Tomorrow, most Americans will commemorate the Fourth of July holiday with some barbeque, a few beers and celebratory fireworks in honor of our nation’s independence from Great Britain. But before you go reaching for a cold one, we’ve got some fireworks of our own in this week’s edition of press clips.
The next toehold for Gambrinus as it attempts to fill out a national distribution footprint for Shiner, its most popular brand, will be Massachusetts. Gambrinus, the country’s fourth-largest craft brewery, will launch Shiner in the Bay State in late July, Burke Distributing’s vice president of sales, Scott Adams, confirmed to Brewbound.
Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week echoed the same narrative that has been pervasive throughout the industry for a while now: more and more breweries are opening up across the country. Specifically, according to its 2012 Economic Census Industry Series, the number of breweries in the United States more than doubled between… Read more »
Constellation Brands, Inc. today reported a significant increase in first quarter sales, earnings and cash flow, driven primarily by its growing beer business. In its first quarter of fiscal year 2015, the international beer, wine and spirits company increased net sales 127 percent, earning $1.5 billion.
L.A.’s Golden Road Brewing and global restaurateur HMSHost have partnered to release the first craft beer made exclusively for airports, Carry On Citrus Ale. The new beer, which will be sold exclusively in Golden Road-branded 16 oz. cans, will initially rollout to 11 western airports on July 4.
Founders Brewing Co. today announced it will release Dark Penance, an imperial black IPA, in October. The specialty beer will be available throughout the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based brewery’s distribution footprint until the end of the year.
With the first half of the year now in the rearview mirror, prudent craft beer entrepreneurs are analyzing the latest IRI figures and benchmarking their own performances through the first six months of 2014. And for those brewery owners with limited access to expensive off-premise channel data, Brewbound has you covered with the latest numbers… Read more »
After nearly four years of brewing at capacity, Smuttynose Brewing Co., now fully operational in its new facility in Hampton, N.H., has more room to grow and is extending its reach both at home and abroad. Beginning Tuesday, Smuttynose’s beers will be available in the cities of Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tenn.
The Brew Talks West Coast Tour will make its first stop at Breakside Brewing’s production brewery, located at 5821 SE International Way in Milwaukie, Ore. Brew Talks will also be held at Sudwerk Brewing in Davis, Calif. on Tuesday, July 15, and Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16. A fourth stop at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens at Liberty Station is scheduled for Thursday, July 17.
The Wall Street Journal postulated an alarming threat facing the craft beer industry this week, reporting that the rising price of hops could put small brewers, specifically those that produce fewer than 15,000 barrels a year, out of business. The paradox of it all, of course, is that the threat exists “ironically, amid steady growth… Read more »
Earlier this month, Golden Road Brewing and its founder, Meg Gill, took center stage in a parody rap video posted to the YouTube page of Los Angeles comedian Nikki Muller. A spoof of the 2001 Ludacris classic, ‘Area Codes,’ Golden Road’s version playfully mocks many ‘area code’ craft beer labels like Firestone Walker’s 805 Blonde Ale and Goose Island’s 312 Urban Wheat Ale.
The Goose is taking flight. Beginning July 1, Goose Island Brewing’s 312 Urban Wheat Ale will be available on United Airlines’ flights worldwide and at the airline’s United Clubs in the continental U.S., the two companies jointly announced today. Rumors of the deal surfaced earlier this week when the Chicago Business Journal reported that a… Read more »
There’s just no slowing down Founders Brewing Company. The craft brewery, which is based in Grand Rapids, Mich., has grown at a 67 percent compound annual growth rate since 2008, while its on-premise points of distribution are up 61 percent this year. Sales of All Day IPA, Founders’ flagship brand, are up a remarkable 138… Read more »
Oregon’s affinity for local craft beer has reached an unprecedented high, as more than 18 percent of all beer consumed in the state last year was locally produced, according to the Oregon Brewers Guild. Of the 1.4 million barrels the state’s breweries produced last year—an uptick of 8 percent over the year prior—500,000 were sold… Read more »
