It’s been more than a year since Avery Brewing purchased the 5.6 acre parcel of land in Boulder, Colo. that will soon be its new home and on Tuesday, the company announced that construction of a new brewery has finally begun. By this time next year, the 20-year-old craft beer company will finally be able… Read more »
Brewbound is pleased to announce the dates and locations of its 2014 Brewbound Session conferences, the country’s leading event series for craft beer entrepreneurs. The first Brewbound Session event of 2014 will be held on Thursday, May 29 at the Revere Hotel in Boston, Mass.
It’s not a full suitcase, but Founders Brewing’s new 15-pack of All Day IPA is halfway there and might even fit in an overhead bin. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based craft brewery today announced it will begin shipping canned 15-packs of its 4.7 percent session IPA to distributors in March, one year after the company first… Read more »
A recent push towards lower alcohol craft beer offerings has prompted Alchemy & Science — the craft brew incubation project and wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Beer Company — to rebrand its Just Beer Project flagship. Beginning this week, A&S will relaunch “Just IPA” as “Anytime IPA.”
Maybe it’s the scarcity. Maybe it’s the water quality. Whatever “it” is, one thing’s certain — there is an undeniable mystique to many of Vermont’s 32 craft breweries. One of the more mysterious figures on the Vermont craft beer scene is Shaun Hill, owner of the highly regarded Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vt.. A… Read more »
Due to increased distribution of its draft beer, Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery production grew more than 20 percent, to 40,496 barrels in 2013. “Our Wisconsin distributors had an incredible year with on-premise draft sales,” Chris Johnson, the brewery’s marketing director said in a press release. “I was pleased with our out-of-state distributors’ enthusiasm when we gave… Read more »
Mike Magoulas, the former MillerCoors executive who was appointed Boulevard Brewing’s CEO in September 2012, has resigned after less than 15 months with the company. Magoulas’ last official day with Boulevard was December 31, the same day Duvel Moortgat closed on its acquisition of the Kansas City-based company.
Rich Lozyniak will step down as CEO of North American Breweries, its parent company Florida Ice & Farm Co. (FIFCO) announced on Friday. He will officially relinquish duties upon the naming of his replacement. “Rich has been a tremendous leader in a time of great transition. He is an expert at building organizations and navigating… Read more »
Dogfish Head finally eclipsed the 200,000 barrel mark in 2013, a milestone that only 11 other regional brewing companies had achieved the year prior. Led by its “family of IPA offerings” — 60-minute, 75-Minute, 90-minute, 120-minute, Sixty-One, Indian Brown Ale, Aprihop, Burton Baton and Rhizing Bines — Dogfish Head production numbers soared to 202,000 barrels,… Read more »
Nearly half of the country’s 2,722 breweries make less than 15,000 barrels of beer annually, but despite the limited capacity, a number of craft beer companies are rapidly expanding their production capabilities and distribution footprints. Lexington, Ky.-based Blue Stallion Brewing will make its first foray into retail when it begins regional distribution in February, the… Read more »
Yuengling’s planned mid-March rollout in Massachusetts is the most anticipated brewery launch in the last decade — or at least that’s what the Pottsville, Penn.-based company thinks. “Not since Coors or Corona has a brand come along that will have as much impact as Yuengling will in Massachusetts,” Yuengling COO Dave Casinelli told Brewbound.
Betting on continued growth of the rapidly developing U.S. cider market, Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced plans to nationally distribute its Stella Artois Cidre brand. The dry European-style cider, which was first introduced in 26 states last May, will be available across the U.S. in 4-packs, 24 oz. bottles and on draft.
Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing today announced that it sold 144,000 barrels last year, up 32 percent versus 2012. Growth was driven primarily by its flagship offerings — 420 Extra Pale Ale and SweetWater IPA — as well as the company’s variety 12-pack, Tackle Box, which grew 215 percent. “420 Extra Pale Ale led in overall volume,… Read more »
The Brewers Association (BA) today announced that, by the end of 2013, the number of U.S. breweries reached its highest level since the early 1870s. The BA counted 2,722 brewing facilities in the U.S. last year, and increase of more than 400 versus 2012.
