Woodchuck Private Reserve Pumpkin Cider Released

Woodchuck Private Reserve Pumpkin Cider Released

Woodchuck® Hard Cider is pleased to announce the return of Private Reserve Pumpkin. The Private Reserve line features groundbreaking limited batch ciders. Private Reserve Pumpkin was the first cider crafted under this label in 2010. Here are a couple of things you need to know about Private Reserve Pumpkin:

Video: U.S. Middle-Distance Runner Sets American Record In ‘Beer Mile’

Video: U.S. Middle-Distance Runner Sets American Record In ‘Beer Mile’

After running a personal best time of 1:42.95 in the 800-meters and falling just short of the medal stand during the 2012 Olympic Games in London, it stands to reason that U.S. middle-distance runner Nick Symmonds needed a drink. So what did Symmonds do? Like any true athlete would, he didn’t let the end of… Read more »

Distributor Profile: Manhattan Beer Distributors Looks For A Few More Crafts To Grow A Whole Lot More

Distributor Profile: Manhattan Beer Distributors Looks For A Few More Crafts To Grow A Whole Lot More

Bronx, NY-based Manhattan Beer Distributors is one of largest wholesalers in the country, with case sales slated to top 33 million and dollar sales trending towards $700 million in 2012. But the wholesaler, which does more than 50 percent of its volume in MillerCoors and Crown Imports products, has begun dedicating outsized attention elsewhere: to… Read more »

BevMo! Chief: We Love Local Beer

BevMo! Chief: We Love Local Beer

He’s a former executive at Hoyt Cinemas and Disney, among other places, but if you ask BevMo! CEO Alan Johnson where the big show is these days he’s happy to tell you that it’s in the beer aisles of his stores. The company recently announced it was opening its 119thoutlet in City of Industry, California… Read more »

Brewbound.com Announces Brewbound Session Conference; November 29, 2012 in San Diego

Brewbound.com Announces Brewbound Session Conference; November 29, 2012 in San Diego

Building on the success of its sold out June event in New York City – which was attended by over 100 brewing industry professionals – Brewbound.com today announced plans to host its third gathering in its rapidly growing conference series on the business of craft beer. The Brewbound Session, happening November 29th in San Diego,… Read more »

Goose Island Adds New Markets, Pushes Towards 230,000 Barrels In 2012

Goose Island Adds New Markets, Pushes Towards 230,000 Barrels In 2012

It’s been almost 18 months since Chicago-based Goose Island was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Despite some initial pushback from die-hard craft enthusiasts who cried foul over the possibility their beloved brewer had sold out, the company has shown impressive growth, up 20 percent over the past year, and it should soar even higher in the… Read more »

Sweetwater Brewing Expanding Into Tampa And Orlando By November

Sweetwater Brewing Expanding Into Tampa And Orlando By November

ATLANTA — SweetWater Brewing Company is excited to announce their expansion into Tampa and Orlando this fall. Known for their West Coast style of hoppy, aggressive, incredibly fresh and unpasteurized ales, SweetWater will be kicking off their arrival with their flagship pale ale — SweetWater 420 — on draft at select bars, pubs and restaurants… Read more »

Breweries In Planning Swell Past 1,300

Breweries In Planning Swell Past 1,300

The Brewers Association (BA) released a snapshot of the craft beer landscape through July last week and the most recent numbers continue to reflect the unprecedented growth of the craft segment. BA director Paul Gatza reports on the organization’s website that 16 new breweries went online last month, bringing the total U.S. count to 2,142…. Read more »

Anchor Steam Beer Now Available On Virgin America Flights

Anchor Steam Beer Now Available On Virgin America Flights

Anchor Brewing recently earned placement in the friendly skies with its flagship Anchor Steam Beer now being made available on all Virgin America flights. Virgin America has long been known for its craft-savvy beer selection, regularly offering both 21st Amendment and Gordon Biersch to its customers. The official Anchor Brewing release is below.

Plastic Keg Safety Under Scrutiny

Plastic Keg Safety Under Scrutiny

Craft brewers are starting to question the safety of an increasingly popular kind of plastic keg following a summer in which those kegs were linked to at least one accidental death and a pair of other explosions at breweries. On April 24th, a plastic keg being emptied with pressurized air exploded and killed a Portsmouth,… Read more »

Heineken to Distribute Strongbow

Heineken to Distribute Strongbow

Heineken is going long on hard cider. The Dutch brewing giant has bought the rights to make and distribute #2 brand, the U.K.’s Strongbow Cider, in the U.S. from Vermont Cider Co., the maker of Woodchuck. According to the Wall Street Journal, Strongbow owns almost 12 percent of the U.S. cider market, and Woodchuck about… Read more »

Stone Brewing Rolls Out Freshness Experiment

Stone Brewing Rolls Out Freshness Experiment

Looks like Stone Brewing Co. is trying to set a record for getting products into and out of the market by taking Budweiser’s old “born-on dating” idea and turning it on its head — and putting the expiration date into the name of the product.

New Belgium Brewing Begins Distribution in Michigan This Month

New Belgium Brewing Begins Distribution in Michigan This Month

The Fort Collins, Colo. – based craft brewer, New Belgium Brewing will be entering its 29th state, adding Michigan in the company’s latest effort to expand its distribution footprint. Michigan is the newest market, but more are inevitably on the way as the brewery continues making progress on an east coast expansion, adding a second… Read more »