal” practices cost its company $1.7 million in potential sales, according to the Boston Globe. The lawsuit comes eight months after… Read more »
When it comes to exporting beer across the Atlantic, brewers have been forced to compromise either quality or cost. They send plastic one-way kegs that may not offer the quality and reliability brewers seek or they ship expensive stainless steel kegs and incur high loss rates or inefficient logistics.
The Garden State Craft Brewers Guild — representing its small breweries and affiliated groups to support industry-wide growth and beer appreciation — is pleased to welcome Jason Carty, the organization’s new Executive Director into the fold. Beginning November 14th, Jason Carty’s experience, leadership, and love of craft beer makes him a perfect fit for the role.
On Friday, November 11th, Nantahala Brewing Company will release Pattons Run Porter in bottles for the first time. An easy-drinking, 4.5% ABV brown porter, Pattons Run has been a fall draft staple in the brewery’s Bryson City taproom for years.
