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Drake’s Brewing Releases 7×70 IPA

San Leandro, CA — Drake’s Brewing Co. is happy to announce that as of April 5 we will be releasing a new, year-round IPA called 7×70 IPA (“Seven by Seventy” IPA) starting on draft only and eventually heading to store shelves near you later this year.

Modelo Especial Chelada Expands Nationally

CHICAGO — Modelo Especial continues to embrace its Mexican authenticity, with the national expansion of Modelo Especial Chelada.

Ninkasi Now Operational In Second Brewery

Ninkasi Now Operational In Second Brewery

Brewery celebrated the culmination of three years of planning and construction when it brewed its first batch of beer in its new facility in Eugene, Ore. last week. The new brewery — and 90-barrel brewing system therein — initially adds 70,000 barrels to the company’s current capacity with room to grow ultimately to 250,000 barrels… Read more »

Cavalier Distributing to Expand in Arizona With Windy City Founders

Cavalier Distributing to Expand in Arizona With Windy City Founders

Jim and Jason Ebel are nearly two decades into a career in the beer industry and about 15 months removed from selling Windy City Distribution to Reyes Beverage Group for a reported $50 million. Now, the two brothers — who also own a craft brewery in Chicago by the same name (Two Brothers Brewing) —… Read more »

Wormtown Brewery Looks to Expand with New Business Partner

Wormtown Brewery Looks to Expand with New Business Partner

With the arrival of a new managing partner and a significant cash infusion, Worcester, Mass.-based Wormtown Brewing is expanding. The four-year-old company is investing more than $1 million in a new production facility and has hired former Cambridge Brewing Company brewer Megan Parisi, who most recently served as the head brewer at Bluejacket Brewing in Washington D.C.

Wisconsin Brewing Co. Introduces Big Sweet Life

Wisconsin – When a new craft beer is developed, the focus is usually on flavor. But in the case of #005 Big Sweet Life, philosophy played an equally vital role.

Oregon Brewers Festival Celebrates 27 Years

PORTLAND, Ore. — On a sun-soaked July afternoon, there’s no better place to sip suds with friends than the Oregon Brewers Festival, one of the nation’s longest-running and best-loved craft beer festivals.

Nat’s Hard Cider Medals in Competitions

Portland, OR – Results of two major competitions are in, and Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider has taken home medals for four of its most popular ciders.

FDA to Revise Spent Grain Proposal

FDA to Revise Spent Grain Proposal

After being flooded with more than 2,000 comments regarding its proposal to tighten regulation of the transaction of spent grain between brewers and farmers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday said it plans revise its original plan. The agency said it will release an amended version of the proposal this summer.

Allagash Brewing & Institute of Culinary Education Host Scholarship Contest

Portland, ME — Students at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York City chopped, fried, seared and steamed their way to thousands of dollars in scholarships at the 12th Annual “Cooking with Allagash” scholarship competition — and a seared venison dish took home the top prize.

Just a Number? 5,000 Barrels is Now the Start of the Race

Just a Number? 5,000 Barrels is Now the Start of the Race

A brewery selling 5,000 barrels of beer in its first year of production isn’t entirely unheard of, but it used to be inconceivable. Even craft beer Paterfamilias Jim Koch himself forecast it would take five years to reach the milestone, but Boston Beer Co. reached the figure within five months of its first delivery.