In preparation for the addition of 60,000 new barrels of capacity, Smuttynose Brewing Company will expand distribution into Indiana, the 22nd state where the company’s beers will be sold. The Portsmouth, N.H.-based craft brewery has signed a wholesale agreement with Cavalier Distributing-Indiana and will begin selling in the Hoosier state at the end of June.
It’s a familiar story. An onslaught of new craft beer brands launched in the last three years has heightened an already competitive retail environment. The fight for highly coveted draft beer lines is fierce and earning shelf space at craft-savvy retailers is more challenging than ever.
The country’s third largest craft brewery, New Belgium Brewing, today announced the signing of seven wholesale agreements in Florida, the 32nd state where its beer is distributed.
There’s an old Irish proverb that goes something like “when the apple is ripe, it will fall.” If recent statistics are any indication, the time is ripe for U.S cider makers, and a hail of apples is on the way. Sales of U.S. hard cider tripled over the five-year period from 2007-2012, reaching about $600… Read more »
In an effort to continue providing craft brewers access to valuable insight into the branding, marketing and distribution of craft beer, Brewbound.com will take its educational meetup series — Brew Talks — on the road for a weeklong West Coast tour that will make stops in San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle.
The recent Modelo deal shifted the landscape for Constellation and its subsidiary and venture partner, Crown, enabling the companies to explore and possibly invest in the still-growing craft beer industry.
Virginia is for (Boulevard Brewing) beer lovers. The Kansas City-based craft brewery — the twelfth largest in the U.S. — today announced plans to expand its distribution footprint throughout the Old Dominion State. Select offerings from Boulevard Brewing are already available in parts of Northern Virginia.
Jennifer Gratz, co-founder of the recently opened Fort Myers Brewery, knows about taking on a challenge. After all, in addition to her life as a brewer, she’s known for going up against the status quo..
Capacity utilization can be quite the balancing act. Just ask Nick Matt, the third generation chairman and CEO of F.X. Matt Brewing Company, the country’s eighth biggest craft brewery and a large producer of contract brewed craft beers.
These days, just about any craft brewery can pull off a beer and food pairing event, but now Dogfish Head is taking the umami experience to a whole new level. Last year’s test launch of a 60 Minute IPA-infused “hop-pickle” has evolved into a new line of beer-centric food items developed in collaboration with a… Read more »
It’ll take just a little bit longer than expected for Fat Tire to be brewed on the East Coast. Although New Belgium Brewing Company had initially planned for its new Asheville, N.C. brewery to be functional by early 2015, the company today said that it has delayed construction of the facility about eight months.
A new wave of nano breweries in the United Kingdom has spurred a growing thirst for craft beer across the pond. Reuters recently reported that more than 1,000 breweries are currently operating in the U.K., up from just 800 in late 2011. The story also notes that many of the upstart brewing operations are “working… Read more »
When Terry Lozoff first read the recently announced social media guidelines assembled by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), a few particular bits struck him. Lozoff, the co-founder of the social experiential marketing company Antler Agency, wondered how the TTB plans to monitor the entirety of social media interaction between breweries, wineries and distilleries and consumers. That’s a lot of Internet.
Video presentations from the Brewbound Session Spring 2013 are now available on Beverageschool.com, BevNET.com Inc.’s on-demand, video-based learning site. Brewbound.com hosted 150 beer industry professionals earlier this month at Revere Hotel in Boston, Mass. for its third conference offering craft brewers a unique chance to learn and network with industry experts.
