2017

Watch: Startup Brewery Challenge 9 Pitches from Brewbound Session Winter 2017

Watch: Startup Brewery Challenge 9 Pitches from Brewbound Session Winter 2017

Last month, San Diego’s Novo Brazil Brewing was named the winner of Startup Brewery Challenge 9, held during the Brewbound Session conference in Santa Monica, California. But the business pitch competition – which gives entrepreneurs four minutes to showcase their brands for a chance to win $5,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Portland, Oregon – also featured four other emerging brands.

Terrapin to Release Beyond the Galaxy IPA

Terrapin Beer Company is releasing a new spring seasonal, Beyond the Galaxy. This brew features a single hop… you guessed it, Galaxy!

Massachusetts Task Force: Brewers Deserve Right to Terminate Distributors Without Cause

Massachusetts Task Force: Brewers Deserve Right to Terminate Distributors Without Cause

A task force formed earlier this year to examine Massachusetts’ decades-old alcohol laws has unveiled a lengthy report that offers 37 recommendations to “improve the operations” of the state’s Alcohol Beverages Control Commission (ABCC). The suggestions — which the task force made after reviewing laws in other states and meeting with ABCC officials, alcohol industry members and consumers — include modernizing franchise laws, increasing excise taxes and clarifying pay-to-play rules.

New Belgium CEO Discusses 2018 Strategy

New Belgium CEO Discusses 2018 Strategy

New Belgium will finish 2017 “flat to slightly up,” which newly appointed CEO Steve Fechheimer considers a victory in a crowded craft beer industry that has slowed to single-digit growth.

RiverWalk Brewing Co. Opens New Taproom and Brewery

RiverWalk Brewing Co. recently opened their new taproom and brewery at 40 Parker Street in Newburyport, MA. The 20,000 square foot space houses a 30 barrel brewhouse, taproom featuring twelve rotating taps, beer-inspired food menu and a private events room.

Atwater Brewery Plans for Growth in 2018

Atwater Brewery, Detroit’s hometown brewer for 20 years, has grown from humble beginnings as a small brewpub in Detroit’s historic Rivertown district into one of Michigan’s largest brewers. During 2017, Atwater added a host of new products to complement its robust portfolio and meet growing customer demand. It also signed a new distribution agreement with M1 Network and completed its re-branding with renowned Detroit artist Tony Roko.

Crooked Stave Credits Transition to Cans with Increased Sales

Crooked Stave Credits Transition to Cans with Increased Sales

Crooked Stave owner Chad Yakobson wants his wild and sour ales to be more “approachable and available” in 2018. To that end, the Denver-based brewery began transitioning a handful of its core releases from large-format bottles into 6-packs of 12 oz. cans earlier this year.

Schubros Brewery Announces New Subsidiary

Schubros Brewery, a craft beer company focused on creating a bold epicurean experience influenced by all the flavors of the world, today announced its expansion to Asia via a new Subsidiary, San Francisco East Bay Brewing Company (SFEBB) Inc.

Brewbound Voices: Conquering COLAs with ‘The Beer Label Guy’

Brewbound Voices: Conquering COLAs with ‘The Beer Label Guy’

In his column for Brewbound Voices, Andrew Zender, the founder of ‘The Beer Label Guy,’ highlights some of the common mistakes that can slow the beer label approval process and outlines some of the label changes that require breweries to submit a new COLA.