CAMBRIDGE, MA – Last Friday, Cambridge Brewing Company released a true sake-beer hybrid, using house made sake to ferment a unique barley-rice wort mixture. The result, Banryu Ichi, comes in at approximately 14% alcohol by volume and is an incredibly complex brew with flavors of sweet rice, fresh apples & grapes, earthy hints of mushroom… Read more »
PLACENTIA, CA – Orange County based craft brewery, The Bruery, raised over $15,000 for charity this past month and they will be splitting the earnings between the Boys & Girls Club and the Free Wheelchair Mission. The money was raised through an exclusive beer tasting event held in Anaheim for their Reserve Society members, a… Read more »
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ — Consumers with Celiac disease and gluten sensitivities will be happy to hear that a new gluten-free beer is making its way to the New Jersey market. Hunterdon has signed a contract with New Planet Gluten-Free Beer and plans to begin distribution of their products by the end of April 2012.
VICTOR, ID – Grand Teton Brewing Company is pleased to announce the release of Snarling Badger Berliner Weisse next month. As part of our Cellar Reserve Series, we have been brewing bold, flavorful beers and serving them from large, beautiful bottles since March 2004. On May 15th, please welcome Snarling Badger to the 2012 Cellar… Read more »
Brewbound is pleased to announce that Shmaltz Brewing Co. founder Jeremy Cowan will join the Brewbound Craft Beer Session as a presenter. The event will take place on June 5 in New York City. Starting in 1996 by self-distributing 100 cases from the back of his Grandmother’s car, Cowan has been able to grow Shmaltz… Read more »
Lagunitas Brewing Founder Tony Magee apparently has a serious affinity for sharing news via Twitter, especially at night. Last night Magee was at it again, tweeting a series of photos of what the new Chicago brewery space looks like. One of those photos was the same one he tweeted back in February with the question… Read more »
LEWISTON, ME – Baxter Brewing Company, the acclaimed all-cans craft brewery in Lewiston, Maine, will release its first seasonal beer, Celsius Summer Ale, next week. “With our distribution now taking us to over 1,000 locations in Maine, and across the state of Massachusetts, we’ve had lots of demand for a series of seasonal varieties,” said… Read more »
KANSAS CITY, MO — In a unique, local partnership between a craft brewer and a Major League Baseball franchise, Boulevard Brewing Company announced that it has recently entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the hometown Kansas City Royals.
BOULDER, CO – Based on results from a recently-completed industry survey, the Brewers Association (BA) reports record exports of American craft beer in 2011, and for the ninth consecutive year*. American craft breweries exported over 110,000 barrels of beer in 2011, valued at an estimated $23.4 million—a dramatic increase of 86 percent by volume and… Read more »
The Alchemist, a Waterbury, VT based brewery known for its double IPA Heady Topper, issued a distribution update on its blog today. Brewery co-owner, Jennifer Kimmich, wrote: “Everyone is asking when we will expand our distribution of Heady Topper. Although we are unable to commit to any other market on a regular basis, we hope… Read more »
A group of Massachusetts craft brewers is proposing that the state change what they believe are outdated beer distribution regulations, allowing craft brewers more freedom to switch wholesalers. House Bill 1897 would allow small brewers — those who sell less than 6 million barrels of beer globally and account for less than 20 percent of… Read more »
FORT COLLINS, CO – On April 9, 2012, Fort Collins breweries once again joined forces to craft a collaboration beer for the mother of all beer weeks. Nine local breweries (C.B. & Potts, Coopersmith’s, Crooked Stave, Equinox, Fort Collins Brewery, Funkwerks, New Belgium, Odell Brewing, and Pateros Creek) came together over a love of community… Read more »
Lagunitas Brewing Founder Tony Magee took to Twitter last night to announce the biggest news in the company’s 19-year history: Lagunitas is adding a second production facility, in Chicago. Unlike recent expansion stories from larger brands Sierra Nevada and New Belgium, in the case of Lagunitas, the announcement didn’t involve back-and-forth deliberations between final choice… Read more »
FORT COLLINS, CO – On April 21, 2012 Odell Brewing will release St. Lupulin, the brewery’s beloved summer seasonal. St. Lupulin (loop-you-lin) Extra Pale Ale pays tribute to a mystical character who passionately tended to rows and rows of hops caring for the coveted yellow resin within the hop cones known as Lupulin.
