The Orange County, Calif.-based brewery stated that it will “rededicate its focus” with regard to its original Bruery brand, “specifically on experimentation with non-wild ales, modern twists on classic styles and aging beer in bourbon and other spirit barrels,” according to a company statement.
Today’s beer consumers are often heralded as smarter than they’ve ever been. Nevertheless, a new report from Demeter Group suggests the difference between craft and what the investment firm refers to as “pseudo” craft continues to elude a sizeable portion of the population. The conclusion drawn from Demeter’s new report, “Protecting Craft Against Pseudos,” is… Read more »
Last night, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law the so-called “Stone Bill,” which immediately lifts restrictions for the Palmetto State’s smaller beer companies and makes a number of key changes to the state’s current brewery license regulations.
Last week, Brewbound Session Boston 2014 turned Space 57 at the Revere Hotel into a hub of networking and education for over 170 brewers, distributors, retailers and investors. Attendees who joined Brewbound’s fifth full-day business conference were treated to range of informative panel discussions and presentations on sales and distribution, marketing, investment, brand building, and business development strategies.
Full Sail Brewing Co. has hired beer industry veteran Andy Krakauer to serve as the company’s new vice president of sales. Krakauer, who most recently served as the director of business development and strategy at MillerCoors, said he plans to bring further “structure” and “rigor” to the company’s sales force.
Add Sierra Nevada to the growing list of craft brewers that have plucked talent from the world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev. Sierra, the country’s second largest craft brewer, based on 2013 sales figured supplied by the Brewers Association, has hired former A-B InBev senior brewmaster Daniel Kahn as Technical Director, a new position created to… Read more »
One Ohio distributor is looking beyond Old Glory to further capitalize on the growth of craft beer in America. Esber Beverage, a family-run wholesaler in Canton, is actively seeking Canadian craft brands to supply American retailers — which seemingly already have more SKUs than the sky has stars — with beer from the country’s northern… Read more »
Venturing further into the mainland, Kona Brewing Co. today announced it has added Mississippi to its distribution footprint, which now covers 40 states. Earlier this month, the island-themed beer brand owned by Craft Brew Alliance tapped retail channels in the key markets of Jackson, Hattiesburg, Gulfport, and Biloxi, through its network of Anheuser-Busch wholesalers on… Read more »
On Thursday at the Revere Hotel, Trillium Brewing, Jack’s Abby and Notch American Session Beer took part in three presentations entitled “Backyard Business Models,” which analyzed the varying directions of the growing Boston-area craft breweries.
There isn’t any one way to move product in the craft beer market as it becomes increasingly saturated. At today’s Brewbound Session business conference in Boston, however, a number of industry experts divulged what has enabled them to grow sales of their brands as the popularity of craft has blown up around them.
South Carolina lawmakers in both the House and Senate adopted what has become known as the Stone Bill this afternoon, effectively loosening restrictions on how brewers in the Palmetto State do business. The bill — known in the Senate as S. 1230 and in the House as H. 3512 — is now off to be… Read more »
We’re less than 24 hours away from the Brewbound Session, being held tomorrow at the Revere Hotel in downtown Boston, and it’s time to introduce our five esteemed judges for the second edition of Brewbound’s Startup Brewery Challenge, which is sponsored by Craft Brew Alliance.
Giving the white coats of craft beer their due, The New York Times published a story on Monday profiling the efforts of two teams of microbiologists as they seek to create “the first genetic family tree for brewing yeasts and the beers they make.”
This afternoon, a conference committee made up of six South Carolina lawmakers voted unanimously in favor of the bill — known in the Senate as S. 1230 and in the House as H. 3512 — which was inspired by Stone Brewing Co., the Escondido, Calif.-based brewery looking to invest upwards of $30 million to build a new facility on the East Coast, creating up to 400 jobs in the process.
