Craft beer industry news.
Mims Distributing Company, a wholesale beverage distributor in North Carolina, has announced that its weekly craft beer podcast, “Tales From The Cask,” has been recognized as one of the top beer podcasts in the nation. The podcast placed second in the best podcast/broadcast category at the 2015 North American Guild of Beer Writers Awards, which honors the best beer and brewing industry coverage in nine categories.
Sun King Brewery is proud to celebrate Indiana’s strong heritage of basketball with the release of a limited number of cans of Tip-Off Ale, a German-style Altbier with a rich copper color and mellow malt flavor.
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company President Clark Lewey is pleased to announce that that a distribution agreement has been reached with Johnson Brothers to distribute its beers throughout the State of Nebras
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (“CBA”) (NASDAQ:BREW), a leading craft brewing company, announced today that it will hold a question-and-answer conference call for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015, on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. PST (11:30 a.m. EST).
Remember the class action lawsuit from earlier this year that alleged MillerCoors was deceptively brewing and marketing its Blue Moon Brewing line of craft products? Well, on Wednesday, a California judge all but dismissed the suit, saying that the company’s use of the Blue Moon Brewing Company name on its label “shielded it from liability under California’s consumer protection laws under safe harbor doctrine,” according to Law360.
It’s been nearly 16 years since Boulevard Brewing altered its appearance, but in an effort to appeal to more consumers in more places, the Kansas City-based brewery is now beginning to test new packaging designs. Over the next several months, the company plans to introduce new labels, designed in partnership with Helms Workshop, a Texas-based strategic design studio that has worked with beverage clients like Austin Beerworks, Spencer Trappist Brewery and Southern Comfort.
Oskar Blues is now nearly national. The Colorado-headquartered craft brewery today announced expanded distribution in Mississippi and Utah, bringing the total number of states where it sells beer to 46. The company has signed with four distributors in Mississippi — Clark Beverage Group, Stokes Distributing Company, Capital City Beverage and FEB Distributing — and M&M Distributing (part of Admiral Beverage) in Utah.
Upper Hand Brewery is excited to announce it will begin distribution into Wisconsin beginning November 16, 2015. Staying true to its northern roots, Upper Hand beers will only be available in the northern half of the state.
Oskar Blues Brewery shakes up the fall craft beer lineup with a national limited release of its rebellious take on the traditional Irish Porter, Death by Coconut, starting this month and while supplies last.
Sprecher Brewing Company will begin its annual Whole Cone Hop Series with Wisconsin Pale Lager, or WIPL, so named because it is dry hopped with just-off-the-bine fresh Wisconsin Cascade hop cones grown by members of the Wisconsin Hop Exchange.
Rogue Ales announces the creation of the ultimate stocking stuffer with the release of Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Mango Astronaut Ale, the latest in its line of doughnut inspired ales. This newest doughnut ale collision, with fellow rogues at Voodoo Doughnuts, is hitting shelves around the world now.
Angry Orchard today announced a brand new glass designed just for hard cider: the Orchard Glass. Cider is a unique beverage that walks a line somewhere between wine and beer. And while there are many glasses out there, developed to enhance the flavor of wine or craft beer, the cider makers couldn’t find a glass they felt did the same for craft cider. With cider having a renaissance here in the US, the cider makers wanted to give those discovering the drink the best cider drinking experience possible.
Casual burger chain Red Robin is beefing up its beer program, installing more tap lines and remodeling all locations with a new “gourmet burgers and brews” logo on the outside of its restaurants. To help bolster its reputation as a craft-savvy chain, Red Robin inked a three-year sponsorship of the Brewers Association-run Great American Beer… Read more »
If there’s one thing that socially responsible businesses have learned, it’s that they can’t go at it alone. Whether it’s implementing responsible sourcing initiatives or creating a positive corporate model to make an impact on sustainability, there is strength in numbers. So where did Ben & Jerry’s turn for help and inspiration for its latest ice cream flavor? Colorado-based New Belgium Brewing. Never has the phrase “polishing off a pint” been so perfectly poised in any partnership for a delicious double-entendre.
