The craft beer category may be poised for its eighth consecutive year of double-digit dollar sales growth in U.S. supermarkets — recent IRI data pegs it up 15.3 percent through July 14 — but the figure is just one small brush stroke in a larger portrait of craft’s ongoing, upward surge.
Oskar Blues, which has experienced 198 percent growth from 2010 to 2012, according to the company, has blossomed into the second largest craft brewery in Colorado. This rapid growth has landed the brewery a spot on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list for the fourth year.
Green Flash Brewing Co. today announced new distribution in Minnesota through Chicago-based Wirtz Beverage Group, which operates wholesaler companies in five states. Minnesota marks the 43rd state where the San Diego-based craft beer brand is now sold. It joins an impressive portfolio of craft brands distributed by Wirtz, including Anchor Brewing, Boston Beer Company and… Read more »
In an effort to modernize the look and feel of its brand, New Belgium Brewing will give its entire portfolio of offerings a makeover. The Fort Collins, Colo.-based company announced today that it will introduce the refreshed look and feel to when it launches in Ohio this December.
Ongoing legislative changes in California would make it easier for craft beer consumers to pick up a jug of suds.
AB-647 clarifies the language used in the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to allow the state’s beer manufacturers to refill resealable “growlers” brought by consumers to the brewery, regardless of that growler’s origination.
Alchemy & Science, the craft brew incubation project and wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Beer Company, today announced that it acquired all rights to the Coney Island craft beer brand for an undisclosed amount. Alan Newman, the president of Alchemy & Science told Brewbound.com that conversations over Coney Island, a sub-line of Shmaltz Brewing, began last… Read more »
A Stone Brewing Co. employee was killed while operating a forklift at the Escondido, Calif.-based brewery on Saturday, reports NBCSanDiego.com. The victim, who was later identified as 27-year-old Matthew Courtright, worked as a senior brewer for the company. According to reports, Courtright was driving a forklift around 5 P.M. when it unexpectedly rolled over.
Less than two months after a successful four-city tour that made stops in San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, Ore., Brewbound will make its return to the West Coast to host a session of the Brew Talks traveling discussion and networking series at Speakeasy Ales & Lagers in San Francisco.
Craft beer continued its strong showing in U.S. supermarkets through the first half of 2013, according to new data from IRI, a Chicago-based market research group. Dan Wandel, senior vice president of beverage alcohol client relations for IRI, shared recent statistics on craft beer sales in U.S. supermarkets during yesterday’s “Power Hour,” an online seminar… Read more »
Dan Wandel, the senior vice president of IRI’s beverage alcohol team, believes that craft beer’s impressive growth over the last decade no longer needs to be referred to as a “revolution.” “I think we are at a point now where I am ready to drop the ‘R,’” he said during today’s Brewers Association (BA) Power… Read more »
There’s new legislation brewing in Michigan that would make it easier for small brewers and brewpub owners to expand their business operations. House Bills 4709, 4710, and 4711 would reform current Michigan liquor control codes, allowing the state’s brewers, ‘micro brewers’ and brewpub owners to continue growing in both size and scale.
A bill signed into law Monday by Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn will enable the state’s self-distributing craft breweries to produce up to 30,000 barrels annually, doubling the previous amount allowed. The law, HB 1573, “does not affect the ability for a craft brewer to self-distribute up to 7,500 barrels or to simultaneously hold a brew pub (retailer) license,” according to a statement from The Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois (ABDI).
Bell’s Brewery today confirmed plans to begin distributing in upstate and Western New York on October 1. Bell’s inked distribution agreements with three L. Knife & Son companies — T.J. Sheehan Distributing, Tri-Valley Beverage and Craft Guild of New York — to sell the company’s year-round and seasonal offerings on draft and in bottles.
Chicago-based wine, spirits and newly minted craft beer wholesaler, Wirtz Beverage Illinois, yesterday announced a new distribution agreement with BuckleDown Brewing. BuckleDown Brewing, which is located 20 minutes west of Chicago in Lyons, IL., is the fifth craft brand to sign on with Wirtz.
