Craft beer industry news.
San Dimas, CA — The California Beer Festival in San Dimas is all about two things — great craft beer, and the celebration of that beer. Brew aficionados and enthusiasts will descend on Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park on September 6th, from 12:30 pm-5:00pm, to delight in a multitude of craft brews from such award-winning… Read more »
Bloomington, IN — Upland Brewing Co. announced today that Wheat Ale and Dragonfly IPA will be released in 16oz. cans throughout central Indiana at the end of August.
CHARLESTON, SC — In January 2014, Charleston’s Palmetto Brewing Company broke ground to revamp their 20-year-old facility in downtown Charleston. After nearly a year of construction, the brewery opens its doors to the public for tours and tastings this week.
Clifton Park, NY — Shmaltz Brewing Company teams up for the fourth year-in-a-row with Terrapin Beer Company and Alan Shapiro (founder of SBS Imports) to create Reunion Ale ’14: A Beer For Hope┬«, a Dark Imperial Brown Ale Brewed with Toasted Coconut, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Roasted Coffee (from Creekside Café in Burnt Hills, NY) and Cocoa… Read more »
Following 700 years of brewing tradition and history, ABK Beer will now be available in America for the first time. ROK Stars, the consumer products and environmental technologies development company founded by John Paul DeJoria and Jonathan Kendrick, has announced its ROK Drinks division has signed a multi-year exclusive agreement with leading United States beer… Read more »
BALTIMORE, MD — Heavy Seas Beer will celebrate “International Talk Like A Pirate Day” on Friday, September 19th. This holiday was created by John Baur and Mark Summers in 2002 when they were playing a game of racquetball. One of them yelled “Aaarrr!” in pain from the sport, which led them to begin talking like… Read more »
Chico, CA—Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Boulevard Brewing Company today announced that round three of their ever-evolving collaboration Terra Incognita will hit retail shelves late this month. First created in 2012 for SAVOR, a Brewers Association beer and food event, Terra Incognita proved too fun and flavorful a project to be a one-off. The beer,… Read more »
San Diego, CA– Helms Brewing Company an award winning craft beer company announced today that it has become the official beer sponsor for the 25th Annual Make-A-Wish┬« Tuna Challenge, an annual tuna tournament and fundraiser in San Diego with all proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation┬« of San Diego, Inc. The awards banquet and auction… Read more »
Oskar Blues today announced the nationwide release of its latest innovation, a canned version of the company’s Old Chub Nitro. The Longmont, Colo.-based company originally debuted the beer, albeit with a slightly different recipe, at the 2014 Craft Brewers Conference, held this past April in Denver, Colo.
For Joel VandenBrink, founder of both Seattle Cider Co. and Two Beers Brewery, running two markedly different businesses means developing two markedly different business strategies. Having just invested close to half a million dollars in an expansion that enabled it to triple capacity, Seattle Cider is getting set to open a second facility that will again significantly lift its production ceiling.
Salt Lake City, UT — Epic Brewing kicks off distribution in Texas this week with a series of events in Austin. Distribution in the Austin metropolitan area will be handled by Keg 1 LLC. Epic Brewing will also be distributed in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas by Andrews Distributing. Both distributors are nationally recognized… Read more »
EUGENE, Ore.—Aug. 13 2014—With the approach of the harvest and cooler fall weather, Ninkasi Brewing Company announces two lagers that are rooted in European tradition and celebrate the incredible ingredients of the Pacific Northwest.
COMSTOCK, Mich. – Bell’s Brewery, Inc. is proud to partner with local, state and regional organizations to host a Great Lakes Gala in the Bell’s Beer Garden on Sept. 14 at Bell’s Eccentric Café in downtown Kalamazoo.
Longmont, CO, & Brevard, NC — August 7, 2014-Dale Katechis, well-known as the passionate and hard-charging owner of Oskar Blues Brewery, REEB Cycles, and the man who started the craft beer-in-a-can revolution, was recently recognized for an achievement that had nothing to do with craft beer-for his philanthropic contributions.
