New Belgium is headquartered approximately 5,000 feet above sea level in Fort Collins, Colo., but only now is the brewery an official member of the Mile High Club. Last weekend, Southwest Airlines began offering the brewery’s flagship Fat Tire in cans on all of its 683 Southwest and AirTran planes, according to Denver Westword.
Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced it will purchase New York’s Blue Point Brewing Company in a deal that sources familiar with the situation say could be valued near $24 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter and will combine Blue Point –a top-50 U.S. craft brewery that produced 60,000 barrels in 2013… Read more »
In a move intended to strengthen Left Hand Brewing’s distribution on the East Coast, the company today announced plans to enter Washington D.C. and Maryland during the first week of March. The Longmont, Colo.-based brewery has signed a wholesale agreement with Legends Limited Distributing for distribution in both markets.
Craft beer drinkers are a devoted bunch. They’ll travel far and wide for a case of Heady Topper, The Alchemist’s double IPA that is only distributed a short distance from the Waterbury, Vt. brewery where it’s produced. They’ll wait in long lines for Goose Island’s Bourbon County barrel-aged beers that only come around once a… Read more »
Brewbound today announced the official dates, times and venues for its upcoming Brew Talks Southeast Tour, sponsored by Crown Beverage Packaging and VicinityBrew. Brew Talks — a FREE, traveling educational meetup series that aims to provide craft brewers with access to valuable insight into the branding, marketing and distribution of craft beer — will make stops at three breweries during the week-long tour, which kicks off on Feb. 24.
Uinta Brewing Co. has given its Detour Double IPA a facelift. The Salt Lake City-based brewery said it will begin selling 4-packs of the 9.5 percent ABV brew in 12 oz. bottles later this month. Previously packaged in 750 mL champagne-style bottles, the rebranded beer will feature new label artwork and an extra hop addition.
The country’s third largest craft brewery, New Belgium Brewing, is once again expanding its distribution footprint. On its quest to be distributed in all 50 states before 2018, New Belgium today announced it has signed wholesale agreements with six distributors in the Magnolia State:
To grow or not to grow? That is the question. For many craft brewers, the decision to take on new distributors is a constant question mark. Maturing craft companies toy with the various strategies. Grow too slow and you might miss a selling opportunity. Grow too quickly and consumers might not grab the brand off… Read more »
A growing perception among beer drinkers that smaller craft breweries are making better beer is evident in sales trends. Since 2008, craft shipments have grown almost 7 million barrels while, at the same time, the overall U.S. beer industry has lost more than 8 million barrels.
After emerging victorious from our inaugural Startup Brewery Challenge last July, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales is finally set to rollout its collaborative brew with Widmer Brothers Brewing. As part of last year’s Brew Talks West Coast Tour, Brewbound invited four breweries to compete for the chance to create a new beer with the brewers at Widmer… Read more »
Earlier this month, Anheuser-Busch InBev shared a glimpse of its plans for 3 ┬¢ minutes of commercial airtime during this Sunday’s Super Bowl. With five total ads, the beer giant will debut a new slogan, a re-closeable aluminum bottle, and trot out its famous Clydesdale horses for a “Hero’s Welcome” dedicated to American troops returning… Read more »
Add Founders Brewing to the growing list of craft breweries now producing more than 100,000 barrels annually (there’s 30 of them). The Grand Rapids, Mich,-based brewery cranked out 111,000 barrels in 2013, a 63-percent uptick from the 70,800 it produced in 2012. In fact, over the last six years, Founders has averaged a compounded annual… Read more »
Manhattan Beer Distributors, one of the country’s largest beer wholesalers, is taking a harder look at the cider category. The Bronx, NY-based wholesaler confirmed today that it has acquired the distribution rights to Woodchuck Hard Cider, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the C&C Group which also produces and markets the Magners, Hornsby’s and Blackthorn cider brands… Read more »
Green Flash Brewing Co. today announced its plans to expand distribution in Michigan in an effort to meet statewide demand. The San Diego-based brewery, which entered southern parts of the state in October, has inked deals with each of the 11 distributors that make up a statewide beer distribution network known as the M1 Group.
