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Some hard seltzer brands may be excluded from grocery and convenience stores in Utah under an omnibus bill proposed in the state Senate. Alaska’s state Senate has passed a bill that would make it harder for breweries to open taprooms in the state.
Craft brewers are optimistic for 2022, with 76% expecting sales growth this year, according to a survey by Arryved POS.
Woburn, Massachusetts-headquartered Lord Hobo Brewing is planning to build a taproom in Tampa, Florida, according to a post on a Tampa community group’s Facebook page.
The Oskar Blues taproom in Boulder, Colorado, has shuttered, according to the Daily Camera.Magnolia Brewing’s brewery in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco will close on February 20, the company announced on Instagram.
San Diego, California-based Modern Times Beer announced Monday that it will be closing its locations in Portland, Oregon; and Oakland, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, California; citing financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic and “global declines in the craft beer industry.”
Hi-Wire Brewing’s third new taproom planned for 2022 will open “late this summer” in Birmingham, Alabama, the company announced this week. San Francisco-based Woods Beer & Wine Co. plans to open two new taprooms in Treasure Island and San Anselmo, as well as being distilling, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing Company has partnered with Reyes Beer Division to expand distribution across California.
The on-premise channel is set up for a big couple of days between Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day, according to market research firm CGA’s latest “On-Premise Impact Report.”
Cincinnati, Ohio-based MadTree Brewing has changed distribution partners in its home state from Cavalier Distributing to the Molson Coors distribution network of Stagnaro Distributing, Superior Beverage Group, Bonbright Distributors and NWO Beverage Co.
Larkspur, California-based Marin Brewing Company will close this month after 33 years.
A quarter of consumers said they visited on-premise establishments less than usual in the two weeks that ended January 10, an +11% increase compared to December 2021, according to the market research firm CGA in its latest on-premise impact report.
Independent hard seltzer maker Two Robbers will open its first taproom in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood later this year. The 4,000 sq. ft. taproom – titled Burgers and Seltzers – is the first seltzer taproom in Philadelphia. In addition to a beyond beer-driven menu, Two Robbers will serve smash burgers, beer and spirits.
“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 former owners of Green Flash Brewing have put the San Diego brewery and its equipment up for sale as a turnkey operation.
