The Massachusetts Brewers Guild will be hosting its 3rd annual Mass Brewers Guild Fest on Friday, August 24th. The event, which takes place at The World Trade Center House Concourse in Boston, Mass., brings together over 100 beers from 30 in-state brewers for three-and-a-half hours of sampling and live music.
July may have been the hottest month on record in the U.S. but that hasn’t stopped the traditionally cooler-weather crop of pumpkin beers from encroaching on the summer season. According to Phillipsburg, N.J.-based Hunterdon Distributors, pumpkin beer sales set a record last month.
Stone Brewing Co. today announced a change in packaging, moving both the Ruination IPA and Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale away from six packs and into four packs in an attempt to reduce the retail cost for consumers. “The ‘sticker’ price is a little more friendly at the cash register,” said company CEO Greg Koch. “Since… Read more »
Duvel Moortgat USA President Simon Thorpe summed it up best when he asked: “Is there a price on perfection?” While the answer for Thorpe was no, for Belgium-based Duvel Moortgat U.S. craft’s arm the answer was nearly three times the amount it had initially planned to spend on its two-year-redesign process.
SAN DIEGO, CA – After much anticipation, Karl Strauss is opening its seventh brewery restaurant in the north inland San Diego community of 4S Ranch, just west of Rancho Bernardo. This is the company’s first brewery restaurant to open in more than ten years.
Redhook Brewery is applauding a recent change in New Hampshire state law that will allow it more flexibility to brew specialty beer types. In June, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed House Bill 1241, which allowed New Hampshire craft brewers to include ingredients like molasses, maple syrup, honey, spices, herbs, fruits, nuts, chocolate, vanilla, or… Read more »
LONGMONT, CO – Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery, the first craft brewery in the country to put craft beer in a can in November 2002, continued its explosive growth posting a 53 percent increase in revenue and 47 percent increase in depletions in its established markets over the past six months, outpacing industry growth by nearly… Read more »
LONDON and DENVER— SABMiller plc (SAB.L) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX: TPX) reported that MillerCoors second quarter underlying net income increased 9.1 percent to $436.0 million versus prior year, driven by positive pricing, favorable brand mix and cost management.
America’s small and independent craft brewers continued their incredible growth through the first half of 2012, boasting 14 percent dollar sales growth and 12 percent volume growth over the same time period last year, according to a press release from the Brewers Association (BA). Craft brewers produced nearly 11.5 million barrels in 2011 and the… Read more »
“Los Latinos Tenemos Algo Extra.” Translated in English, it means “We Latinos Have Something Extra,” and it’s the tagline for Corona Extra’s new national marketing campaign targeted at Hispanic consumers. From Corona’s perspective, the Hispanic-American population does have something extra: an affinity for beer, especially import brands.
A new Chicago-based beer company claims to have created a “different style of IPA.” Hopothesis Beer Company launched its first beer – India Pale Ale – yesterday, joining a laundry list of craft brewers looking for an attention grab on the so-called “IPA Day.” The beer checks in at 7.1 percent ABV, but head brewer… Read more »
If you blinked, you probably missed it. The 2012 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) sold out in record time this morning, smashing 2011’s record sell-through time of one week by selling through in just 45 minutes. “The lightning-quick sell out of GABF tickets is a reflection of how much interest there is for the beers… Read more »
BOSTON, MA — This morning, the Harpoon Brewery bottled the latest installment of their 100 Barrel Series, White IPA. This is the 43rd offering from Harpoon’s 100 Barrel Series, the brewery’s line of unique, handcrafted limited batch beers. Harpoon brewer Ken Hermann took the helm on the brewhouse floor to create this White IPA.
ALEXANDRIA, VA — The National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) 75th Annual Convention will be taking place October 14-17 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego in San Diego, California. The General Session will feature an outstanding lineup of speakers including keynote speeches by General Stanley McChrystal, former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan,… Read more »
