Surly Brewing continues to tap into a variety of emerging retail outlets for its products. After announcing last month that cans of its Furious, Bender and Hell beers would be sold on flights operated by Sun Country Airlines, the Minnesota-based brewery will make available select Surly offerings at Minnesota Timberwolves home games.
Total Beverage Solution (TBS) yesterday announced that it has acquired the exclusive rights to Vanberg & DeWulf, a portfolio of various imported Belgian beers, for an undisclosed amount. TBS — which serves as a master distributor for a number of import brands as well as Shipyard Brewing — will begin shipping product to distributors as… Read more »
Deschutes Brewery has announced plans to expand its distribution footprint in the central and southern regions of Pennsylvania, beginning March 24. For coverage in Dauphin, Lebanon, Cumberland, Perry, Juaniata, and Mifflin counties, the Bend, Ore.-based brewery has tapped Wilsbach Distributors. Ace Distributing will be responsible for distribution in York, Franklin, Fulton, and Lancaster counties.
Welcome to the club, D.G. Yuengling & Son. Glad you made it, Narragansett. Sorry about the trouble, August Schell Brewing. Forget the controversy, feel free to use rice and corn, just stick with tradition, ok? The Brewers Association (BA) — a not-for-profit trade group representing the interests of small and independent American craft brewers —… Read more »
It only took about 60 days for Oskar Blues to execute its “aggressive” expansion into five new states, and now the Colorado-based craft brewery is eyeing even more markets. The company today announced it will enter Kansas on March 10 with the Kansas Craft Alliance (KCA), a partnership of 12 family-owned distributors covering the entire… Read more »
Founders Brewing Co. is expanding its distribution footprint to include Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas, the company announced today. Beer is slated to hit retail shelves and tap lines throughout each of the new markets this April. Founders, which has expanding quickly of late from its home base in Grand Rapids, Mich., has signed distribution agreements… Read more »
The country’s largest craft brewery, Boston Beer Company, last week reported fourth quarter depletions growth of 20 percent and net revenue of $205.4 million, an increase of $52.4 million over the same period last year. The company’s full-year depletions grew 23 percent while production volumes increased 25 percent, to about 3.4 million barrels.
C. Dean Metropoulos, the veteran food industry investor who bought Pabst Brewing Co. back in 2010, is now in the early stages of trying to sell the 170-year-old brewery, according to Reuters. The Los Angeles-based producer of heritage beer brands like Pabst Blue Ribbon, Olympia and National Bohemian (Natty Boh), is expected to sell for… Read more »
Sam Crickenberger, the director of economic development for Virginia’s Rockbridge County, loves to “see dirt get turned over.” He wants companies, both from the U.S. and abroad, to plant their flags in that southern terrain and call it home. When a brewery like Devils Backbone does just that, well, that’s even better. That, Crickenberger said,… Read more »
As the saying goes, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. The same is true for building a distribution footprint for a beer brand. Some breweries build out from home and gradually move into bordering states. Others, like Austin, Texas.-based Adelbert’s Brewery, take an approach that’s seems akin to throwing darts at a… Read more »
In this afternoon’s IRI Power Hour conference hosted by the Brewers Assocation, Dan Wandel, principal of Beverage Alcohol Clients Insights for IRI, highlighted an “abundance of positive indicators” that surging growth of craft beer is set to continue through 2014 and beyond.
The Brew Talks Southeast Tour will make its final stop at the Devils Backbone Outpost Brewery in Lexington, Virginia on Thursday, Feb. 27. The evening will feature two in-depth conversations on the business of craft beer. For those unable to attend the Brew Talks event in person, we’ve made available a free live video steam, which… Read more »
In the second leg of Brewbound’s Brew Talks Southeast Tour, Sean Wilson, the founder and CEO of Fullsteam Brewery, shared his company’s philosophy on packaging decisions, which he described as “agnostic,” believing that package variety is required from one beer to the next.
After hosting more than 100 beer industry professionals at SweetWater Brewing in Atlanta on Monday, the Brew Talks Southeast Tour will make its second stop at the Fullsteam Brewery in Durham, North Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The second stop during the week-long tour will feature two in-depth conversations on the business of craft beer. For… Read more »
