• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • About Craft Brewing Business

Craft Brewing Business

Professional Insight, Unfiltered

  • News
  • Business & Marketing
  • Ingredients & Supplies
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Equipment
  • Webinars & White Papers
  • COVID-19

Idle Hands Craft Ales to expand via cool craft-exclusive wholesaler Craft Collective

January 14, 2016Chris Crowell

Distribution can be the ugliest part of the usually very lovely craft beer industry what with all of the local political struggles and the broader corporate and anti-competitive concerns — none of which is looking to get better, as we noted in “Winter is coming for the beer distribution industry.” This is what makes an organization like the Craft Collective in Boston so appealing. The Craft Collective calls itself a boutique craft distribution company and was founded to help promote quality craft beers.

idle hands craft ales

The latest addition to the Craft Collective portfolio is Massachusetts-based Idle Hands Craft Ales, which announced on its blog:

“From the time we started our little nanobrewery in Everett up through now, we’ve always handled the distribution of our beers. It was partly because we enjoyed having the personal relationships with our retail customers and partly out of necessity, brewing the small quantity of beer that we did. Lately, we’ve been hearing that you wish our beer was a little bit easier to find, particularly since our brewery tasting room is currently defunct.

Distribution, especially expanded distribution, requires a significant time commitment. With so many other items on our plate right now (i.e. building out the new Malden brewery) we realized the best way to meet your requests of expanded distribution would be to start working through a distributor.

So today I’m excited to announce we’ve partnered with Craft Collective, a relatively new craft focused distributor that specializes in small brands such as ours. Craft Collective will be our go to partner in expanding our reach in Massachusetts.”

We at CBB wish both ventures well. … We wish your local sports teams lose in unspeakably horrific ways, but your business models, we wish nothing but the best.

KSABeer_SarahChorey-001
San Francisco’s Fort Point Beer moves from self-distribution to partner with Matagrano Inc.
INX - 2020 Trophy-Winner-001
Colored by INX Can Design Contest now accepting entries
kegs barrels warehouse cbb crop
Beer Purchasers Index closes 2020 showing moderate expansion, low at-risk inventory
Maine-label
Cool collab: Maine breweries ban together with single label to support state guild

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Yashi Huang says

    January 15, 2016 at 9:22 am

    Yashi Huang liked this on Facebook.

    Log in to Reply
  2. LVRGLLC says

    January 14, 2016 at 7:21 pm

    #CraftBeer #CraftBrewing #Beer #BeerBiz Idle Hands Craft Ales to expand via cool craft-exclusive wholesaler Cra… https://t.co/7qBB4bplhf

    Log in to Reply
  3. crsimp01 says

    January 14, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Idle Hands Craft Ales to expand via Craft Collective https://t.co/4lPj0QigSa via @craftbrewingbiz

    Log in to Reply
  4. journey2thebeer says

    January 14, 2016 at 4:21 pm

    RT @CraftBrewingBiz: [email protected] to expand via cool craft-exclusive wholesaler Craft Collective https://t.co/blOyQ67aSn @crftcollective

    Log in to Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

Latest News

  • Watch: This awareness video on human trafficking from beer wholesaler Markstein Sales will move you to action
  • Distribution updates: Massachusetts brewers celebrate franchise reform, Yuengling goes to Texas with Molson Coors and more from Bell’s, Stone and beyond
  • San Francisco’s Fort Point Beer moves from self-distribution to partner with Matagrano Inc.
  • Craft Brewers Conference rescheduled for Sept., moves from San Diego to Denver, may go online as a backup

Sign up for our newsletter

unsubscribe from list

Most Popular Today

Recent Features

  • Watch: This awareness video on human trafficking from beer wholesaler Markstein Sales will move you to action
    January 14, 2021
  • Distribution updates: Massachusetts brewers celebrate franchise reform, Yuengling goes to Texas with Molson Coors and more from Bell’s, Stone and beyond
    January 14, 2021
  • COVID19 coronavirus mask moneyWhy you need to maximize engagement during a pandemic
    January 13, 2021
  • How the Employee Retention Credit can help breweries that paid employees during the pandemic
    January 12, 2021
  • The role of market research in go-to-market planning for craft breweries
    January 12, 2021
  • Tennessee beer tax rolls through legislatureSummary of new wrinkles to the Craft Beverage Modernization tax provisions via the TTB
    January 11, 2021

Footer

  • Email Newsletter Sign Up
  • About Craft Brewing Business
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise on Craft Brewing Business
  • Media Kit Download
  • Privacy and Terms

© 2021 · CBB Media LLC

Continue ...

sponsored by