Craft beer industry news.
Alva Mather and Nichole Shustack of McDermott, Will & Emery — a law firm with one of the country’s leading beverage alcohol practices — joined the Brewbound Podcast to break down all the pressing legal issues facing the beer industry in 2021.
For 2021, Brooklyn will lean on a slate of new offerings including Pulp Art Hazy IPA, the expanded Special Effects non-alcoholic line, and a line of hard seltzers, in addition to its flagship Brooklyn Lager and Summer Ale seasonal.
Champion Brewing Company is releasing a refreshed logo and packaging design. The brand refresh will launch in late February, 2021, with the first look at redesigned cans dropping this week. Grocery stores will begin to see the new look by the end of the month.
Malt 2.0 has been launched by Bairds Malt to showcase the development of malt produced using new barley varieties introduced to the UK through the Early Evaluation Programme.
Drizly offered insights into sales of two of the online marketplace’s most popular beer category segments: IPAs and beyond beer, or “hard alternatives,” in the company’s parlance. Beverage packaging company Ardagh Group has proposed spinning off its can packaging operations into a new entity combined with Gores Holdings V, pending shareholder approval, according to a press release.
Former Wachusett Brewing Company president Christian McMahan has started The Hooch Lab, a consulting firm targeting higher-end brands in the beer, wine, spirits and ready-to-drink FMB space.
This Thursday, Feb. 25th, Container Brewing will be dropping their 3rd “true” sour; a tasty dry hopped liquid coming in at 4.6 ABV.
San Diego-based independent wholesaler Scout Distribution will begin distributing the Port Brewing and Tiny Bubbles brands beginning March 1, the San Marcos, California craft brewery announced today.
Central Virginia’s Stable Craft Brewing at Hermitage Hill, an authentic working farm brewery and winery, will be showcasing two new sour releases, Wild Strawberry and Raspberry, on Wednesday, February 24 from 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
One of America’s earliest craft distilleries, Dogfish Head Distilling Co. announces the coast-to-coast* launch of its scratch-made, ready-to-drink Canned Cocktails. The distillery’s lineup of Canned Cocktails includes three off-centered recipes –Blueberry Shrub Vodka Soda, Strawberry & Honeyberry Vodka Lemonade and Cherry Bergamot Whiskey Sour.
The next blend from Creature Comforts’ Concurrence series, Blend No. 7, releases this February. The beer will be available in 500-mL bottles from the brewery’s taproom.
Proof Brewing Co. has signed with Sunshine State Distribution to expand its award-winning portfolio to the Orlando market. Proof Brewing Co. is now sold in restaurants, craft beer bars, and retail accounts throughout eight Central Florida counties: Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Lake, Brevard, Volusia, and Flagler.
The Beer Spa by Snug, a new wellness spa offering therapeutic beer bath treatments, is opening in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood next week. The spa includes four private Beer Therapy Rooms and a high-tech relaxation lounge, alongside a ten-tap self-pour taproom.
Jeff Janisse, Ohza’s new Director of National Accounts, will assist with the company’s aggressive distribution goals in new and existing retail markets for Ohza in the United States.
