Craft beer industry news.
Embattled Massachusetts-based retail franchisor Craft Beer Cellar is asking the public for $250,000 that it says will be put toward “past, present and future legal demands.” The request comes about two months after the retailer’s parent company had a lawsuit against employment website Glassdoor dismissed by a federal judge in Massachusetts
Karl Strauss Brewing Company is supporting those affected by the California wildfires currently devastating the brewery’s home state through two charitable beers set to release Friday, Dec. 21 with the proceeds to benefit relief efforts. KARL will also institute an internal Beer it Forward donation system to match employee donations for aid efforts.
Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery laid off dozens of employees last week, citing missed growth projections. Speaking to Brewbound, Deschutes Brewery president and CEO Michael LaLonde said the company cut about seven percent of its workforce on Thursday. Affected positions came from sales, marketing and operations.
In just two and half years, the Rehoboth based brewery has quickly grown beyond its current capacity and with the recent closing of longtime Delaware brewery, 16 Mile, the opportunity arrived to stage Revelation for the future.
North Coast Brewing Company, an independent craft brewery producing exceptional, award-winning beers, today announces the limited release of Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin XXI and Old Stock Ale Cellar Reserve. These fan favorites are available nationwide, just in time for the holidays.
New Day Craft is launching their craft mead in New York City starting in January. They’re hitting the market hard with ten varieties, ranging from their first-to-market Mead Spritzers all the way to the world-wide traded Imperial Breakfast Magpie.
Premium Distributors of Virginia, L.L.C, a Reyes Holdings, L.L.C. company, has closed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Loveland Distributing Company, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Weber Scientific (Weber) and University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USciences) announced today that they have entered into a license agreement. The deal provides Weber with a license to Farber Pham Diastaticus Medium (FPDM), discovered by Matthew J. Farber, PhD, Director of the University’s Brewing Science Certificate Program.
Marin Brewing’s Brewmaster Arne Johnson is pleased to announce his next great beer, the one he named after himself, Arnebräu. This beer takes its inspiration from Johnson’s first trip to Munich, Germany.
UpCountry Brewing has officially begun canning two new beers: the Black Currant Gose and the sCAMPer IPA. The brewery has now canned six of its beers with these two following their Bogey Free Session IPA, Hop Dread Red IPA, Mangose, and the UpCo Mountain Lager.
Creature Comforts Brewing Company will release Tritonia with pineapple and lemon this December.
Andrew Pogue and Geoffrey Barker, co-creators of Fair Isle Brewing, have begun renovations on their first brick-and-mortar brewery and tasting room. Located in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, the space is slated to open summer 2019.
Don’t call it an Imperial Stout. On Friday, February 1, at the Extreme Beer Fest in Boston, Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in Rehoboth Beach, Del. and Dogfish Head Tasting Room & Kitchen in Milton, Del., BeerAdvocate and Dogfish Head will simultaneously release their latest collaboration, possibly the Next Top Rated Beer on BeerAdvocate, a Double New England Maple Pastry Black Coffee Milkshake IPA.
Schlafly Beer announced the release of The Variant II, the next Ibex Rare and the most exclusive series from the largest, locally owned craft brewery in St. Louis. The Variant II is the only Ibex Rare release for 2018. On Saturday, December 8 at 11 a.m., Schlafly Beer released The Variant II at the Schlafly Tap Room (2100 Locust). A limited number of bottles are also available in the market.
