Add Founders Brewing to the growing list of craft breweries now producing more than 100,000 barrels annually (there’s 30 of them). The Grand Rapids, Mich,-based brewery cranked out 111,000 barrels in 2013, a 63-percent uptick from the 70,800 it produced in 2012. In fact, over the last six years, Founders has averaged a compounded annual… Read more »
Manhattan Beer Distributors, one of the country’s largest beer wholesalers, is taking a harder look at the cider category. The Bronx, NY-based wholesaler confirmed today that it has acquired the distribution rights to Woodchuck Hard Cider, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the C&C Group which also produces and markets the Magners, Hornsby’s and Blackthorn cider brands… Read more »
Green Flash Brewing Co. today announced its plans to expand distribution in Michigan in an effort to meet statewide demand. The San Diego-based brewery, which entered southern parts of the state in October, has inked deals with each of the 11 distributors that make up a statewide beer distribution network known as the M1 Group.
In a powerful speech, Andy Thomas, the newly-minted CEO of Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), used this year’s annual Beer Summit as a platform to fire specific and cutting remarks at the Brewers Association, the chief representative of the craft brewing movement and one that has tried to classify his products and others as something less… Read more »
If Survey Analytics’ study on “the secret life of the American beer buyer” is to be believed, the average beer drinker spends almost 3 percent of their yearly income on suds. The survey, which polled “more than 300 respondents in 42 states,” found that consumers spend about $1,270 a year on beer. According to the… Read more »
In the face of continuing consolidation across the country’s middle tier, two distributors — Dora’s Naturals and Sarene Craft Beer Distributors — are giving craft brewers another route to market in New York City. Both companies are betting on continued growth in craft and have launched beer wholesale operations to service the segment in the… Read more »
Sierra Nevada Brewing had planned to brew one million barrels in 2013. The company had also planned to open its new brewery in North Carolina and grow production more than four percent. It’ll have to wait a little while. Sierra Nevada sold 985,000 barrels in 2013 — just shy of the one-million it was hoping… Read more »
Two things are true in Massachusetts right now: First, somewhere in the Bay State a child is having his tongue pried from a frozen flagpole. Second, and much more importantly, the popularity of craft beer continues to rise. At least, that’s the takeaway from the year one network of wholesalers just enjoyed.
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 »
