Samuel Adams drinkers might have to pay a little more for their favorite brew this year. In an interview with Brewbound.com, Boston Beer Co. Founder and CEO Jim Koch said he is anticipating price increases in 2012. Koch estimates barley costs will rise by 30 percent this year, resulting in a 2 to 3 percent… Read more »
Earlier this week, the Mankato, Minn. based start-up Mankato Brewery rolled its first kegs to 17 accounts. The brewery is the first in town since Mankato Brewing closed its doors in 1967. Co-Founder Tim Tupy, who also owns a successful spa business with his wife Tami, began planning for Mankato Brewery in 2009, but his… Read more »
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Founders Brewing Co.’s Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing, Dave Engbers, announced today that All Day IPA would be the next addition to the brewery’s year-round lineup, with availability limited to Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and the greater Chicago area beginning on February 6, 2012.
In 2011, Kodiak Island Brewing Company produced just 870 barrels, up 8.5 percent over 2010. But it could have been more, according to Ben Millstein, KIBC’s founder and head brewer. That’s because even Kodiak, the nation’s second-largest island in area, but with a population of only 14,000 is experiencing the effects of the craft beer… Read more »
Alchemy & Science, the new craft-brew incubation project from industry veterans Alan Newman and Jim Koch, has made its first move. The Burlington, Vt.-based company today announced the acquisition of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Angel City Brewing. The tiny (2,000 barrels last year), 15-year-old project started by former home brewer Michael Bowe had expanded two years… Read more »
REDLANDS, CA – On December 31st, Hangar 24 Craft Brewery broke the 15,000 barrel production mark and graduated from being classified as a “Microbrewery” to a “Regional Craft Brewery”. (A Regional Craft Brewery produces between 15,000 and 6,000,000 barrels of beer per year.) The Craft Brewer’s Association recorded 1,767 Craft Breweries in the United States… Read more »
The New Belgium Lips of Faith series is really a chance for the brewers to spread their wings and explore, and one of the newest offerings (though we are bit behind on the review) is Clutch. 80 percent stout blended with 20 percent dark sour wood beer make for quite the interesting drink. Clutch pours… Read more »
ST. LOUIS, MO – The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc., brewer of Schlafly Beer has signed a purchase agreement that will transfer a 60% ownership interest in the business to a local investor group led by Wes Jones and John Lemkemeier of St. Louis and including David Schlafly, also of St. Louis, the first cousin of… Read more »
Later this month, Clown Shoes Beer will add Philadelphia to the growing list of markets that the small contract brewing operation based out of Ipswich, MA is currently being distributed.
If you aren’t familiar with Jack’s Abby yet, don’t worry — you will be soon enough. A Boston area startup that began brewing in July of this year, Jack’s Abby specializes in nothing but lagers. And if you had any doubt about the potential of the lager category, one sip of their delicious brews might… Read more »
Last summer the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) cracked down on the Kombucha category, forcing many brands whose alcohol content in the drink exceeded the legal limit of 0.5 percent ABV off the shelves. And while category leaders like GT and High Country Kombucha committed to altering their recipes in order… Read more »
Kailua-Kona, HI – Starting the week of January 17th 2012, the markets of Pennsylvania, Delaware and South New Jersey will round out the east coast distribution areas for Kona Brewing Company signature beers. The three markets will carry Kona Brewing’s flagship Longboard Island Lager, along with the rest of Kona’s portfolio, in stores and on… Read more »
Stone Brewing Co. loves to collaborate and when they do, things usually turn out pretty well. Their latest brings together the talents of John Kimmich of The Alchemist and Jamie Floyd of Ninkasi. More Brown Than Black IPA, Stone’s fifth collaboration beer in 2011 was brewed in support of the victims of Hurricane Irene, which… Read more »
As the year comes to a close, we have noticed a tremendous amount of ‘list-pieces,’ most of which offer up a specific writers top 10 beers of the year. We decided to take a slightly different approach. Below is a list of craft beer happenings in 2011 we thought were significant enough to write about…. Read more »
