Craft beer industry news.
The first day of 2015 marked the official launch of the Community Tap program at Hopworks Urban Brewery. The program is one way that Hopworks is working to support the local organizations that Hopworks has come to respect and admire.
Craft Beer Cartel, located at 557 SW 12th Avenue in historic Riverside Park opened their doors on December 13th to local craft beer and home brewing enthusiasts. A joint venture from Lisa & Julian Siegel, founders of Riverside Market, and Adam & Jill Fine, Owners of Native Brewing Company, Craft Beer Cartel has the largest selection of craft beer in South Florida.
A special beer for a special cause. Maui Brewing Co. is releasing Lorenzini Double IPA as its winter seasonal release. The name comes from the sharks “Ampullae of Lorenzini”, the shark’s electro sensory organ used to detect changes in electric fields.
We’re less than 48 hours into 2015 and already a pair of legislative initiatives that would impact how craft beer is sold at supermarket stores is grabbing headlines. In Wisconsin and Colorado, grocery advocates are lobbying for changes that would allow supermarket chains greater flexibility when selling beer.
Left Hand Brewing Co. raised $490,265 for the community in 2014. In the last 3 years, amidst much growth activity including increasing volume (41% bbl removed increase since 2012), 5 new market entrances, and earning international honors at the World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival, Left Hand Brewing has provided over $1.2 Million for the community since 2012 in funds and in-kind donations.
Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, the fastest growing cider company in Portland, Oregon, has appointed Steve Panos as Production Manager. In this capacity, Panos will oversee the entire production staff as the cidery continues through a rapid expansion. He will report directly to cidery founder Nat West.
Is there such a thing as Jersey Fresh beer? There is now that Cape May Brewing Co. is officially the first brewery to carry the “Made with Jersey Fresh” label for its Honey Porter beer.
New Belgium Brewing will kick off their Asheville hiring phase at Asheville’s 9th Annual Homecoming Job Fair on January 7, 2015. The company will hire about 50 full-time positions with benefits for their Asheville location throughout 2015, and at full build out their east coast digs will be home to approximately 140 full time coworkers. Additional sales positions will be hired in cities along the eastern seaboard as they expand.
2014 was by far the most successful year in Brewbound’s short, four-year history. Readership is at an all-time high and attendance at our annual business conferences is growing faster than ever. As we look for ways to improve our daily coverage of the craft beer industry, we’re asking readers to share their thoughts on our reporting in 2014 and help shape Brewbound’s content in 2015.
Surly Brewing’s new $34 million facility in Minneapolis will be fully operational within a couple weeks, pending the installation of its packaging equipment, according to a report from MPR News. The facility, the article adds, will enable the Minnesota-based brewery to quadruple capacity from 42,000 barrels per year. Additionally, the new brewery will feature a restaurant that has room for 90 people, a main beer hall that seats 216 more, and an event center.
2014 was another banner year for craft beer. Now, with the pages of our calendar set to flip to 2015, we take a look back at the years most important — and most read – stories in craft beer. Here are the top 10 stories that the defined craft beer industry in 2014.
FCB (Fort Collins Brewery) is excited to release its brand new seasonals, Black Sheep, Black IPA and FCB Hefeweizen beginning January, 2015.
CORNLABORATION, a new collaboration lager born from the creative brewing mind-meld of Oskar Blues Brewery of Colorado and North Carolina and Perrin Brewing Company of Comstock Park, Michigan, has been released in Michigan.
Central States Beverage Co. has announced year-end sales of 1 million cases of Boulevard beers throughout the greater Kansas City area alone, the most ever by one of the brewery’s distributors in one year. The MillerCoors-affiliated wholesaler has more than doubled sales of the Boulevard brand since first acquiring it in 2007, when it launched with sales of 497,000 cases. In 2013, Central States fell just 40,000 cases short of the 1 million case benchmark.
