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.
It’s been 16 months since craft brewery veteran John Bryant joined the Spokane, Wash.-based No-Li Brewhouse operation, formally known as Northern Lights Brewing Company, helping to rebrand the 19-year old company as one that offers “fib-free ales.”
From brewery expansions to surging competition to Hollywood, the craft beer industry continues to prove its arrival in a variety of fashions.
Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s first craft brewery, will begin distributing in Iowa this September. The brewery has partnered with local wholesaler Johnson Brothers of Iowa to enact statewide distribution.
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.
