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A group of Massachusetts craft brewers is proposing that the state change what they believe are outdated beer distribution regulations, allowing craft brewers more freedom to switch wholesalers.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.
BOSTON, MA – The much-anticipated Samuel Adams 2012 LongShot Variety Six-Pack hits shelves this month, fulfilling the dreams of three winning homebrewers by giving them the chance to see their hard work brewed, bottled and distributed nationwide.
A $1 million state grant from the ‘One North Carolina Fund’ helped lure New Belgium to Asheville. The grant is based on the company creating 130 jobs and invested $115 million over five years. Below is the full press release from the office of Gov. Bev Perdue.
It’s official. New Belgium today announced plans to build a second brewery in Asheville, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue joined Kim Jordan, the Fort Collins, Colo.-based brewery’s co-founder and CEO, and other New Belgium executives today for the official announcement. The brewer known for its Fat Tire Amber Ale will build a new brewery… Read more »
BOSTON, MA – Eight years after meeting freshman year in college and bonding over a shared love of beer, Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary hired a brewer and signed a lease for an old shipbuilding facility on Boston’s waterfront so they could brew the beer they wanted to drink. In 1986 the Harpoon Brewery was… Read more »
LARKSPUR, CA – Marin Brewing Company announces the release and limited distribution of Preservation Ale, a session beer created specifically for the 40th Anniversary of Marin County Parks. Preservation Ale is mellow; an easy drinking beer, not too hoppy, not too crazy. Marin Brewing Company owner Brendan Moylan has always been a huge supporter of… Read more »
