Contrary to the implications of its moniker, Knee Deep Brewing Co. isn’t stuck in any one place, and it’s not content to stand still. The Auburn, Calif.-based brewery has just reached across the country to tap Mutual Distributing Co. for statewide distribution throughout North Carolina, the company announced today, with the brewery’s full lineup of… Read more »
Wonder how Lagunitas Brewing Co. managed to score a $20 million credit line to equip its huge new Chicago brewery? According to lender GE Capital, a rising tide can help float a loan. The Petaluma, Calif.-based brewery has grown rapidly in recent years, increasing production sevenfold between 2012 and 2013, which is what the financial… Read more »
Taps in the nation’s capital just got a little more crowded, as Hardywood Park Craft Brewery has inked a deal with Reyes Beverage Group’s Premium Distributors of Washington D.C. for coverage across the district. The move marks the Richmond, Va.-based brewery’s first foray out of its home state.
The Maine Brew Bus began operating its free-to-board shuttle service this week, taking locals and tourists alike around the Portland peninsula for a taste of craft in Vacationland. Dubbed the “Hop and Go,” the 14-passenger green bus — identifiable by being distinctly a 14-passenger green bus — operates on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4-7:00 p.m…. Read more »
Longtime beer industry veteran Mike Mazzoni offered up his remarks on franchise law reform at last week’s Beer Marketer’s Insights conference in Chicago. His underlying point: the three-tier system has benefitted craft beer and franchise reform could benefit both brewers and distributors alike, but at the expense of brand equity.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators have struck a deal to cut back some of the “burdensome requirements” that restrict the sale and marketing of craft products in the state. The compromise bill, which will take effect 30 days after it is signed into law, lifts a production cap for small beer, wine, spirits and cider producers.
Tony Magee, the founder and CEO of fast-growing Lagunitas Brewing, has lost about 20 pounds in the last 12 months. We know what you’re thinking and no, he didn’t stop drinking his own brew or start any kind of radical juice cleanse. How’d he do it? By traveling a great distance.
F.X. Matt Brewing Co., brewers of the Saranac brand, is investing $3.5 million in an Edward Street property — right across from its main brewery in Utica, N.Y. — to expand its fermenting and aging capacity. The expansion will tack on 100,000 barrels to its ultimate capacity, lifting its ceiling to half a million barrels.
The Brewers Association (BA) has streamlined the registration process for this year’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in hopes of avoiding a repeat of a debacle that made securing a spot at the event difficult in 2013. Last year, brewers flooded the BA’s servers in an attempt to register, which resulted in the festival selling… Read more »
SweetWater Brewing Co. today announced it has expanded distribution to Memphis, Tenn., rounding out its statewide footprint in the Volunteer State. SweetWater’s beers have been available in eastern parts of the state since 2005, but a new partnership with Budweiser of Memphis will now bring the company to the largest city in the state.
Last month, the brewing community lost one its most eccentric entrepreneurs and a pioneer in craft brewing: Jack Joyce, the founder of Oregon-based Rogue Ales. Joyce, who had been living in Hawaii at the time, died suddenly of a heart attack on May 27 at the age of 71.
Earlier this year, Lazy Magnolia announced it would more than double its distribution footprint in 2014, by adding nine new markets on top of the existing eight where its beers are sold. Now Lazy Magnolia, which bills itself as Mississippi’s oldest packaging brewery, will scratch Chicago, Ill. off its to-do list by blowing into the… Read more »
A well-read food blogger has convinced the world’s largest brewers to publish, for the first time, a list of ingredients used to make its most popular beers. The North Carolina-based food activist, Vani Hari, who goes by the title “The Food Babe,” yesterday launched an online campaign urging Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors to disclose a… Read more »
Since its founding last April, San Diego’s Saint Archer Brewing has made a habit of executing sales and marketing endeavors that prominently display the company’s action sports image. Founded by members of the skate and surf communities, Saint Archer today announced its most recent partnership with with the Live Nation-owned Sleep Train Amphitheatre, an outdoor… Read more »
