Amid a fiery public debate on which beer brands should and shouldn’t be called “craft beer,” a popular Boston-area retailer is calling on the Brewers Association (BA) to update its definition of the beverage. In a letter to the industry group, Craft Beer Cellar, a Belmont, Mass.-based purveyor of premium craft and import beer, is requesting that the BA introduce a “more modern and inclusive revision to the current definition of a craft brewer.”
The Brewers Association, a member-funded and operated trade association focused on the craft beer industry, announced yesterday that registration is now open for its 30th annual Craft Brewers Conference (CBC). The show, which will be held in Washington D.C., is the largest trade gathering for beer industry professionals. The show is expected to draw 6,000 attendees.
They’ve got a powerful ally in a governor who has sworn to veto it, but a proposed tax hike on beer sold in New Hampshire has nevertheless agitated beer producers and distributors across the state. As proposed, House Bill 168 would raise the excise tax on beer sold from a wholesaler to a retailer by… Read more »
Bend, Ore.-based Deschutes Brewery, the fifth largest craft brewery in the U.S., based on 2011 sales figures supplied by the Brewers Association, has hired Kris Scholl as Technical Director, a new position created to oversee brewing, cellaring, packaging, maintenance and quality control. Scholl was previously the Director of Global Brewing and Quality for Asia and Latin America for AB-InBev.
Any way you look at it, it’s a crafty investment. Adolphus A. Busch IV, the son of legendary Anheuser-Busch CEO Gussie Busch Jr., has purchased a minority stake in Salmon River Brewery, a brewpub in McCall, Id., according to the St. Louis Business Journal. Busch now owns 49 percent of Salmon River, which was founded in 2008 and produced just over 500 barrels of beer in 2012.
A Connecticut brewery is planning to return to its roots. Thomas Hooker Brewing Company, which is currently located in Bloomfield, Conn., recently announced plans to move its brewing operations back to downtown Hartford.
Overwhelming demand has brought Firestone Walker beer from one giant beer-loving state to another. Firestone Walker Brewing Company announced today that it will begin distributing its beer to Texas over the course of the next two months. The Paso Robles, Calif.-based brewery has partnered with Brown Distributing for distribution in the greater Austin area, and with Andrews Distributing for the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Avery Brewing Co’s wholesaler, CR Goodman, has sold the distribution rights to the Boulder-based brewery to Beverage Distributors Company (BDC). The move was made at Avery’s behest; a spokesman for the brewer said CR Goodman had received fair market value from BDC. BDC, based in Aurora, is expected to provides statewide distribution coverage for Avery.
More than one new brewery sprouted per day in 2012, according to a blog post by Paul Gatza, Director of the Brewers Association. As of Jan. 11, the post tallied 2,336 operating U.S. breweries. That’s an increase of 387 breweries from the 2011 year-end count of 1,949.
Celebrating a benchmark in business, Mayflower Brewing Company has released a 5th year anniversary brew. The limited-batch release is a double IPA made with five distinct hop varieties – Cascade, Vanguard, Sorachi, Montueka and Belma – and packaged in in 22 oz. bottles.
New Belgium announced today that co-founder and CEO Kim Jordan and her family have sold their controlling interest in the brewery to its employees via its Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESPO). The ESOP already owned 41 percent of the company. There was no disclosure of how much money Jordan and her family gained from the sale.
To coincide with the opening of the company’s new tasting room, San Diego-based Coronado Brewing Company commissioned a three-minute promotional video to capture the ‘typical day’ of a San Diegan. The video – which mashes together a brew day at Coronado Brewing and a day of fun for San Diego beachgoers – was shot and… Read more »
Golden Road Brewing today announced that it has parted ways with former Brewmaster Jon Carpenter, who tendered his resignation in early January. The company is replacing Carpenter with former Drake’s Brewing Company head brewer Jesse Houck, whom Golden Road had once considered for the Brewmaster position back in 2011.
21st Amendment Brewery’s new brew – Sneak Attack Saison – is as much a metaphor for its growth in the past two years as it is a creative attempt to capture consumer mindshare by releasing a summer beer style during the winter.
