The Rahr story is an old one, founded by entrepreneur William Rahr in 1847 as the Eagle Brewery and then evolving into … Read More
Props Pennsylvania: State approves $1.2 million in grants for 18 projects, from promoting black community in craft to local hops and malt production
For the last three years, Pennsylvania has retained the title as the No. 1 state in America for the amount of beer … Read More
Billion-dollar Ballast Point sold to a Chicago brewery I’ve never even heard of, Constellation prefers Corona Hard Seltzer
Perspective: Buyer Kings and Convicts currently only distributes in Chicagoland and Wisconsin. Ballast Point is … Read More
Sports brews: CBA’s Wynwood Brewing is the official craft beer of the Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are hot right now. Vet Jimmy Butler remastering his leadership groove. Young Bam Adebayo showing all-star … Read More
Craft beer marketing idea of the week: Cleveland’s Platform Beer launches Willy Wonka-esque Golden Sticker contest
https://www.facebook.com/PlatformBeers/posts/2570005756449863 Platform Beer Co. was purchased by Anheuser-Busch this … Read More
It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving break, so here’s a super interesting post about October 2019 domestic tax paid estimates
Insert ubiquitous image of kegs. What? You don’t like tax talk first thing in the morning? Sorry. I find that after … Read More
The guy who came up with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos when he was a janitor is the Craft Brewers Conference keynote
A previous welcoming and keynote address. Photo © Brewers Association. It’s that time of year again. Time to book … Read More
Artisanal Brewing Ventures (home to Sixpoint, Southern Tier, Victory) adds cider, seltzer and mixed cocktails to its portfolio with new partner Bold Rock
Consolidation continues. This week we talked about New Belgium Brewing basically selling to Kirin and Molson Coors … Read More
Don’t worry about the dramatically changing craft beer industry, just enjoy these adorable gifs I made of Shipyard Brewing’s Pumpkinhead Pete
via GIPHY Yesterday was so dramatic. New Belgian Brewing Co. announced its sale to Japanese food, beverage and … Read More
So it goes: New Belgium Brewing sells to Lion Little World Beverages, Japanese giant Kirin
Welp... New Belgium Brewing Co. announced today that it has set the mechanisms in motion to be acquired by Lion … Read More