Expansion

Maine Beer Co. is dining out on lunch. Not the meal, but its flagship IPA (7% ABV), which isn’t named for an eating occasion at all, but rather a whale spotted off the Maine coast in 1982. Her dorsal fin was missing a chunk, which had ostensibly become lunch for a shark.

Crane Brewing (Raytown, Missouri), has closed after 11 years. In its early days, the brewery built its name on the homebrew and beer fest circuit with namesake Michael Crane’s sour ales and magenta-hued beet beer.

Calicraft Brewing is on pace to grow 80% in 2025, after 30% growth in 2024. The Walnut Creek, California-based craft brewery has been able to buck national craft trends by cleaning up production, making key hires and refocusing its portfolio. Now, the company plans to expand that growth into ready-to-drink cocktails, launching in 2026.

When Topa Topa Brewing CEO Jack Dyer and brewmaster Casey Harris started the Ventura, California, brewery in 2015, they knew they were in it for the long haul, committing to a business that was anchored in quality beer “with a purpose.”

Brewery and beverage incubator Pilot Project celebrated its fifth anniversary in August, and is now setting its sights beyond Chicago and Milwaukee, toward becoming a nationally recognized name.

Breweries in the Mecklenburgs both old and new are uniting to deliver a black beer for Black Friday. Charlotte-based Olde Mecklenburg Brewery (OMB) today announced its first-ever international collaboration with Störtebeker Braumanufaktur, a craft brewery in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

While Athletic Brewing Company continues to record exponential growth for its non-alcoholic (NA) offerings in the U.S., it’s not limiting itself to its home country. The Milford, Connecticut-based craft brewery announced expansion moves today for its business in both the U.K. and Canada.

The last time Brewbound spoke to Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co., the Rhode-Island based craft brewery had just purchased a 6-acre plot of land from the city, its first step in a major expansion and renovation plan.

Bell’s has expanded distribution into Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington, leaving Hawaii as the only state where drinkers can’t get Two Hearted IPA or Oberon Ale.

Expect more Voodoo Ranger beers to flood the market. New Belgium Brewing has struck an agreement to acquire the Daleville, Virginia-based production facility Constellation Brands built in 2017.

Montauk will expand into two new states and fill out its existing footprint in New York and New Jersey over the next couple months, the New York-based craft brewery’s first expansion moves since being acquired by global cannabis firm Tilray.

21st Amendment Brewery has “reimagined” its 120,000 sq. ft. production facility in San Leandro, California, into a canned beverage co-packing facility capable of producing beer, non-alcoholic beer, FMBs, seltzers, canned cocktails, energy drinks, juices, sodas and more, the company announced this week.

Employees at Anheuser-Busch (A-B) InBev-owned Widmer Brothers Brewing have voted to join Teamsters Local 162, the union announced. Stony Creek Brewery has been approved by its hometown of Branford, Connecticut to construct a new tank farm, which would expand the company’s brewing capacity from 48,000 barrels, to 100,000 barrels.

Greater Good Imperial Brewing sees itself as “the authority on imperial beers,” and the Worcester, Massachusetts-based craft brewery is setting its sights on making that statement in 2023.