Brewery Expansion

“Bigger is better” is the motto this year for Asheville, North Carolina-based Hi-Wire Brewing, and they have the cans to back it up.

The national non-profit Beer Kulture has partnered with Washington, D.C.-based ANXO Cider and the American Cider Association (ACA) to offer scholarships to Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, Native North American, Pacific Islander, and other BIPOC people in the cider industry.

Tilray-owned SweetWater Brewing Company and Ontario, Canada-based RIFF Cannabis have collaborated to launch SweetWater RIFF, a vodka-based ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktail.

Albert Hammond Jr. — lead guitarist for The Strokes — launched Jetway, an ultra-premium wine seltzer, this month.

Diageo plans to open a Guinness taproom in Chicago in 2023, the beer and spirits company announced this week.

When Westbrook, Maine’s Mast Landing released its Gunner’s Daughter peanut butter stout in 2016, the brewery didn’t expect it to become a top-selling item.

Spoetzl Brewery’s Shiner Beer launched its first new brand platform in five years last week, with a campaign to make Shiner a part of modern Texas culture, according to AdWeek.

Newport Craft Brewery and Distillery in Rhode Island announced the purchase of a 6-acre plot of land from the city of Newport earlier this month, as part of a $10 million expansion project.

Crowns & Hops Brewing Co. is getting its own facility — and the Inglewood, California-based craft brewing company is asking drinkers if they want to be a part of it.

Denver Beer Co. is joining the NFT scene.

Amherst, Wisconsin-based Central Waters Brewing announced on Twitter Sunday that it will be taking over the closed Pabst pilot facility in downtown Milwaukee, converting the space into its own pilot brewery and taproom.

Source Farmhouse Brewery is headed to Philadelphia.

The president of Mexico announced an agreement with Constellation Brands last week to build a new brewery in the southeastern part of the country, according to Reuters.

Athletic Brewing, a non-alcoholic (NA) craft beer maker, raised $50 million in a Series C funding from investors, spearheaded by the Alliance Consumer Growth (ACG) and TRB advisors, which concluded on May 11.