While there was plenty of excitement in the air last week at how large the annual Craft Brewers Conference had become, a few of the more seasoned attendees had some cautionary words when asked to reflect on various challenges facing craft brewers in today’s growing market.
LONDON & DENVER – SABMiller plc (SAB.L) and Molson Coors Brewing Company TAP -2.24% reported that MillerCoors first quarter underlying net income increased 16.6 percent to $275.3 million versus the first quarter 2011, driven by positive pricing growth, cost management and favorable mix.
FREDERICK, MD – Drink beer and restore the Chesapeake Bay — all year round. Next week, Flying Dog Brewery’s Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout will be available for purchase year-round with distribution throughout the country. A dry stout brewed with local Rappahannock River Oysters, Pearl Necklace was initially released as a limited edition brew last November.
BEL AIR, MD – DuClaw Brewing Company is proud to introduce their beer to the DC and Northern Virginia markets with expected availability in bars, shops and restaurants around the District this month. This will be the first time that DuClaw Brewing Company’s various 22 oz. bottles and 12 oz. bottle six-packs will be available… Read more »
Another week went by and yet another brewery announced big expansion plans. This time it was the Eugene, Ore. based Ninkasi Brewing. The rapidly growing company, currently ranked 32nd on the Brewers Association list of top U.S. craft breweries by volume, announced during last week’s Craft Brewers Conference that it would be investing between $15… Read more »
Greg Koch says he’s an introvert. Recently, Greg Koch, introvert, has held a book tour, where the Stone Brewing Co. CEO has been known to stand atop a barstool with a megaphone, shouting this rallying cry: “If you are with me in sending the message to the man that says ‘no longer – no longer… Read more »
BOULDER, CO ÔÇó May 5, 2012—Brewers from around the world received awards from an elite international panel of judges in the 2012 Brewers Association World Beer Cup. The ninth bi-annual competition boasted the strongest field of entrants on record, with 799 breweries from 54 countries and 45 U.S. states entering 3,921 beers in 95 beer style categories.
Brooklyn Brewery President and co-founder Steve Hindy had one more bomb to drop on the final day of the Craft Brewers Conference: Hindy is selling his voting shares in Brooklyn Brewery. “I am very happy,” Hindy said in an interview with Brewbound. “You can own a company and not really benefit financially, particularly a startup… Read more »
FORT COLLINS, CA – On June 8, 2012 Odell Brewing will release Pond Hopper Double Extra Pale Ale, a new beer crafted with the UK’s Thornbridge Brewery. The collaboration brew will debut this year at SAVOR: an American Craft Beer & Food Experience in Washington D.C. The project was inspired several years ago on one… Read more »
BROOMFIELD, CO – The best can graphics in the craft beer industry were on display as part of the first annual “Canny” Awards, a competition that recognizes the high-quality, captivating graphics featured on craft beer in cans. Awards were presented during the Craft Brewers Conference, May 2-5 in San Diego, Calif.
The Brewbound Craft Beer Session, our event on the business of craft beer, is coming to New York City on June 5 — only 30 days from now. We have a great lineup of speakers, including Greg Koch from Stone Brewing, Adam Lambert from Dogfish Head, Alan Newman, Steve Hindy from Brookly Brewery and more…. Read more »
The 2012 Craft Brewers Conference has been underway for less than five hours and already people are buzzing, and it’s not from the beer. A fedora-wearing Steve Hindy, the Brooklyn Brewery President, gave this year’s keynote address to a packed room of roughly 4,500 craft industry members. Sporting a fedora is necessary, of course, if… Read more »
FORT COLLINS, CO – New Belgium Brewing (www.newbelgium.com) today announced that Somersault Ale is back as the brewery’s summer seasonal. Somersault debuted in 2011, applauded for its relaxed, yet amusing, approach to summertime sipping.
Oskar Blues is getting aggressive. Today, the Longmont, Colo. based brewery broke news of an east coast expansion in Brevard, North Carolina. If you’re keeping count, Oskar Blues is now the third regional brewery planning to build a second location in N.C. – Sierra Nevada and New Belgium are the others.
