We know your information comes largely from constant updates of our site, but in this week’s mainstream press, there’s plenty of coverage on craft beer’s history — and some forces that might affect its future.
There’s a little idea that’s making some noise in the big, red state. Lucrece Borrego and her boyfriend, Jesus Acosta, are in the process of launching a brewery incubator in downtown Houston. The incubator, which has been primarily funded through more than $36,000 raised on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding website, will serve as the country’s first operating collaborative brewpub and co-working brewery.
It’s a great time to be selling craft beer in Illinois. Deschutes Brewery reported today that since launching in the state on Jan. 7, it has sold more than 18,000 case equivalents to 1,800 customer accounts. “We are thrilled by the volume results from our launch month,” Stacy Denbow, the company’s Market Expansion Manager said… Read more »
Brewbound.com is pleased to announce that Richard Doyle and Daniel Kenary, the co-founders of Harpoon Brewery — one of Boston’s oldest and most prominent craft operations — will be speaking at the Brewbound Session spring conference. The all-day event, geared toward the strategic development of craft beer businesses, will be held on May 2 at… Read more »
Score another one for the Chicago Cluster. Boulevard Brewing confirmed today that the distribution rights for its brands in the Chicago market have been sold to OneIllinois, a consortium of MillerCoors wholesalers known as the “Chicago Cluster.”
If the definitions of “craft” and “crafty” weren’t muddled enough, Third Shift Amber Lager, the latest release from MillerCoors, should do the trick. “This amber lager is a gold-medal winning brew within the Marzen category,” David Coors, Third Shift brand manager, said in a release. “We call it Third Shift to properly honor the brewers who worked through the night in order to pursue their passion of developing something truly unique.
Alchemy & Science, the craft-brew incubation project spearheaded by beer industry veterans Alan Newman and Jim Koch, confirmed today that it has quietly made its latest acquisition. The Vermont-based company recently purchased the trademark rights to the business name “Just Beer” from Buzzards Bay Brewing of Westport, Mass. “Just Beer” was the name of a… Read more »
Breckenridge Brewery is building a new home. The brewery announced yesterday that it will set up shop on 12 acres along the South Platte River in Littleton, Colo., just south of its current home in Denver. Breckenridge will break ground in the fall of 2013, and aims to open the facility in the fall of 2014.
Sixpoint Brewery has published a short documentary film to coincide with the company’s most recent beer release, 3Beans. 3Beans – a 10 percent ABV ale brewed with Romano beans, Cacao beans and cold-brewed coffee – is a collaborative effort between Sixpoint and two other Brooklyn-based companies, Stumptown Coffee and Mast Brothers Chocolate.
Following an impressive year in which the company’s volume growth increased by 67 percent, Utah-based Uinta Brewing Company will launch its first canned packages. The initial offerings are scheduled to be released this March.
As an onslaught of new craft beer companies continues to chip away at a finite amount of retail shelf space, Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) — which markets Kona Brewing, Redhook Brewery and Widmer Brothers Brewing brands — is hoping to defend its turf with a new set of packages and labels for its products. Most… Read more »
Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) has vowed to “vigorously contest” an antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) which seeks to block the beer giant from acquiring total ownership and control of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo. ABI currently owns half of Grupo Modelo, which makes Corona, among other brands; the proposed $20.1 billion transaction would make it the sole owner of the company.
After producing 120,000 barrels last year, Stevens Point Brewery will launch a $2 million expansion project this month. The expansion – the brewery’s fourth since 2010 – is scheduled for completion in May and will increase Stevens Point’s brewing capacity to 150,000 barrels.
Craft beer is back on New Hampshire’s political docket as state legislators recently introduced a bill that would give some small breweries the ability to sell beer in state-run liquor stores. New Hampshire House Bill 275 would create a two-year pilot program allowing beer produced by the state’s nano breweries and microbreweries to be sold… Read more »
