For the past two years, Brooklyn Brewery has remained steadfast in its commitment to grow organically in existing markets despite repeated attempts from wholesalers looking to lure the company into new states. “Our 25 percent growth this year has come organically,” said Robin Ottaway, the company’s vice president of sales. “At the end of this… Read more »
California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) executive director, Tom McCormick, had a message for small brewers attending Wednesday evening’s Brew Talks meetup in San Francisco. “I am here to prepare everybody for what will play out to be a pretty epic political battle,” he said.
Last Friday, Josh Noel and Paul Sullivan of The Chicago Tribune reported that the Cubs made Anheuser-Busch (A-B) their exclusive beer sponsor in 2014 and beyond. The Cubs also plan to install a 650-square-foot Budweiser sign in the right-field bleachers.
“That’s bad new for Old Style,” Noel and Sullivan write, “which has had an affiliation with the team for more than 60 years, as well as for Wrigleyville rooftop owners.”
It’s a trend seen since the emergence of craft: brewers christening their beers with inventive and catchy names that often play on ingredients, formulation or seasonal release. In the case of Dogfish Head’s Wet Hop American Summer, it’s all of the above. And so when it came time to name its first year-round IPA, Sierra Nevada chose a similar path with its choice of “Torpedo,” which takes its name from the brewery’s innovative “Hop Torpedo” device.
Would an IPA by any other name still taste as hoppy? And more, if it weren’t labeled as an IPA, would anyone buy it? It’s a question many craft breweries are exploring and some, it seems, are banking on the continued growth of the style and the name, which is a shorter version of India… Read more »
After 12 years of pouring some of the world’s finest beer over his own bar, Daniel Lanigan is making a career change, though he doesn’t plan on leaving the beer industry. Lanigan, a well-known publican and the founder of Alewife Baltimore, Alewife Queens, and Lord Hobo — one of the Boston area’s most celebrated craft… Read more »
Brewbound today released the Fall/Winter edition of its New Beer Guide. With over 250 new and seasonal beers from 75 breweries, the guide is a valuable resource for distributors, retailers and breweries interested in learning more about the newest craft products. The New Beer Guide documents a variety of new offerings being released by the… Read more »
Brewbound.com is pleased to announce live video streaming Brew Talks San Francisco, a FREE traveling meetup series for craft beer industry professionals. The event, which will be hosted at Speakeasy Ales & Lagers on Wednesday, Sept. 11, will feature two discussions of issues directly related to the business of craft beer.
With Boston Beer Company shares up ten-fold since 2009, Bloomberg Business reports that Jim Koch, the company’s founder and chairman, has officially joined the billionaire ranks. Koch was 35 when he started Boston Beer in 1984. Now 64, Koch’s net worth is now more than $1 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Toho Co., Ltd., a Japanese entertainment company, recently filed a lawsuit against New Orleans Lager & Ale Brewing Company, claiming that the brewer’s “Mechahopzilla” beer violates Toho’s copyrights for Mechagodzilla, the mechanized enemy of Godzilla, according to Law 360.
It’s not uncommon to hear craft brewery owners gripe about the stiff competition for tap handles and cooler space on-premise. Now they’ll have some new data from GuestMetrics LLC to cite while they carp. Craft’s on-premise dollar sales are up 7.5 percent and volume is up 4 percent year-to-date, but according to Peter Reidhead, the… Read more »
Laughing Dog Brewing founder Fred Colby is the first to admit that his company’s canine-focused imagery feels a little ‘crafty.’ “I was always focused on ensuring the quality of our beer and never really paid much attention to the branding of the actual package,” he said. “We’ve heard from some customers that it feels like ‘joke beer,’ or that one of the ‘big guys’ was making it.”
Months away from beginning construction on a multi-million dollar brewery in San Antonio, Alamo Beer Company has added to its executive team.
Brewbound will travel to San Francisco next Wednesday, September 11, to host Brew Talks, a free educational and networking meetup for craft beer industry professionals. The event, which will be hosted at Speakeasy & Lagers, will feature two panel discussions on the business of craft beer.
