Craft beer industry news.
Victory Brewing Company’s daylong celebration and fundraiser, Victory for the Headwaters, scheduled for September 12th, has been cancelled due to low water levels in the Brandywine River. The lack of rain combined with soaring temperatures, has made portions of the river impassable via canoe, impeding the clean up efforts.*
Helm’s Brewing Company is bringing their award winning San Diego craft beer to the other side of the country to the state of North Carolina. This is the second expansion outside of California in recent months for Helm’s Brewing after announcing a Denver debut in August.
Mayflower Brewing Company, America’s Hometown brewery, is pleased to announce the release of a new beer called “Standish” starting next week. Standish is an Imperial Stout and is the fourth of the brewery’s new line of limited-edition, Cooper’s Series beers that are available in kegs and 4-packs.
Arise and take possession of a new Halloween treat for craft beer ghouls and goblins roaming the beer isles in search of a scary good black IPA. This Halloween season, behold Shmaltz Brewing’s latest spellbinding limited-edition release: Death Black IPA.
River North Brewing is being forced out of the emergent Denver neighborhood it’s both named after and has called home since opening three and a half years ago. As reported by Westword, the company is closing its taproom and production brewery this October as the building’s owners have decided to raze the structure and construct, in its place, a luxury apartment complex.
During this year’s Great American Beer Festival®, Pints for Prostates, in collaboration with the Prostate Conditions Education Council, and 1400 Miles, will offer a free men’s health screening event for brewing industry members and beer fans attending the event.
Austin, TX — We’re excited to introduce Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite. As the name suggests, it’s our Atrial Rubicite (blend #4) aged for 15 months in a Spanish sherry barrel! A lot of time went into making this beer. This isn’t to suggest that very long periods of maturation in oak automatically leads to good beer. Far… Read more »
Savannah, GA — Service Brewing Company (SBC), a veteran-owned and operated craft brewery, based in Savannah, Georgia has announced their Oktoberfest Kickoff taking place Saturday, September 19th, the official start of Germany’s largest beer festival, from 11:30a.m.– 5:00p.m. In true tradition of the Oktoberfest celebration, at exactly 12:00p.m. SBC will tap the first barrel of… Read more »
Longmont, CO, & Brevard, NC — Oskar Blues Brewery’s award-winning Imperial Stout, Ten FIDY, makes its return to shelves and watering holes just in time for cool autumn temps and offers an alternative to conventional varietals. Ten FIDY (10.5% ABV) is a massively flavorful brew that is unlike any seasonal you’ll find this fall. “Its… Read more »
MicroStar Logistics today announces that it has acquired KegCraft, a regional supplier of keg management services for midsize craft brewers. This acquisition complements MicroStar’s national network of 2-million+ kegs, the largest independently-owned float in North America, utilized by ~half of the 50 largest craft brewers.
San Diego’s Coronado Brewing has announced plans to increase capacity, install a canning line, and spread its real estate footprint as part of a multi-million dollar expansion effort.
Less than one month after it announced the acquisition of four wholesalers in Colorado, Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced another set of distributor transactions in California. In a statement, Bob Tallett, A-B InBev’s vice president of business and wholesaler development, said the company has agreed to acquire a stake in the Oakland, Calif.-based Horizon Beverage Company. In a second transaction, A-B will repurchase its brand rights from M.E. Fox & Company Inc., a beer and non-alcoholic beverage distributor based in San Jose, Calif.
Anheuser-Busch today announced a $170 million expansion project at its Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in Jacksonville. As part of the company’s plan to increase production of the popular Budweiser and Bud Light aluminum bottles, the project will create approximately 75 new jobs at the facility.
See the Stars is one of the Creature Comforts crew’s first barrel projects, beginning shortly after brewing operations commenced in April 2014.
