Would an IPA by any other name still taste as hoppy? And more, if it weren’t labeled as an IPA, would anyone buy it? It’s a question many craft breweries are exploring and some, it seems, are banking on the continued growth of the style and the name, which is a shorter version of India… Read more »
After 12 years of pouring some of the world’s finest beer over his own bar, Daniel Lanigan is making a career change, though he doesn’t plan on leaving the beer industry. Lanigan, a well-known publican and the founder of Alewife Baltimore, Alewife Queens, and Lord Hobo — one of the Boston area’s most celebrated craft… Read more »
Brewbound today released the Fall/Winter edition of its New Beer Guide. With over 250 new and seasonal beers from 75 breweries, the guide is a valuable resource for distributors, retailers and breweries interested in learning more about the newest craft products. The New Beer Guide documents a variety of new offerings being released by the… Read more »
Laughing Dog Brewing founder Fred Colby is the first to admit that his company’s canine-focused imagery feels a little ‘crafty.’ “I was always focused on ensuring the quality of our beer and never really paid much attention to the branding of the actual package,” he said. “We’ve heard from some customers that it feels like ‘joke beer,’ or that one of the ‘big guys’ was making it.”
It’s been 16 months since craft brewery veteran John Bryant joined the Spokane, Wash.-based No-Li Brewhouse operation, formally known as Northern Lights Brewing Company, helping to rebrand the 19-year old company as one that offers “fib-free ales.”
The craft beer category may be poised for its eighth consecutive year of double-digit dollar sales growth in U.S. supermarkets — recent IRI data pegs it up 15.3 percent through July 14 — but the figure is just one small brush stroke in a larger portrait of craft’s ongoing, upward surge.
Green Flash Brewing Co. today announced new distribution in Minnesota through Chicago-based Wirtz Beverage Group, which operates wholesaler companies in five states. Minnesota marks the 43rd state where the San Diego-based craft beer brand is now sold. It joins an impressive portfolio of craft brands distributed by Wirtz, including Anchor Brewing, Boston Beer Company and… Read more »
Ongoing legislative changes in California would make it easier for craft beer consumers to pick up a jug of suds.
AB-647 clarifies the language used in the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to allow the state’s beer manufacturers to refill resealable “growlers” brought by consumers to the brewery, regardless of that growler’s origination.
Alchemy & Science, the craft brew incubation project and wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Beer Company, today announced that it acquired all rights to the Coney Island craft beer brand for an undisclosed amount. Alan Newman, the president of Alchemy & Science told Brewbound.com that conversations over Coney Island, a sub-line of Shmaltz Brewing, began last… Read more »
A Stone Brewing Co. employee was killed while operating a forklift at the Escondido, Calif.-based brewery on Saturday, reports NBCSanDiego.com. The victim, who was later identified as 27-year-old Matthew Courtright, worked as a senior brewer for the company. According to reports, Courtright was driving a forklift around 5 P.M. when it unexpectedly rolled over.
Craft beer continued its strong showing in U.S. supermarkets through the first half of 2013, according to new data from IRI, a Chicago-based market research group. Dan Wandel, senior vice president of beverage alcohol client relations for IRI, shared recent statistics on craft beer sales in U.S. supermarkets during yesterday’s “Power Hour,” an online seminar… Read more »
Dan Wandel, the senior vice president of IRI’s beverage alcohol team, believes that craft beer’s impressive growth over the last decade no longer needs to be referred to as a “revolution.” “I think we are at a point now where I am ready to drop the ‘R,’” he said during today’s Brewers Association (BA) Power… Read more »
Bell’s Brewery today confirmed plans to begin distributing in upstate and Western New York on October 1. Bell’s inked distribution agreements with three L. Knife & Son companies — T.J. Sheehan Distributing, Tri-Valley Beverage and Craft Guild of New York — to sell the company’s year-round and seasonal offerings on draft and in bottles.
Chicago-based wine, spirits and newly minted craft beer wholesaler, Wirtz Beverage Illinois, yesterday announced a new distribution agreement with BuckleDown Brewing. BuckleDown Brewing, which is located 20 minutes west of Chicago in Lyons, IL., is the fifth craft brand to sign on with Wirtz.
