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Football is back and so are draft sales, according to on-premise data firm BeerBoard. Draft beer consumption nationwide increased +21% during the NFL’s opening weekend (Thursday, September 8-Sunday, September 11), compared to the same period in 2021.
Allagash Brewing Company has agreed to purchase a 7-acre plot of land in Scarborough, Maine which will house a new tasting room, opening in 2024, the brewery announced today.
TRU Colors, the craft brewery that aimed to end street violence by employing rival gang members, will cease operations on Friday, September 9. In a lengthy Facebook post, founder and CEO George Taylor II outlined the Wilmington, North Carolina-based brewery’s struggles, which have included violence and quality control issues that led to a delayed first commercial batch.
California’s Beachwood Brewing Company will soon be slinging its own cocktails along with its brews.
Happy hour is more popular than ever, according to data from beer-centric social media platform Untappd, which shows late afternoon and early evening check-ins have stolen share from nighttime drinking.
Beer Kulture, Brave Noise, and Women of Bevolution have launched a grant program aimed at helping underserved groups launch businesses in the craft beverage industry.
Iowa’s Big Grove Brewery opened a massive brewery and restaurant on the edge of downtown Des Moines in late July as part of an effort to establish a foothold for the brand in the middle of its home state.
The on-premise channel is expected to see an “uplift” in velocity over Labor Day weekend this year, as on-premise trends continue to follow 2021 patterns, NielsenIQ-owned market research firm CGA reported.
Copenhagen-based Mikkeller is shutting down its brewery in the Miramar neighborhood of San Diego, effective immediately, and will begin contract brewing its offerings with San Diego’s AleSmith Brewing Co., the company announced. The Miramar taproom will remain open through the end of September.
Last week, low-alc aperitif brand Haus announced that it would shut down after a funding round fell through, leaving the company without the necessary cash on hand to continue operating. But rather than filing for federal Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections, the California-based brand instead looked to a different type of common law bankruptcy procedure known as an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, or an “ABC.”
Smuttlabs Brewery and Kitchen – the Dover, New Hampshire-based offshoot location of Smuttynose Brewery – has closed, the Hampton-headquartered brewery announced. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based Newfangled Brew Works will shut its doors Sunday, August 14 after nearly four years in business.
This weekend marks the 14th anniversary of The Bruery. The Orange County craft brewery will celebrate with a big ticket ($120) event, The Bruery’s 14th Anniversary Invitation Festival, which officially kicks off Saturday with unlimited pours from more than 70 craft breweries, wineries, cideries and meaderies.
Keeping up with consumer trends, twin brothers and business partners Don and William Ray shifted service at the nightclub and bars they owned in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to focus on craft cocktails made by hand. However, the cavernous rooms and massive bars were built to accommodate far more people than a typical intimate cocktail lounge, overwhelming bartenders and slowing down service time.
Blake’s Hard Cider has invested in a new production facility in Wolcott, New York – a $9 million project to support demand for the Michigan-based cidery’s offerings.
