As many drinkers take a break from craft beer and other alcoholic beverages in January, craft breweries such as Notch are using the month and its lighter traffic to close taprooms temporarily as they undertake renovation projects.
Seasonal trends for onsite brewery sales have remained relatively consistent since January 2021, but “in real terms” – i.e. accounting for inflation – onsite sales continue to decline, according to Brewers Association (BA) staff economist Matt Gacioch, citing data from Arryved.
Central Virginia’s award-winning Stable Craft Brewing will be introducing two new value-packed exclusive clubs: the Stable Craft Mug Club for beer lovers and the Stable Craft Supper Club for food lovers.
As the summer selling season takes hold, Dogfish Head is releasing a trio of offerings in its strongest markets, including one that will stick around year-round. Co-founder Sam Calagione shared details of Dogfish Head’s solo releases with Brewbound, joined by Talea Beer Co. founders LeAnn Darland and Tara Hankinson to discuss the second year of the trio’s ongoing bodega-inspired collaboration.
This week’s Brewbound Podcast rebroadcasts two Brew Talks conversations from the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference. The first is an introduction to the National Black Brewers Association, a newly formed trade group. Then, three brewery leaders share their experiences with expanding their taproom presences in out-of-state markets.
Stone Brewing must pay past rent on the brewpub it shuttered in Napa, California, in October 2021, according to a court ruling. Tilray-owned SweetWater Brewing will open two new branded bars at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in its hometown of Atlanta.
On the same day Founders Brewing announced it had permanently closed its Detroit location, a former employee filed a lawsuit against the company claiming the taproom’s work environment was “so objectively racially hostile that she had no choice but to resign.”
Founders Brewing Company has permanently closed its satellite taproom in Detroit, six years after announcing plans to open it.
Tilray-owned Montauk Brewing will open two new branded spaces at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets in time for the 2023 MLB season. The Lost Abbey has entered an alternating proprietorship with Vista, California-based Mother Earth Brew Co. The Bruery is shuttering its Washington, D.C., location after six years in operation.
After a three year hiatus, Chicago craft beer lovers will soon be able to patronize the Lagunitas Brewing Company taproom again.
As craft brewery taprooms adapted to new service models during the pandemic, so did their customers. Arryved CEO Loren Bendele and product manager – guest experience Brenton Murrell join Brewbound Data Club to discuss how Arryved’s merchants are finding higher check values and tips using various service models enabled by the company’s POS technology.
Big Storm Brewing Co. will be opening its fifth location this Saturday, February 11 in the heart of
Ybor City. Located at 1600 East 7th Avenue, the 11,000 square-foot taproom and restaurant takes over the previous Hamburger Mary’s space.
Lagunitas will close its Seattle taproom next month, which was “not a decision we took lightly,” the Heineken-owned craft brewery said. Cloverdale, California-headquartered Bear Republic brewing shuttered its remaining taproom for the winter on December 11, and plans to reopen in the spring. Portland, Oregon-based Sasquatch Brewery announced last month it will halt beer- and cider-making operations, but its pub will remain in business.
An LLC led by the former president and CEO of Pittsburgh Brewing has acquired Weyerbacher Brewing following the Easton, Pennsylvania-based craft brewery’s second bankruptcy case, according to LehighValleyLive.com.
Great Notion Brewing will open its first California taproom this year, taking over the former Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room in Berkeley, California. The move comes as the Portland, Oregon-headquartered craft brewery shifts its focus to own-premise growth, as direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales have trailed off.
Asheville-based brewery DSSOLVR is thrilled to announce its second taproom, opening in downtown Durham, North Carolina in 2023. The Atlas Building on Rigsbee Ave will be home to DSSOLVR’s first taproom outside of Asheville, with plans to begin construction on the 2,500 square foot space in early 2023 and a projected opening date later in the year.
