VIDEO: A Visit With Cicerone Founder Ray Daniels At CBC 2011

SAN FRANCISCO – At the end of March, brewbound.com traveled to 2011 Craft Brewers Conference in San Francisco. While at the conference, we were able to meet up with some of the more notable individuals both attending and speaking at the event. Ray Daniels, the Founder of the Cicerone Program not only presented a seminar… Read more »

Widmer Brothers Launches Rotator IPA Series: X-114 IPA leads Off

Widmer Brothers Launches Rotator IPA Series: X-114 IPA leads Off

PORTLAND, OR – Widmer Brother Brewing launches its Rotator IPA series with the release of X-114 India Pale Ale. The first beer in the series of IPA’s, X-114 was handcrafted by the Widmer Brother’ brewing team. X-114 is available in limited quantities on draught and in sex-packs at select retailers nationwide. “Our Rotator IPA series… Read more »

Brew Madness 2011 Championships

Brew Madness 2011 Championships

BOSTON – The fans have spoken and the final two breweries in brewbound.com’s inaugural Brew Madness competition are Victory Brewing and Dogfish Head. After surviving five rounds throughout the field of 64, the two breweries will now go head to head in what is sure to be an epic match-up. Dogfish Head defeated Rogue’s Dead… Read more »

VIDEO: Craft Brewers Conference Recap

VIDEO: Craft Brewers Conference Recap

SAN FRANCISCO – Brewound.com was able to attend the 2011 Craft Brewers Conference. There, we were able to meet up with Ray Daniels of the Cicerone Program, Greg Koch of Stone Brewing Company and Julia Herz of the Brewers Association. There were over 100 speakers at over 50 different Seminars. Brewbound was able to capture… Read more »

Maui Brewing Heads To Lone Star State

Maui Brewing Heads To Lone Star State

LAHAINA, MAUI, HI – Maui Brewing Co. is proud to announce a distribution agreement has been signed with Ben E. Keith Beverage Distributors. Ben E. Keith has begun distributing Bikini Blonde Lager, Big Swell IPA, Mana Wheat and CoCoNut PorTeR beers in cans and on draught throughout the state of Texas. Limited amounts of seasonal… Read more »

What’s Good For the Goose Is Good For The Gander

What’s Good For the Goose Is Good For The Gander

Boy you’re mad. Goose Island is now fully owned by Anheuser-Busch. Anytime you buy a Goose Island product, you support a corporate giant that is out to win the shelf space war against the craft beer industry- or at least co-opt it. Even if the quality stays exactly the same – or improves — Goose… Read more »

Shmaltz Brewing Company Projects 2011 Annual Sales

Shmaltz Brewing Company Projects 2011 Annual Sales

NEW YORK – America’s smallest, biggest and most award-winning Jewish (and now Sideshow Freak) Beer Company, Shmaltz Brewing Company is proud to announce achieving over two and a half times the national average with nearly 25 percent growth over the past year. In 2010, Shmaltz sold more than 100,000 cases of HE’BREW Beer┬« and Coney… Read more »

Mother Earth Brewing Cans Craft Beer

Mother Earth Brewing Cans Craft Beer

KINSTON, NC – Mother Earth Brewing, a 40 barrel craft brewery located in Kinston, NC recently announced that it is installing a Cask brand canning line. The canning line will occupy a space that is currently under renovation and adjoins the brewery’s present location. It’s is anticipated that the canning line will be operational this… Read more »

Brooklyn Brewery To Offer Weekday Tours

Brooklyn Brewery To Offer Weekday Tours

BROOKLYN – Beginning Monday, April 4, The Brooklyn Brewery will host Small Batch Brewery Tours, reservation-only weeknight tours from 5-7pm, Monday-Thursday; $8 per person. Finally, the curious, interested and thirsty can have their chance to visit Brooklyn Brewery during the work week, as our recent expansion has also allowed us to offer weeknight Small Batch… Read more »

Craft Brewers Conference 2011 Recap

Craft Brewers Conference 2011 Recap

SAN FRANCISCO – The Craft Brewers Conference took place last week in San Francisco. Nearly 4,000 craft brewers, industry suppliers and media members converged on the “City by the Bay” to discuss all things craft. Topics ranged from Ray Daniels discussion on “Why doesn’t my beer taste good,” to Sam Calagione and Floris Delee’s seminar… Read more »

Brew Madness 2011 Enters Final Four

Brew Madness 2011 Enters Final Four

BOSTON – What was once a field of 64 breweries, is now down to four. The Elite Eight round saw a narrow win from Founder’s Brewing Company’s Breakfast Stout with 345 votes over Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout. Victory Brewing Company held true to its name and their Prima Pils took down Russian River’s beloved… Read more »

Bell’s Beer Signs on as Title Sponsor for the 2011 Bayview Yacht Club Mackinac Race

Bell’s Beer Signs on as Title Sponsor for the 2011 Bayview Yacht Club Mackinac Race

DETROIT, MI – Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club, one of the most storied and historical sailing clubs in the world,announced today that Bell’s Brewery – a major beer producer and the largest based in Michigan — has come aboard as the title sponsor Bayview’s 2011 Port Huron to Mackinac Race. The officially titled “Bell’s Beer Bayview… Read more »

Discovery Cancels Dogfish Head Series, BrewMasters

NEW YORK – Discovery has confirmed that the television series, Brewmasters will be cancelled. Andy Crouch of beerscribe.com reported via twitter the official Discovery comment. “BrewMasters was launched with a lot of marketing support and garnered widespread media coverage but unfortunately the series did not find a large enough audience so it was not renewed.”

Federal Small Brewer Excise Tax Bills Introduced in House, Senate

Federal Small Brewer Excise Tax Bills Introduced in House, Senate

BOULDER, CO – The Brewers Association (BA) announced today that legislation seeking to enact a graduated beer excise tax rate of $3.50 and $16.00 for America’s small brewers has been introduced in both chambers of Congress. The BA is the not-for-profit trade group that represents the majority of U.S. brewing companies. The Senate bill, S…. Read more »