Taprooms

BrewDog USA has permanently shuttered its Indianapolis-based taproom, a spokesperson confirmed Friday.

A bill introduced in the New Jersey state Senate last month proposes the creation of a new tax class for flavored malt beverages (FMBs). The bill would tax FMBs at $4.40 per gallon, far closer to New Jersey’s rate for distilled spirits ($5.50 per gallon) than for beer ($0.12 per gallon).

Los Gatos, California-based Loma Brewing Company will open a new brewery and taproom in Manteca, California, in 2023, which will support a more than 300% increase in production, founder and CEO Kevin Youkilis told Brewbound.

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.

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.

The Great Divide Barrel Bar is here to stay for the “foreseeable future.”

A Pennsylvania bill that would require beer sold at in-state taprooms that are owned by out-of-state companies to either be brewed onsite or sold through a Pennsylvania wholesaler is one step closer to becoming law.