BOULDER, CO – Avery Brewing Company plans to withdraw from eight states and seven other partial-state markets beginning in April. Faced with skyrocketing demand–first quarter 2011 production growth for their home state of Colorado is 81% and overall production growth is 75%–the brewery has been forced to make the tough decision or lose the ability… Read more »
Beginning in May, Samuel Adams will release the summer variety pack. This year it will include two new styles, one being the Rustic Saison. Samuel Adams describes the beer as a Belgian-style farmhouse beer brewed with honey. Le Saisonniers were seasonal workers that worked on the farms and were often times given beer for their… Read more »
TYGH VALLEY, OR – Rogue Ales & Spirits has completed construction of its Farmstead Micro Floor Malt House. The first batch of hand-raked, floor-malted barley will be used to create a unique release from Chatoe Rogue: Floor Malt Ale.
SEATTLE, WA. – The first brewery cooperative in Washington State and only the second in the nation has launched in Seattle. Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery will be built and directed by its owner-members. “We are building a community brewery based on the coop principles. A brewery for the people!” said Jeff Hicks, President.
BOULDER, CO – The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries, released its annual lists reporting the top 50 brewing companies in the country, based on 2010 beer sales volume. The two lists are the Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies, comprising small and independent craft brewers,┬╣ and the Top… Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO – Last month Brewbound traveled to San Francisco for the Craft Brewers Conference. Amidst the seminars and beer drinking, we were able to catch up with Greg Koch from Stone Brewing Company. In our interview, Koch touched on his experience at previous conferences, his expansion into Europe and a recently acquired organic farm.
FT. COLLINS, CO. – New Belgium Brewing announced today that Somersault Ale is debuting in April as the brewery’s brand new summer seasonal. Somersault is a fun roll around on the tongue, while requiring only the minimum of palate gymnastics. This is the perfect summer lounge-around beer. Somersault tumbles out with citrus aroma from Centennial… Read more »
PORTLAND, ME — This week, Rising Tide Brewing Company will release Daymark, a pale ale made with locally grown rye. Daymark is the third offering from the new small-scale brewery in Portland. It will be available in 22 oz. bottles at retailers throughout Maine.
CHELSEA, MA – Mystic Brewery, based in Chelsea, MA. is taking a unique approach to contract brewing. Instead of letting the beer tie up tank space at the brewery location they will contract through, Founder Bryan Greenhagen and Head Brewer James Nicholson will actually transport wort back to their wherehouse in stainless steel tanks and… Read more »
PORTLAND, ME — Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Company announced today that its highly popular Vacationland Summer Ale will feature new labels and packaging when it arrives in stores this month. Vacationland Summer Ale is the brewer’s third beer to feature a new look — following Gritty’s Original Pub Style and Gritty’s Scottish Ale – since the… Read more »
PASO ROBLES, CA – Earlier this month Firestone Walker officially removed the “Abacus,” as the name of their barley wine, from their website. ZD Wines of Napa, CA makes a high-end Cabernet Sauvignon by the same name. They recently approached the brewery to inform them of a trademark they had on the name. Below is… Read more »
BOSTON – On March 10th, Head Brewer from The Bruery, Tyler King, headed east to take part in a special beer and food pairing event at Eastern Standard. Brewbound was able to attend the event, which boasted a six-course beer and food pairing menu that included notable Bruery selections Saison de Lente, Orchard White, Saison… Read more »
NEWPORT, OR. –In a collaboration of crafts, two small Oregon companies who have earned worldwide critical acclaim – Rogue Creamery and Rogue Ales & Spirits — have released the first in a series of 2009 Bintage Cheddar and TouVelle cheeses made with a variety of hops from Rogue’s Micro Hopyard.
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Cambridge Brewing Company announced last week that it would begin bottling its beer and distributing throughout the state of Massachusetts. “Year one we are probably not going to do more than five or six-thousand cases and will only distribute locally and throughout Massachusetts,” said Brewmaster Will Meyers.
