Craft beer industry news.
Ninkasi Brewing co-founder Nikos Ridge is back at the helm as CEO of the Eugene, Oregon-based craft brewery after just one year away from the position. In a press release issued last Friday, the company said Cheryl Collins, who took over as CEO of the company last May, would step down from the post on June 18.
Nearly three years after being acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev, Los Angeles’ Golden Road Brewing is beginning to see the advantages of being owned by the world’s largest beer manufacturer. In the last six months, Golden Road has launched its flagship Wolf Pup Session IPA nationally, and opened a pair of satellite brewpubs in California. According to market research firm IRI Worldwide’s multi-outlet and convenience (MULC) universe of stores, sales of the company’s beer have increased 100 percent through April 29.
A community collaboration for Spokane Craft Beer Week pairs two unlikely partners in No-Li Brewhouse and Genus Brewery, a small batch brewery and home-brew shop in the Spokane Valley. The specialty beer is being released only at the Collaboration Beer Festival at Bellwether Brewery on Tuesday, May 15th, where pairs of breweries from the Spokane area will release their own collaborations.
D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., America’s Oldest Brewery®, announced today the launch of “Spread Your Wings,” an exciting, new brand campaign and tagline designed to engage consumers. The launch of the advertising campaign is the first driven largely by Yuengling’s sixth generation – Jen, Debbie, Wendy and Sheryl Yuengling.
Catawba Brewing Co. announces the hiring of Rick Rice as Location Manager at their Palmetto Brewing Tasting Room, 289 Huger Street, Charleston, SC.
Bend Brewing Company is poised for a big summer with the opening of a new production space, launch of 16oz cans, increased Portland distribution through Running Man Distributing and the hiring of a new Head Brewer.
EurekaSeoul Idaho 7 Hop Ale is the third beer in the double-dry hopped hazy IPA series, after Citra and Mosaic hop.
Von Ebert Brewing, a locally owned, Portland-based brewing company is excited to announce its second grand opening in Portland’s east side.
For every specially marked summer eight-pack of Urban Underdog sold to area retailers through the end of July, Purina will donate $5 to the Petfinder Foundation
Maine Brewers are proud to announce the United Kingdom as the next partners of their Global Brewers Trade project and second international destination of the Maine Beer Box.
Roxbury’s Prospect Ciderworks has announced its collaboration with Somerville’s Aeronaut Brewing Company on its newest product: Sidro’s Secret, a modern American snakebite.
ow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is collaborating with craft beer brewer Oskar Blues along with plastics converter Berry Global and Ampacet – a leader in color masterbatch technologies – to produce the industry’s first printed collation shrink packaging in the United States for the brewer’s 24-can variety cases.
Ballast Point Brewing Company®, a pioneer in the craft beer movement in San Diego with a 20-plus-year history of supporting the art of homebrewing and developing high-quality, innovative, award-winning beer, opens brewpub in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. The highly anticipated brewpub is set to officially open Tuesday, May 15.
After releasing its first quarter earnings results on Wednesday, which were marked by a 4 percent decline in depletions, Craft Brew Alliance CEO Andy Thomas addressed the “relative turmoil within the marketplace” during a call with investors and analysts. “The trends are consistent and increasingly clear,” he said. “Consumers are changing how, where, and with what they socialize. And the impacts on our industry continued to be profound.”
