News

Craft beer industry news.

Port City Brewing Company to Brew Resilience IPA

Port City Brewing Company is joining Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and hundreds of other breweries across the country to brew Resilience Butte County Proud IPA in support of relief efforts for those affected by the Camp Fire. Port City will donate 100 percent of sales from the Tasting Room only beer to the campaign.

Ipswich Ale Brewery to Release Defrost Weizenbock in January

Ipswich Ale Brewery will release Defrost, a Weizenbock style ale, in early January as a new limited winter seasonal offering. This rich, warming, malt-forward Bavarian style presents iconic German yeast flavors of banana and clove against a complex malt base with notes of chocolate and dark fruit.

Block 15 Brewing Company to Release Fresh Pow Seasonal IPA

This December, Block 15 Brewing Company will release their inaugural winter IPA in cans — Fresh Pow, a seasonal IPA designed in cooperation with artist Chris Herbst of Ashland’s Flow Factory NW, whose work is featured on the can’s label art.

Castle Island Brewing Celebrates 3rd Anniversary with Release of ‘Three’ Russian Imperial Stout

Castle Island Brewing Company is celebrating their third anniversary next month with the release of their Russian Imperial Stout, THREE. The brewery is hosting an all-day party in their taproom on Saturday, December 8 to ring in the special occasion. The taproom officially opens at 11 am, but THREE, the celebratory beer, will get tapped and added to the draft lineup at 3 pm to commemorate the anniversary.

Half Full Brewery to Open Seasonal Beer Garden

Half Full Brewery and Mill River Park Collaborative announced today the launch of the Half Full Winter Beer Garden in Stamford, Conn.’s Mill River Park.

Oskar Blues to Launch Hard Seltzer Line in 2019

Oskar Blues to Launch Hard Seltzer Line in 2019

Craft beer maker Oskar Blues is expanding into the hard seltzer space. The Longmont, Colorado-headquartered beer company, which is part of the Canarchy Craft Brewery Collective, is planning a nationwide launch of a new hard seltzer brand in early 2019.