Cider, like craft beer, has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years. In 2013, the category grew total on-premise volumes 49 percent, according to GuestMetrics. Embodying that quick rise, Sonoma Cider announced yesterday that it signed eight new distribution agreements, launching new territories while also expanding in its home market of California.
Surly Brewing continues to tap into a variety of emerging retail outlets for its products. After announcing last month that cans of its Furious, Bender and Hell beers would be sold on flights operated by Sun Country Airlines, the Minnesota-based brewery will make available select Surly offerings at Minnesota Timberwolves home games.
Total Beverage Solution (TBS) yesterday announced that it has acquired the exclusive rights to Vanberg & DeWulf, a portfolio of various imported Belgian beers, for an undisclosed amount. TBS — which serves as a master distributor for a number of import brands as well as Shipyard Brewing — will begin shipping product to distributors as… Read more »
Deschutes Brewery has announced plans to expand its distribution footprint in the central and southern regions of Pennsylvania, beginning March 24. For coverage in Dauphin, Lebanon, Cumberland, Perry, Juaniata, and Mifflin counties, the Bend, Ore.-based brewery has tapped Wilsbach Distributors. Ace Distributing will be responsible for distribution in York, Franklin, Fulton, and Lancaster counties.
It only took about 60 days for Oskar Blues to execute its “aggressive” expansion into five new states, and now the Colorado-based craft brewery is eyeing even more markets. The company today announced it will enter Kansas on March 10 with the Kansas Craft Alliance (KCA), a partnership of 12 family-owned distributors covering the entire… Read more »
Founders Brewing Co. is expanding its distribution footprint to include Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas, the company announced today. Beer is slated to hit retail shelves and tap lines throughout each of the new markets this April. Founders, which has expanding quickly of late from its home base in Grand Rapids, Mich., has signed distribution agreements… Read more »
C. Dean Metropoulos, the veteran food industry investor who bought Pabst Brewing Co. back in 2010, is now in the early stages of trying to sell the 170-year-old brewery, according to Reuters. The Los Angeles-based producer of heritage beer brands like Pabst Blue Ribbon, Olympia and National Bohemian (Natty Boh), is expected to sell for… Read more »
As the saying goes, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. The same is true for building a distribution footprint for a beer brand. Some breweries build out from home and gradually move into bordering states. Others, like Austin, Texas.-based Adelbert’s Brewery, take an approach that’s seems akin to throwing darts at a… Read more »
In this afternoon’s IRI Power Hour conference hosted by the Brewers Assocation, Dan Wandel, principal of Beverage Alcohol Clients Insights for IRI, highlighted an “abundance of positive indicators” that surging growth of craft beer is set to continue through 2014 and beyond.
Forget May flowers. Brewers in California are hoping April showers bring steady, torrential downpours. The Golden State just recorded its driest year ever and if some heavy rain doesn’t fall soon, Bay Area craft brewers that rely on fresh water from the Russian River could be forced to find an alternative water supply, which could… Read more »
The Bruery, out of Orange County, Calif., has announced its plans to add a new brewhouse, bottling line and centrifuge in a brewery expansion that will nearly double its production capacity. The $3 million project, backed by bank loans and cash flow, is expected to be complete in 2015. The expansion, said brewery founder Patrick… Read more »
Electrical engineering conglomerate Siemens announced today it would launch a national advertisement highlighting how its automation technology has facilitated growth at The Saint Louis Brewery. The ad, titled, “American Manufacturing is Brewing Something Big,” features Siemens’ BRAUMAT Compact PCS7 system, which was used to automate Schlafly’s St. Louis brewhouse and double its production capacity.
Over the years, Dogfish Head has made a habit of pairing its beer with music. The Milton, Del.-based brewery has built a reputation of crafting collaborative brews with the likes of Pearl Jam, Deltron 3030 and the Grateful Dead. And over the past six years, Dogfish Head has worked side-by-side with artists known for creating… Read more »
Sometimes, all it takes a good pie chart to really understand just how consolidated the beer industry has become. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs broke down beer’s merger trends over the last decade. In its analysis, the investment bank found a beer industry that, in 2003, looked very different than today.
