Brewbound, a leading trade publication covering the beer industry, today announces that it will host a two-day business conference for professionals in the beer, cider, and flavored malt beverage industries. Called Brewbound Live, the expanded event – formerly known as Brewbound Session — will take place at the Loews Hotel on November 27 and 28 in Santa Monica, California.
One week after announcing plans to acquire Oregon-based General Distributors, Portland’s Columbia Distributing today said it would purchase a majority of the assets of western Washington-based wholesaler Marine View Beverage. A purchase price was not disclosed. The deal, which is slated to close April 30, will add nearly 8 million cases to Columbia’s business, according to Marine View’s website.
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) has shut down its emerging business division and, in the process, let go of a key executive who had been with the company since 2011. In an SEC filing, CBA today announced that John Glick, who most recently served as the vice president of the company’s emerging business unit, would leave to “pursue other business opportunities.”
New Dogfish Head COO and president George Pastrana has only been on the job for about three weeks, but he said brewery founders Sam and Mariah Calagione have already welcomed him into the business as a “co-leader.”
Night Shift Brewing has brewed its last batch of beer at New Hampshire’s Smuttynose Brewing Company. The Massachusetts-based craft brewery, which partnered with Smuttynose last November for expanded production of some of its more popular offerings, has begun contract brewing with Isle Brewers Guild (IBG) in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, following news that Smuttynose would be sold at an auction.
As Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) continues to execute on a Kona-Plus strategy that led to 10 percent depletion growth for the Hawaiian-themed brand in 2017, CEO Andy Thomas is working to transform the publicly traded craft beer company into a “smaller, but healthier” organization that prioritizes profitability over increased shipment volumes.
In this week’s edition of Last Call: Constellation Brands-owned Ballast Point announces plans to consolidate its operations in Miramar; Epic Brewing recalls a batch of beer; A-B releases its Bud Light “Dilly Dilly” ad; and more.
Brewbound, a leading trade publication covering the beer industry, is announcing that Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has signed a two-year agreement to become the official beer of the Brew Talks meetup series. As the exclusive brewery partner, Dogfish Head will serve attendees a selection of its brews, including Liquid Truth Serum IPA, and the company’s key executives will participate in the panel discussions.
Nearly three weeks after shuttering its taproom, production has ceased at California’s Mendocino Brewing Company’s Ukiah-based facility.
As Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles unfolds on the field, Anheuser-Busch InBev will be attempting to capture viewers’ attention by running six ads during the commercial breaks.
New Belgium Brewing today announced the hiring of Shaun Belongie as its new vice president of marketing. Belongie, who joined the Colorado-headquartered craft brewery earlier this month, replaces Ruairi Twomey, who departed last July.
Columbia Distributing, one of the largest beverage wholesalers in the U.S., today announced it would acquire Oregon City’s General Distributors for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, which is set to close on March 31, will add approximately 3 million cases to a multi-state Columbia business that surpassed 62 million cases in 2016.
2017 was historically bad for U.S. brewers, who shipped 3.8 million fewer barrels of beer than the previous year, according to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments. According to industry trade association the Beer Institute (BI) — which represents the interests of all brewers and importers and publishes the TTB’s monthly estimates — U.S. beer companies shipped about 170 million barrels of beer in 2017, compared to nearly 174 million barrels in 2016.
When Baxter Brewing opened inside of the 168-year-old Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston, Maine, in 2011, the state did not allow breweries to sell beer directly to drinkers for on-premise consumption. State laws loosened in 2012, but Baxter – which is ranked as the third-largest brewery in Maine — had already dedicated the vast majority of its facility to production.
