Craft beer industry news.
Hi-Wire’s South Slope Specialty Brewery is currently transitioning from brewing a wide variety of one-time-release ales and lagers to brewing exclusively sour and wild beers. Although this shift will not change Hi-Wire’s core lineup of beers, it will make the company one of the nation’s only breweries to have a specialty program that revolves around both craft lagers and sour beers.
Heavy Seas Beer is excited to announce the Partner Ships Series in 2016. This collaboration series will feature beers brewed with Maine Beer Company, Troegs Independent Brewing, Terrapin Beer Company, and Stone Brewing Company.
In keeping with the spirit of traditional Old-World Farmhouse Ales, Blackberry Farm Brewery has crafted a golden, dry-hopped Saison featuring German Select, Tettnanger, East Kent Golding hops. This beer’s floor-malted pilsner grain bill and classic Belgian Saison yeast create a pleasantly light and balanced beer, accentuated by subtle earth and spice notes from the Noble dry hop addition.
Six months after promoting then-CFO Kim Jones to CEO, Sweetwater Brewing and the former executive have parted ways, Brewbound has learned. Tucker Berta Sarkisian, a spokeswoman with Sweetwater, confirmed Jones’ departure, saying only that she had moved on. In a separate but related move, Sweetwater has also hired Paul “PK” Kirbabas, the current director of sales administration for Georgia’s United Distributors
Coronado Brewing Company is set to release fan-favorite Sock Knocker IPA in February as a part of the brewery’s Crown Series. Craft drinkers have now come to anticipate this beer’s annual release, but this year the company plans to switch things up. Coronado Brewing will be releasing the beer for the first time in six-packs as part of its spring seasonal release program, stretching February to April.
The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, a popular Coastside destination best known for its award-winning, house-brewed beer, sustainable seafood, live music and an expansive, dog-friendly patio, is kicking off 2016 with the launch of its highly anticipated Ocho Barril series of sour brews crafted by Brewmaster James Costa. In addition, guests are invited to a family-friendly viewing party for The Big Game on Sunday, February 7, and a celebration of Valentine’s Day with a pre-fix, four-course beer pairing dinner prepared by Executive Chef Federico Godinez on Friday, February 12, in addition to holiday weekend specials.
Blend one part Dry Dock Apricot Blonde Ale and one part Dry Dock Hop Abomination IPA and you’ve got yourself a Hopricot. This slightly sweet and subtly hopped concoction is so popular in our tasting rooms that we decided to send it home with you. This February, Dry Dock’s new canned 12-pack, Hopricot, will be available in liquor stores across Colorado. This new pack includes six Hop Abomination IPA cans and six Apricot Blonde cans.
3rd Sign Brewery is pleased to announce the launch of its beers to the Milwaukee and Kenosha/Racine markets. As one of the newest beer brands in Wisconsin, 3rd Sign Brewery will be available this week at select restaurants, bars, and retailers in Southeast Wisconsin, in both four-packs and draft. 3rd Sign partnered with Beer Capitol Distributing Co. for the greater Milwaukee market and CJW Inc. for downstate WI.
Fort Collins Brewery (FCB) is proud to announce the release of a new signature series that will appeal to adventurous palates, beer geeks, and lovers of limited release craft brews. “The Savor Series line is designed by taking a close look at styles that don’t hold back,” says FCB Co-Owner and General Manager Tina Peters. “Kettle-souring, barrel-aging, and wild yeast strains are among a few of the inspirations for the Savor Series.”
Innis & Gunn the award-winning independent brewer of oak-aged beers, is releasing its cult-favorite winter seasonal in the United States. Innis & Gunn Irish Whiskey Aged Stout is a 7.4% ABV creation that debuted in 2012 and has become a US hit that quickly sells out within weeks of hitting retailer shelves.
Lucky Envelope Brewing, whose founders are of Chinese descent, will celebrate the Lunar New Year next month with its first-ever bottle offering, the “Year of the Monkey Ale”. The award-winning Seattle brewery, which opened its tasting room in the Ballard neighborhood last spring, will also decorate its location with traditional adornments and provide educational materials about the annual holiday celebrated by hundreds of millions, worldwide.
Congressional leaders in Alabama have nearly finished writing a bill that will change many of the state’s Prohibition-era laws, advancing the cause of craft brewers in the state. Particularly notable, leaders say, is that Alabama lawmakers managed to bring together representatives from all three tiers to propose the changes. While craft brewers in Georgia and Mississippi appeal to local officials for updated industry regulations, the state’s example is one that some hope will serve the rest of the South.
You will soon be able to enjoy Braxton Brewing Co.’s canned beers in Cincinnati. After initially launching Storm Golden Cream Ale 12 oz. cans in Northern Kentucky retailers in November, the Covington-based brewery is now expanding distribution into the Cincinnati market. In addition, Crank Shaft IPA will be available in cans in both Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Crank Shaft cans and expanded distribution will launch in late February.
SteadyServ Technologies, the first data-as-a-service company for the draft beer market, today announces the addition of Meagen Anderson to the company’s executive team as its new vice president of global sales. Anderson will drive new business initiatives and sales strategy for the company, with the goal of widening SteadyServ’s customer base for its patented data platform.
