ESCONDIDO, CA – Stone Brewing Co. is releasing its first collaboration beer of 2012—dubbed “Bear Republic ? Fat Head’s ? Stone TBA”—which begins rolling out to select regions today. This particular beer pays homage to a relatively little—known beer style called Texas Brown Ale, which, strangely enough, has its roots in California. It originated as… Read more »
LAHAINA, MAUI, HI – Maui Brewing Co. (MBC) is proud to announce that it is now officially classified as a Regional Craft Brewery. The Brewers Association defines the craft beer industry by four distinct markets: Brewpubs, Microbreweries, Regional Craft Breweries and Contract Brewing Companies. A Regional Brewery is a brewery with an annual beer production… Read more »
PROVIDENCE, RI — Narragansett Beer today announces the release of a new craft to be available year-round, Cream Ale. Last fall, more than 1,000 fans voted between a Cream and Rye Ale in a consumer campaign that crowned Cream Ale the winning beer. Joining award-winning Narragansett Lager, Light, and four seasonal crafts, Cream Ale makes… Read more »
It’s a fresh-pressed acquisition that has the beer world buzzing. When Tenth and Blake, MillerCoors’ craft and import division announced the purchase of Crispin Cider earlier this month, the cider channel received instant validation. And the category is growing in popularity amongst both the big domestic players and small upstarts.
In June of last year, Sunoco rolled out the “Craft Beer Exchange,” in an attempt to capitalize on the growth of the craft beer market. The program, which started at 12 APlus accounts in the Buffalo, NY area has expanded twice since its inception – last November and earlier this year.
The beer, a low-alcohol gose-style, is appropriately named “Samuel Adams Boston 26.2 Brew” and it’s being made specifically for Boston Marathon runners. The nation’s largest craft brewer, Boston Beer Company, today announced a partnership with the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A) making the brewers of Samuel Adams beers the official beer sponsor of the 116th Boston… Read more »
As the cider category continues to grow up, we have found it necessary to expand our product reviews to these craft beer-esque creations. The channel is an interesting one, clearly slipstreaming the success that craft beer is experiencing by offering a full-flavored, alcoholic beverage that appeals to men, women and a growing number of gluten-restricted… Read more »
San Francisco, CA – Nationally recognized for its canned craft creations, San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery is filling up its biggest cans – kegs – and bringing back its beloved “Big Can Draft Series.” Three times a year, 21st Amendment showcases a new small batch, hand-crafted, draft-only selection.
GOLDEN, CO – AC Golden Brewing Company has developed an India Pale Lager (IPL) that Colorado Old Chicago restaurants will feature during their St. Patrick’s Day Mini Beer Tour, February 22 through March 18. “We felt that, even though the IPA category is crowded, there was room for a beer with the hoppy goodness of… Read more »
MIDDLEBURY, VT — The artisan spirit is alive and well here in the Green Mountains of Vermont, and that has never been more apparent than with the world’s first Belgian White-style hard cider. This limited run cider carries on a tradition of innovation, first forged two decades ago, when Woodchuck Amber reinvented hard cider in… Read more »
STEVENS POINT, WI – For the third time in three years, Stevens Point Brewery is expanding its production capacity to keep up with demand. The latest expansion — a $1.1 million project includes nine new fermentation tanks, two new bright beer tanks, a new 7,000-gallon hot water tank and a centrifuge for filtering finished beer…. Read more »
Earlier this month, Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy visited the Harpoon Brewery in Boston to settle a Super Bowl bet. At the event, Brewbound.com spoke to Hindy about the state of the craft beer industry, rising ingredient costs and how the hundreds of small startups will fare in a competitive marketplace.
BEND, ORE – Expansion has always been a goal of GoodLife Brewing Company, and after six months of distributing to Deschutes County and the Portland metropolitan area, GoodLife Brewing Company is proud to announce two new distributors that will take us to Idaho, Washington, Alaska and the remainder of Oregon not currently being handled by… Read more »
Alaskan Brewing is making a few changes to begin 2012. The company, currently distributed in just 12 states across the U.S., will begin sending beer to the Lone Star State through Ben E. Keith Beverage Distributors. In a press release, Ben E. Keith specialty beverage manager Kevin Nettleton commented on the move.
