Craft beer industry news.
A little over half a year after media executive John Gallegos took a majority stake in San Diego-based SouthNorte Beer, the brewery is launching its first major advertising campaign and has hired Constellation Brands veteran Breanne Heal as its first vice president of sales and marketing.
Elmwood London, the strategic design consultancy, has crafted the new brand identity for Amstel®. The design builds on Amstel’s position as the world’s local beer and strikes the balance of clarifying the brand’s iconic global assets while allowing flexibility to fit the needs of its 115 local markets.
Just in time for Mango Season, Fairchild Garden, in partnership with Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Co., is pleased to announce the release of Best Day Ever!, a mango sour beer that’s inspired by Miami summers and tastes just like a fresh mango picked from the Fairchild Farm.
On this week’s episode of Brewbound Frontlines, David and Carmen Favela, the co-owners of San Diego-based Border X Brewing, will discuss their collaboration with the Mujeres Brew Club on a new taproom project aimed at empowering female brewers. Heavy Seas Beer CEO Dan Kopman joins the panel to discuss the state of the industry nearly four months into the COVID-19 crisis.
Last month, Deschutes celebrated 32 years as a trusted craft brewery. Black Butte Porter, the beer that put the small town brewery on the map in the 80’s, remains the #1 selling porter in the US, even though it only resides in two thirds of the country.
The color and scent of a summer afternoon is about to get a twist… of mango!
New Holland Brewing Company has announced the next member of the Dragon’s Milk family, Dragon’s Milk Solera, a 10% ABV foeder-aged ale that emphasizes the passage of time.
Summer for many means enjoying a thirst quenching iced tea, but this summer how about trying an ice-cold can of Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Hard Tea? For those looking for a new take on traditional summer libations, Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Hard Tea delivers the simple pleasure of sipping a refreshing iced tea with a twist.
Brewbound has compiled a list of beer companies and wholesalers who have received more than $1 million in funding through the program. This list is by no means comprehensive, and specific loan amounts were not shared, only ranges.
Riverbend Malt House announced the release of the newly created “Kindred Spirits” collaboration IPA.
iControl Data Solutions (iControl), a leading process and payment consolidation and business insights provider to retailers and their trade partners, announced the release of On-Premise Beverage (OpBev), the first product to track daily, on-premise point of sale (POS) sales for alcoholic beverages from bars and restaurants.
Energy drink maker Monster Beverage could be entering the more than $2 billion hard seltzer segment, according to an analyst’s report. Stifel Financial analyst Mark S. Astrachan speculated that the energy drink maker is considering entering the alcoholic beverage market, “most likely” with a hard seltzer.
Can inventory nationwide has tightened, due to the seismic shift in beer sales from on-premise draft to off-premise package since the COVID-19 pandemic began. “Sixteen ounce cans are going to be a problem this summer,” David Racino, co-founder and CEO of Austin, Texas-based American Canning, told Brewbound.
Short’s Brewing Co along with Starcut Ciders, and Beaches Hard Seltzer, is now available in New York City and Long Island for purchase.
