BrewDog is back at it, taking another stab a precisely defining “craft beer” as it applies to European countries. In October, brewery co-founders James Watt and Martin Dickie wrote on their blog that having a clear definition has helped craft beer become so popular in the United States.

Sex sells. There’s no secret in that. The titans of the beer industry know this, often pairing their mass-produced brews with beautiful women on your television screen. As those mammoth companies try to creep into craft territory, smaller breweries — which fit the accepted definition of being craft — try and barricade the door.

Exemplifying its “slow and steady” motto when it comes to growth, the distribution footprint of Odell Brewing Co. has come to encompass only 10 markets, including its home base in Colorado, over the past 24 years. Now two years removed from its last distribution expansion, Odell is ready to enter Texas, per an agreement with… Read more »

Last week, breweries both large and small were able to secure new distribution all over the map. This week was no different, as one of the nation’s biggest craft breweries is making its way to Australia, while other smaller breweries strive to embed further in local markets.

In the United States, the craft beer movement (in all names and forms) has been around since late 1970’s. More recently, however, demand for greater complexity and flavors in beer is something that is beginning to catch on elsewhere in the world. Despite an overall decline in beer consumption in the United Kingdom, “the craft… Read more »

While some craft breweries might go many years without refreshing their image, Southern California-based Hangar 24 decided that after just five years in business, it was time to give its aviation-inspired labels a small makeover.

Despite rumors to the contrary, Terrapin Beer Co. has not yet inked an agreement with Crescent Crown Distributing to bring the Athens, Ga.-based brewery’s beer to Louisiana. Keyword, yet. “We’re in contract talks with them now, but nothing’s been officially signed,” said Dustin Watts, the vice president of sales and marketing at Terrapin. “We don’t… Read more »

Avery Brewing has announced its return to the Sooner State, the first market that the brewery has re-entered since it scaled back distribution two years ago. The return was made possible in part due to expanded production at Avery’s current brewing facility. In April 2011, Avery Brewery stopped distributing to eight states, including Oklahoma, and… Read more »

SweetWater Brewery has inked a deal with River City Distributing for expansion into Louisville, Ky. Louisville is the third Kentucky market that SweetWater has entered this year, following new distribution in Lexington and Northern Kentucky. Prior to its arrival in Kentucky, the Georgia-based brewery had not expanded into a new state since 2008.

As state representatives in Utah work to raise taxes on beer, there’s another legislative issue brewing in Georgia over whether brewpub customers should be able to leave the premises with a bottle of their favorite libation.

All eyes were focused on D.G. Yuengling last week as news broke that the brewery was eyeing new distribution in the New England market. Yuengling distributes nearly 3 million barrels of beer across a 15-state footprint, but that could change next year with a return to Massachusetts, a state where it hasn’t sold beer since… Read more »

Patrick Crawford, co-owner of Denver Beer Co., brewed his first beer in the bathtub of a 400 square-foot apartment in Colorado Springs, according to the company’s website. The company has come a long way since then — and it will soon have more than 100 times that space to call its own.