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Branchline Brewing Company is excited to announce their expansion with the purchase of a new canning line. This new equipment will allow the company to produce and package more canned beer for thirsty customers across the Lone Star State. The new equipment comes used from Latitude 42 Brewing Company in Portage, Michigan and is manufactured by Cask Equipment.

Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers is set to release a collaboration brew, Beer Geek Helles, with New England Brewing Company the weekend of July 15th 2016. The beer will be available on draft and in four packs of 16 oz cans throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, and parts of New York. The release will be celebrated with multiple events in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York.

When looking for a distributor, Craig and Cheryl took a lot of time to find the right fit. “Brown’s focus on craft and small breweries matches really well with what we are trying to do.” FKBC will find a unique place within the Brown portfolio as they are producing 100% of their beer, right in Islamorada.

Known to many across New England, New Jersey and New York City for its automated mobile canning lines and well trained, professional staff, Iron Heart Canning is proud to announce its purchase of the Elyria, Ohio based mobile canning company, Buckeye Canning. The deal solidifies an expansion into the Midwest, extending a service offering that has helped stimulate growth of craft beer in cans across the Northeast U.S.

Champion Brewing Company has announced today that it has hired Nathan Merchant as its statewide North Carolina Market Manager. After nearly 2 years of steady growth in the market, Champion continues to invest in its presence in North Carolina with its first full-time market manager. Champion had previously worked within a shared representative program.

Yards Brewing Company is back at it again, releasing their seasonal brew, PYNK: A Tart Berry Ale. PYNK was originally brewed as a draught-only limited release in the early 2000s, but this marks its fourth year as a packaged and draught seasonal from the Philadelphia-based regional craft brewery, available through October.

Grand Teton Brewing Company, known throughout the West for their exceptional craft brews, is proud to announce the third release in their Brewers’ Series, Farmhouse.

Mispillion River Brewing will release Threat Level Purple, their Imperial IPA, in cans on July 9th at noon. Mispillion has hinted at the upcoming release on their Facebook page over the past month through the use of color themed images. Threat Level Purple was first publicized with a happy blue image and has gradually moved to a red image depicting a nuclear melt down. Once the image turns purple, customers will be able to purchase the beer.

At 4.7% ABV and 55 IBUs, Narragansett Town Beach IPA is brewed specially for the late summer months when the days are hotter and longer, requiring a bold yet sessionable beer to fuel a proper New England beach day. This brew starts with pale, cara pils and wheat malts, and Pacific Gem, Green Bullet, nugget, and EKG hops to give it a slight fruitiness before it’s dry-hopped with citra hops at the finish to bring the perfect balance of bitterness.

Moonlight Meadery is celebrating a 6th anniversary by launching an additional 2 ciders in their portfolio in draft releases. Crimes of Passion is a black currant cider and Boys n’ Berries is a boysenberry cider.

With its recent launch, Lake Brothers Beer Company has introduced a flavorful but easy-drinking lager built upon the heritage of the Great Lakes region. Detroit’s newest beer contains just four all-American ingredients: hops (Liberty and Cluster), malted Midwestern barley, yeast and, of course, Great Lakes water.