Craft beer industry news.
After an exciting season that saw the Starks reclaim the North and Cersei take the Iron Throne as the first queen of Westeros, Brewery Ommegang and HBO Global Licensing are introducing a new beer and bringing back a previous brew to steady the nerves of fans as they anxiously endure the show’s off-season break.
Beginning this week, Dry Dock’s seasonal Märzen lager is available in 12-ounce cans. Docktoberfest is Dry Dock’s first-ever seasonal can release.
To commemorate — and disintegrate — the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot, Dogfish Head Brewery is proud to release SeaQuench Ale, a session sour quencher made with lime peel, lime juice, black lime & sea salt. Clocking in at 4.9% ABV and 10 IBUs, SeaQuench Ale is a citrusy-tart union of three German styles of beer blissfully brewed into one highly quenchable ale. The beer will begin shipping nationwide on August 1st.
Following a strong launch at the beginning of the year, MillerCoors proudly expands its Henry’s Hard Soda offerings to include Henry’s Hard Cherry Cola. Now available on shelves nationwide, Henry’s Hard Cherry Cola joins the rest of the Henry’s family of flavors, Henry’s Hard Ginger Ale and Henry’s Hard Orange Soda.
Tamarron Consulting has published the results of its latest “Malt Beverage Supplier Performance Survey,” naming MillerCoors as the top rated beer manufacturer in 2015. More than 220 U.S. beer distributors representing approximately one third of total U.S. malt beverage industry volumes responded to the survey, which asked wholesalers to rate performance and share perceptions of the leading domestic and import brands.
Maui Brewing Company is pleased to announce the expansion of their ‘ohana to the mainland, as Cheyenne McCarthy joins MBC as the new Southwest Market Manager. Cheyenne’s food and beverage experience, which includes her more recent position at Fallbrook Brewing Company in southern California, along with her energetic professionalism will lend to her role in building relationships with MBC’s southwest wholesalers to promote and sell the brand.
In a press conference at the Green City Market today, Brewmaster Jared Rouben of Moody Tongue Brewing Company announced the Tasting Room at Moody Tongue, located alongside the brewery in the historic Glass Factory in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.
Beginning August 1, 2016, SanTan Brewing Company is set to release their fall seasonal, Oktoberfest Lager – a traditional German lager brewed annually for SanTan’s Oktoberfest celebration in Downtown Chandler. Oktoberfest made its debut in 2008 at SanTan’s first anniversary event. Today, it is Arizona’s longest running Oktoberfest brew.
Regional craft brewery Ale Asylum is ramping up to release their first packaged lager: Oktillion Oktoberfest. Known for their hop-centric ales, this is a leap into new territory for the brewery with a new style category as well.
The new round of funding will be structured much like the first: in the form of revenue share through which the business pays investors back with monthly payments based on topline revenue performance. Investors continue to receive monthly payments until they’ve received a total payback of 1.5x investment.
On Tuesday, August 2 at 5 p.m., the region’s most-awarded and fastest-growing collection of brewpubs, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, will add a new location, their 12th across DE, NJ and PA, in Huntingdon Valley Shopping Center (785 Huntingdon Pike, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006). The newest Iron Hill will focus on serving hand-crafted beer and from-scratch food, using only fresh, high quality ingredients designed to delight customers, all with the invitingly casual service and welcoming setting that have become the company’s signature over the past two decades.
American craft brewer powerhouse Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has collaborated with 630-year-old Bavarian craft brewer Riegele to produce a rare beer seldom seen in Germany: an American pale ale. The beer is being released in 11.2 oz. bottles exclusive to the German and European markets beginning this month.
Following the incredible debut of Star Trek Golden Anniversary Ale: The Trouble With Tribbles at Comic-Con International in San Diego, Shmaltz Brewing Company boldly goes to the “Star Trek Las Vegas” convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino from August 3 – 7, 2016. The national rollout of Golden Anniversary Ale: The Trouble With Tribbles is now underway to 25 states across the country, including California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and many others.
Prost to Fall! You will soon be able to lift Braxton Brewing Company’ s Oktoberfest Lager — Oktober Fuel — to life. The Covington-based brewery is launching their first seasonal can beginning in August.
