A simple mention of Blue Moon or Shock Top curls the beards of most craft brewers, but not Rob Tod, the founder of Allagash Brewing Company.

Anchor Brewing — one the country’s oldest craft breweries — yesterday announced the release of a limited edition San Francisco Giants 12-pack. Anchor’s relationship with the major league ballclub also includes a taproom and luxury suite inside the team’s stadium.

Forget fights for shelf space. The latest craft beer territorial battle is actually taking place on your TV schedule. For years, most of the coverage of the industry has largely been through the business media, most of whom are interested in either craft’s growing share of the market or individual breweries’ willingness to sell to… Read more »

Brewbound Session Winter ’13 – a one-day conference focused on the business of craft beer – will be held on December 5th in San Diego at the Paradise Point Resort. You can save $100 by signing up now with the early registration discount. While the program has yet to be finalized, attendees can anticipate a high-caliber lineup of speakers.

Even the casual craft beer drinker knows that cities like San Diego and Seattle boast some of the richest brewery-per-capita rates in the country. However the overall surge of craft beer in America has also created an expansive reach of breweries in places not commonly mentioned alongside other craft hotspots.

Brewbound is now accepting submissions for the Fall/Winter edition of its guide to the craft beer industry. Beer companies with U.S. distribution are invited to showcase their new and seasonal product offerings in the Fall/Winter New Beer Guide. This key resource will be aimed at retailers and distributors who are looking to add new craft… Read more »

Craft brewers in Texas should have an easier time selling beer in the Lone Star State now that Gov. Rick Perry has officially signed five bills that promote the business efforts of small producers. Last Friday, Gov. Perry signed off on bills SB 515-518 and SB 639, which make it easier for craft breweries and… Read more »

Millennials aren’t just one of the key demographics for craft beer; many of them are also mobile app builders. Cassandra Daily, a newsletter that features “relevant trends and cool social happenings of the day” noted on Thursday that these two millennial favorites are coming together in the form of craft beer apps and tools.

With the finite amount of retail space allocated to craft beer becoming more crowded, Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione wanted to create a non-traditional opportunity for his brand to catch the attention of retailers and earn secondary placements beyond the beer aisle. For Calagione, this meant line-extending beyond the beer category altogether.

With wholesalers eager to add new craft brands to their portfolios, it’s not surprising to see so many breweries making distribution announcements. Find out which brands are on the move after the jump.

With consumer demand for full-flavored beers increasing, even larger brewing entities are beginning to expand their specialty brewing operations. Tenth and Blake — MillerCoors’ craft arm — today announced that it has acquired the 110,000 sq. ft. facility adjacent to its existing 10th Street Brewery in Milwaukee.

OnTap, which quietly launched two, do-it-yourself craft-like liquid beer enhancers last week, is betting that domestic beer drinkers on a budget — i.e. the 21-to-34-year-old set — want more flavor than their familiar light lagers currently provide. Two flavors — Ale and Pale Ale — are currently available at a sprinkling of liquor stores in Colorado, and on the company’s website.

Calorie-conscious beer consumers might soon know the nutritional content of their next double IPA, but only if brewers want them to. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued interim guidance last week that allows beer, wine and spirits companies the ability to voluntarily include nutritional information on their labels, something that, until… Read more »

The final chapter in a month-long trademark saga between Magic Hat Brewing and West Sixth Brewing Company — one that that played out across Twitter and Facebook in May — has been written.