Craft beer industry news.
BOSTON, July 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Consumers thirsty for an ice cold beer over theFourth of July holiday weekend turned to Drizly in record numbers to have their beverages delivered. Powered by an 83-percent lift in weekly beer sales, Drizly enjoyed a record week for demand of its alcohol delivery service across Boston, New York… Read more »
When Harpoon Brewery announced that it would transfer 48 percent of the company’s shares into an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), many of our readers reached out with questions about how these transactions function. An ESOP is an innovative liquidity tool that provides flexibility for shareholders, tax advantages for business owners and an opportunity for… Read more »
Chandler, Arizona — It’s beer, it’s wine, it’s fantastic! The idea of blending craft beer with wine is something that Anthony Canecchia, SanTan founder and brewmaster has wanted to create for years.
LeBron James isn’t the only one taking his talents to Ohio. On the same day that the star basketball player announced his return to the team that drafted him, Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing Co. unveiled its plans to launch new distribution in Ohio later this summer.
Big Boss, which launched in Raleigh, N.C. in 2006, has tapped the services of B&B Distributors, KW Associates, Bud of Columbia, and Southern Eagle for coverage in Rock Gill, Greenville, Columbia and Charleston respectively.
DURANGO, Colo. — On Monday, July 21st owners and representatives from six of Colorado’s leading craft breweries will depart on the ride of a lifetime…for the sixth year in a row.
Salt Lake City, UT — A disaster struck late last year at Epic Brewing Company. A batch of one of our prized beers, Brainless on Peaches, went south on us during barrel aging.
Longmont, CO–The Oskar Blues CAN’d Aid Foundation recently partnered with Grassroots Outdoor Alliance to raise $50,000 for ColoRADo flood recovery at a fundraising event held at The Big Red Barn in Highland Meadows in Windsor.
There are now more than 3,000 breweries in the U.S., according to Bart Watson, the Brewers Association’s (BA) staff economist. Through the end of June, the BA counted 3,040 breweries, which marks the first time the U.S. has crossed the 3,000-brewery threshold since the 1870s. Watson, who announced the statistics on the trade group’s blog… Read more »
APTOS, CA – The 4th Annual California Beer Festival (CBF) returns to Santa Cruz, and is now two big days – Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10. Once again the Festival’s scenic setting is Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Rd., in Aptos.
Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii — Now in only its second year on the mainland, Kona Brewing Company’s Big Wave Golden Ale has once again been decorated with a medal at the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship held in Atlanta, GA this past weekend.
Effective Aug. 1, Boston’s Harpoon Brewery will be minority owned by its employees. The company today announced that it has transferred 48 percent of the company’s shares into an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) after purchasing those shares back from six of its eight existing shareholders.
One year after ditching a contract brewing business model for a shiny new brewing facility in Upstate New York, Shmaltz Brewing has grown its business nearly 50 percent. The company, which produces and markets a line of craft beers with tongue-in-cheek Jewish themes, had been producing its beers under contract for 17 years when it… Read more »
Boston, MA (July 10, 2014) — The Harpoon Brewery, brewers of Harpoon IPA and UFO beers, is proud to announce that effective August 1st it will become an employee-owned company. The existing shareholder group transferred 48% of Harpoon’s shares to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This new structure of employee ownership will ensure the… Read more »
