Craft beer industry news.
Wachusett Brewing Company released its highly anticipated “City of Champions” mix can 12-pack which features its award winning Green Monsta IPA and three brand new beers to the market — Brewin, Larry Triple Double and Bella Czech Pils.
America’s best-known beer writer, Don Russell, will become first Executive Director of the Garden State Craft Brewers Guild this September. The not-for-profit association that advocates on behalf of Jersey’s artisanal beer makers started out in 1996 as a small collection of passionate volunteers.
The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild (LABG) is proud to announce the hiring of Frances Michelle Lopez as the first Executive Director of the nearly three year old organization.
Just in time for the end of summer Capital Brewery has released Vacation Request, a light bodied ale brewed with Mandarina Bavaria and Lemondrop hops plus a touch of rye. The clean and crisp citrus finish makes the final stretch before the inevitable cooler and shorter days of fall a little more bearable.
Brass Monkey has undeniably brought fun to the masses. But, let’s be honest, with a solid 8% ABV, that funky monkey can sneak up on you. Enter stage right; Brass Monkey’s laid back baby brother, Slacker!
In Aztec mythology, time was cyclical and each period was ruled by a new sun. The five principal Mesoamerican civilizations – Aztec, Maya, Olmec, Zapotec and Toltec – all built marvels of architecture and sculpture embellished with designs of the sun. We are now living under the 5th sun, and Capital Brewery has developed a beer to celebrate this astrological belief.
Anheuser-Busch InBev, via its Goose Island Beer Company outfit, today announced it will acquire a majority stake in Michigan’s Virtue Cider. Specific financial terms were not disclosed, but officials with both companies described the partnership as a joint venture, noting that Goose would become the “majority shareholder” in the cidery.
Victory Brewing Company’s daylong celebration and fundraiser, Victory for the Headwaters, scheduled for September 12th, has been cancelled due to low water levels in the Brandywine River. The lack of rain combined with soaring temperatures, has made portions of the river impassable via canoe, impeding the clean up efforts.*
Helm’s Brewing Company is bringing their award winning San Diego craft beer to the other side of the country to the state of North Carolina. This is the second expansion outside of California in recent months for Helm’s Brewing after announcing a Denver debut in August.
Mayflower Brewing Company, America’s Hometown brewery, is pleased to announce the release of a new beer called “Standish” starting next week. Standish is an Imperial Stout and is the fourth of the brewery’s new line of limited-edition, Cooper’s Series beers that are available in kegs and 4-packs.
Arise and take possession of a new Halloween treat for craft beer ghouls and goblins roaming the beer isles in search of a scary good black IPA. This Halloween season, behold Shmaltz Brewing’s latest spellbinding limited-edition release: Death Black IPA.
River North Brewing is being forced out of the emergent Denver neighborhood it’s both named after and has called home since opening three and a half years ago. As reported by Westword, the company is closing its taproom and production brewery this October as the building’s owners have decided to raze the structure and construct, in its place, a luxury apartment complex.
During this year’s Great American Beer Festival®, Pints for Prostates, in collaboration with the Prostate Conditions Education Council, and 1400 Miles, will offer a free men’s health screening event for brewing industry members and beer fans attending the event.
Austin, TX — We’re excited to introduce Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite. As the name suggests, it’s our Atrial Rubicite (blend #4) aged for 15 months in a Spanish sherry barrel! A lot of time went into making this beer. This isn’t to suggest that very long periods of maturation in oak automatically leads to good beer. Far… Read more »
