In a powerful speech, Andy Thomas, the newly-minted CEO of Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), used this year’s annual Beer Summit as a platform to fire specific and cutting remarks at the Brewers Association, the chief representative of the craft brewing movement and one that has tried to classify his products and others as something less… Read more »
If Survey Analytics’ study on “the secret life of the American beer buyer” is to be believed, the average beer drinker spends almost 3 percent of their yearly income on suds. The survey, which polled “more than 300 respondents in 42 states,” found that consumers spend about $1,270 a year on beer. According to the… Read more »
In the face of continuing consolidation across the country’s middle tier, two distributors — Dora’s Naturals and Sarene Craft Beer Distributors — are giving craft brewers another route to market in New York City. Both companies are betting on continued growth in craft and have launched beer wholesale operations to service the segment in the… Read more »
Sierra Nevada Brewing had planned to brew one million barrels in 2013. The company had also planned to open its new brewery in North Carolina and grow production more than four percent. It’ll have to wait a little while. Sierra Nevada sold 985,000 barrels in 2013 — just shy of the one-million it was hoping… Read more »
Two things are true in Massachusetts right now: First, somewhere in the Bay State a child is having his tongue pried from a frozen flagpole. Second, and much more importantly, the popularity of craft beer continues to rise. At least, that’s the takeaway from the year one network of wholesalers just enjoyed.
It’s been more than a year since Avery Brewing purchased the 5.6 acre parcel of land in Boulder, Colo. that will soon be its new home and on Tuesday, the company announced that construction of a new brewery has finally begun. By this time next year, the 20-year-old craft beer company will finally be able… Read more »
Brewbound is pleased to announce the dates and locations of its 2014 Brewbound Session conferences, the country’s leading event series for craft beer entrepreneurs. The first Brewbound Session event of 2014 will be held on Thursday, May 29 at the Revere Hotel in Boston, Mass.
It’s not a full suitcase, but Founders Brewing’s new 15-pack of All Day IPA is halfway there and might even fit in an overhead bin. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based craft brewery today announced it will begin shipping canned 15-packs of its 4.7 percent session IPA to distributors in March, one year after the company first… Read more »
A recent push towards lower alcohol craft beer offerings has prompted Alchemy & Science — the craft brew incubation project and wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Beer Company — to rebrand its Just Beer Project flagship. Beginning this week, A&S will relaunch “Just IPA” as “Anytime IPA.”
Maybe it’s the scarcity. Maybe it’s the water quality. Whatever “it” is, one thing’s certain — there is an undeniable mystique to many of Vermont’s 32 craft breweries. One of the more mysterious figures on the Vermont craft beer scene is Shaun Hill, owner of the highly regarded Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vt.. A… Read more »
Due to increased distribution of its draft beer, Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery production grew more than 20 percent, to 40,496 barrels in 2013. “Our Wisconsin distributors had an incredible year with on-premise draft sales,” Chris Johnson, the brewery’s marketing director said in a press release. “I was pleased with our out-of-state distributors’ enthusiasm when we gave… Read more »
Mike Magoulas, the former MillerCoors executive who was appointed Boulevard Brewing’s CEO in September 2012, has resigned after less than 15 months with the company. Magoulas’ last official day with Boulevard was December 31, the same day Duvel Moortgat closed on its acquisition of the Kansas City-based company.
Rich Lozyniak will step down as CEO of North American Breweries, its parent company Florida Ice & Farm Co. (FIFCO) announced on Friday. He will officially relinquish duties upon the naming of his replacement. “Rich has been a tremendous leader in a time of great transition. He is an expert at building organizations and navigating… Read more »
Dogfish Head finally eclipsed the 200,000 barrel mark in 2013, a milestone that only 11 other regional brewing companies had achieved the year prior. Led by its “family of IPA offerings” — 60-minute, 75-Minute, 90-minute, 120-minute, Sixty-One, Indian Brown Ale, Aprihop, Burton Baton and Rhizing Bines — Dogfish Head production numbers soared to 202,000 barrels,… Read more »
