Craft beer industry news.
One week after being named the Brewers Association’s new diversity ambassador, Dr. J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham presented to hundreds of Craft Brewers Conference attendees about the challenges of diversifying the brewing industry. “We all want to diversify craft beer,” she said, “but why is doing this so hard?”
Einstök Ölgerð, Iceland’s #1 craft beer company, has announced the return of its popular Arctic Berry Ale, now available for a limited time in select stores across the U.S. and Europe.
Foolproof Brewing Company unveiled a new light beer called OceanState Lager that will be distributed throughout New England and New Jersey.
Wit’s End Brewing Co. will release their fourth annual Maibock lager, Mai The Fourth, brewed specially for (the universally recognized) Star Wars Day on Friday, May 4th.
Students in the Department of Food Science and Technology at UC Davis now have access to firsthand experience on a wide range of brewery technology through an innovative collaboration with Pentair, a leading solution provider to the brewing industry.
The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley is exhibiting for the first time at the Craft Brewers Conference, April 30-May 3 in Nashville.
Festo introduces the VTEM Motion Terminal – the world’s first cyber-physical pneumatic automation platform – to attendees of BrewExpo America, May 1-3, at Music City Center in Nashville.
In today’s craft beer environment, it pays to be a startup. According to Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson, breweries founded after 2014 are driving the majority of segment growth. Those breweries collectively added 916,000 barrels to the category in 2017, which represents growth of 52.6 percent versus 2016. Breweries founded before 2014, however, added 285,000 barrels to the craft segment and collectively grew just 1.3 percent.
Craft Brew Alliance has inked another sports sponsorship. After striking a “multi-year” deal to become the “official craft beer” of Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy in March, CBA today announced that its Kona brand would become the “official craft beer” of the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP).
Grammy-nominated Nappy Roots is expanding beyond music into projects that include craft beer and television production with ’40Akerz & a Brew.’
Einstök Ölgerð, Iceland’s #1 craft beer, announced this week its partnership with Johnson Brothers of Nevada to start selling its award-winning Icelandic craft beers in Clark County, Nevada, expanding its distribution in the United States to 16 states.
Braven Brewing Company, a craft brewery based in Brooklyn, NY, recently signed an agreement with Gasko & Meyer to distribute their beers throughout the Hudson Valley and Capital Region.
Iron Horse Brewery is introducing a new year-round pale ale called Send It, available in six-pack 12 oz cans and draft.
Axholme Brewing Company have this week launched a brand new ale which pays homage to the history of Grimsby – the home of their new brewery.
