Craft beer industry news.
Rochester Mills Beer Co. & Production Brewery announce a 2015 seasonal release date of July 31 for its Oktoberfest Celebration Lager, a malty, German-style Lager (or Märzen) with low to moderate hop bitterness featuring a medium body and brilliant amber color.
Today the Colorado Brewers Guild announced the return of Hop the Vote to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). Hop the Vote is a spirited but friendly brewing competition held between Colorado State House of Representatives and Colorado State Senators. Brewing will take place this month with voting occurring during the first three sessions at GABF on September 24 – 26.
Pendleton Pilsner, a collision of Oregon craftsmanship from Rogue Ales and Pendleton Woolen Mills, will officially be unveiled next week during Pendleton Bike Week, July 22-26, culminating with a launch party on the lawn of the historic Pendleton Woolen Mill site.
Surf Brewery, a small commercial craft brewery, open since 2011, with an onsite tasting room and homebrew shop, announced that they are releasing an Espresso version of their classic Oil Piers™ Porter.
Most recently awarded a silver medal at the 2014 World Beer Cup (American Sour category) The Lost Abbey’s Raspberry sour, Framboise de Amorosa, is making it’s return for 2015.
Suds Session Ale is a unique, frothy suspect, that’s hard to pick out of a police lineup. The beer was inspired by Vienna Lagers, but fermented with California ale yeast. It associates with English Pale Ales, minus the earthy hops. Eyewitnesses have confirmed that Suds Session Ale is a brass colored, light-bodied, malt-forward session beer that’s loaded with flavor. It will be released year-round by Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, on draft and in cans, starting in August.
SanTan Brewing Company’s most popular seasonal beer, Mr. Pineapple Wheat Beer has taken the industry by storm since he first made a splash in 2010.
In 1985, Larry Bell set out on a quest for better beer with his 15-gallon soup pot. Thirty years later, Bell’s Brewery, Inc. will release its 30th Anniversary Ale. An American Imperial Stout, Bell’s 30th Anniversary Ale is also a nod to another beer and one of the earliest examples of the style released here in the United States, Bell’s Expedition Stout.
Ninkasi Brewing is broadening its footprint once again, this time to Texas. The Eugene, Ore.-based craft brewery today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Andrews Distributing for full-time coverage in Dallas.
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, a traditional casual dining restaurant known for its expansive selection of craft beers, is showing its support of Belgian and Belgian-inspired brews by featuring limited-time selections from Brewery Ommegang and some of Belgium’s most renowned breweries in its latest Explorer Series installment.
The Center for Alcohol Policy announced today that Mike Lashbrook, former president of the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association (MB&WWA), has been named executive director for the Center. Lashbrook brings to the Center more than two decades of experience in public policy and the alcohol industry
Just in time for the prime summer months, Galena Brewing Company has expanded its packaging lineup to include three beers in Rexam 16 oz. cans. Anna Belle’s IPA is a ruby beer with a burst of hop flavors and aromas paired with a solid malt backbone and a clean and pleasant bitterness that lingers on the palate. Farmer’s Blonde Ale is a light ale with a crisp and refreshing flavor and a brilliant white head. Fevre River Ale Hefeweizen is a classic Bavarian style wheat beer with a medium to heavy mouth feel and refreshing taste that comes from banana and clove overtones.
On the heels of a $7 million brewery expansion, fast-growing Virginia craft brewery Devils Backbone today announced it would expand distribution to neighboring North Carolina, beginning in August. The company also plans to launch in Tennessee and West Virginia later this year, as part an effort to enter five new states over the next 12 months, according to Hayes Humphreys, chief operating officer.
Cape May Brewing Company beer Sawyer’s Swap has received a silver medal from the US Beer Open Championship in the category of aged beer.
