Forty-nine states down, one to go. This July, Green Flash Brewing Co. will expand distribution to Hawaii, per an exclusive agreement with Paradise Beverages Inc. (Par Bev), leaving only one state, Utah, standing in its way of becoming a fully fledged national brand.
Beginning later this year, North Carolina’s Green Man Brewing Co. will “partner brew” out of contract brewing outfit Brew Hub’s pilot facility in Lakeland, Fla. The Lakeland brewery — the first of five contract facilities Brew Hub plans to open throughout the country — is slated to be fully operational by sometime this August.
The U.S. Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has ruled that more than 30 ingredients as well as certain brewing processes — such as aging beer in barrels — are no longer subject to formula requirements. Previously, brewers using the now exempt ingredients and practices had to provide a formula submission to the TTB en route… Read more »
Remarkable Liquids, an Albany, N.Y.-based craft wholesaler, is set to introduce a new importing arm, one that Matt Hartman, a partner with the company, calls “just an extension” of what it’s been doing since launching in July, 2012. Remarkable Liquids Importing will debut with offerings from Beau’s All Natural, a brewery out of Vankleek Hill,… Read more »
In the beer industry, there are plenty examples of brand confusion. Then there’s the peculiar case of Pizza Port Brewing Company and Port Brewing Company, two San Diego-area breweries with very close ties to one another. For better or worse, the two companies (which also share two majority partners) have long been confused in the… Read more »
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery may subscribe to an “off-centered” ethos, but the Milton, Del.-based company has a classic sense of fashion. Through a collaboration with Woolrich, an outdoor clothing company that pre-dates the Civil War, the brewery is set to release Pennsylvania Tuxedo, a small-batch pale ale brewed with spruce tips, named after the matching… Read more »
We’re please to announce that every speaker presentation and panel discussion from last week’s Brewbound Session is now available for viewing on BevNET FBU, BevNET.com Inc.’s on-demand, video learning site for food and beverage entrepreneurs.
At the crux of the charges, A-B InBev is alleged to have been using Anton Paar meters to measure the alcohol content in its beers before adding water and carbon dioxide to lower the alcohol content. Subsequently, according to the suit, the company marketed its beers as having higher alcohol content than they actually did.
Sean Spiegelman, the founder of Appalachian Mountain Brewery, beat out eight other participants with his diversified approach to business, one that relies on cause-based marketing and includes beer and cider production as well as a food truck service.
In 2010, Four Loko found itself somewhere between Legos and Windex on the definitive list of things that no human being should ever consume as compiled by screaming heads on television, concerned politicians and horrified parents alike. It was just too much booze, with too much caffeine, in too big a can, and it was bound to kill us all.
Craft beer in the Lone Star state is blooming like a Texas Rose. According to a new report from the Texas Craft Brewers Guild (TCBG), the state’s craft beer production grew more than 17 percent in 2013, which accounted for 5.34 percent of all the beer produced by Brewers Association-defined craft brewers.
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.
