Craft beer industry news.
St. Nick makes his way to the Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey Tasting Room for the 8th Annual release of Bourbon Barrel-aged Santa’s Little Helper (Port Brewing’s Imperial Stout) and a Christmas in July celebration to benefit The Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation on Saturday, July 23rd, 2016.
Bell’s Brewery is proud to announce another addition to its specialty packaging lineup. Previously only available on draught, Roundhouse India Red Ale (7.5% ABV) will debut in 12 oz. cans packaged in 6-packs. It will start shipping in September. This limited specialty beer will ship to all states Bell’s distributes to.
Island Brewing Company will celebrate its 15th Anniversary with a weekend of scheduled frivolity and a new Anniversary Beer release starting Friday, July 8 and running through the weekend to Sunday, July 10. The fun starts Friday with a special beer release to commemorate the milestone, the 15th Anniversary Ale, a bourbon barrel-aged Strong Scotch Ale.
Braxton Brewing Co. is extremely excited to be releasing three new bottles in their Heritage Series line of beers. Union Saison is a beer that has been aged in wine barrels for over a year and is celebrated in three different variants — Rouge, Blanc and Bleu.
We had no idea that a little experiment with Mosaic hops would set us on a year-long path to a new double IPA. But seven small-batch Scratch beers later, here we are. Nimble Giant debuts today, and it’s your turn to #findthegiant.
Big Boss Brewing are proud to announce the next two releases in the strange cargo series of wood aged brews: Bourbon Barrel-aged Tavern Ale and Sunday Punch.
Maui Brewing Company has announced distribution plans, partnering with Cavalier Distributing as their distributor for Indiana and Ohio. Cavalier also distributes MBC in Florida. Beginning the week of July 4, Cavalier will distribute draught and package versions of Maui’s flagship beers including Bikini Blonde Lager, Big Swell IPA, Coconut Hiwa Porter, and Pineapple Mana Wheat, as well as seasonal and limited releases as they are available.
What a week for craft dealmaking. Yesterday, Lagunitas Brewing announced a string of investments into three smaller breweries that are intended to help the country’s sixth largest craft outfit “expand” the way it participates in local markets; Oklahoma’s Krebs Brewing Company has purchased Tulsa-based Prairie Artisan Ales, a small but well-known craft label amongst beer aficionados and another small deal in the Pacific Northwest will see the intellectual property and select brewing assets of Seattle-based Hilliard’s Beer LLC. transferred to the smaller Odin Brewing Company in Tukwila, Wash.
Breckenridge Brewery has released a specialty series that captures the essence of its new 12-acre expanse in Colorado. The first release in the Brewery Lane Series, announced today, is Imperial White IPA. Belgian yeast presents aromas of honey, clove, and banana. Citra and Amarillo hops impart pleasant hop flavor and add aromas of tropical fruit and pine.
Redhook Brewery is celebrating the Fourth of July with a new brew, American Pale Ale. This hoppy addition to Redhook’s year-round lineup, featuring classic red, white and blue packaging, will be available nationally starting in July 2016.
In just 40 months, popular Boston-based craft brewery Trillium has gone from a hard to obtain brand to one that is currently producing at a run rate of about 20,000 barrels. But the uptick in production hasn’t made the company’s beer any easier to find around town. The brewery, which celebrated its third anniversary in March, expects to produce about 12,000 barrels in 2015. That’s up from just 2,500 barrels one year ago.
Danny Boy Beer Works, a fast-growing Indiana craft brewery, has begun distributing its line of craft beers in cans to the state of Michigan. Prior to this week, the cans were only available in Indiana.
Boston Beer Company last week named former Moet Hennessy executive Jonathan Potter as its chief marketing officer, a newly created position for the country’s second-largest craft beer producer. Potter, who will officially join Boston Beer in August, most recently worked as the managing director for Moet Hennessy’s Chandon California division and had previously served as that company’s CMO and executive vice president between 2012 and 2015.
Big waves are forecasted to quench thirsts from coast to coast this summer when Kona Brewing Co. releases its awarding-winning Big Wave Golden Ale in convenient, easy-to-carry 12-packs of 12-ounce cans.
