Meet the new brewer at Yonkers Brewing(May 20) – Yonkers Brewing, the brewery and restaurant at 92 Main St., has added a new head brewer to its roster. Longtime beer aficionado Ray Girard joined the ranks of the 6-year-old brewery last month. Complete Story
Cheers! Trophy Brewing expanding original Morgan Street location(May 20) – Over the next year, the Raleigh brewery will build a new brewing system in its original Morgan Street location near downtown that focuses on expanding its sour and barrel-aged program, which should delight the Triangle’s passionate funk-loving drinkers. Complete Story
Urban Roots Brewing and Smokehouse Opens in Sacramento, CA(May 19) – Urban Roots Brewing and Smokehouse’s grand opening is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, though co-founders Rob Archie and Peter Hoey have been serving thirsty workers from nearby state offices after 5 p.m. all week. Complete Story
New owners restart operations at Ann Arbor’s Glasshouse Brewing, now Townies Brewery(May 19) – Townies Brewery opened on Thursday, May 17, according to a post on the business’s Facebook page. New recipes will be served in a renovated patio space that will also feature a traveling food truck. Complete Story
Brownsburg opens city’s 1st brewery in a decade(May 13) – Mind Over Mash Brewing Company officially opened Saturday May 5, the first taproom to actually brew its beer within Brownbsurg’s city limits. “Indiana is a great place to open breweries, central Indiana has shown a lot of acceptance of craft beer,” said Michael Huffman, co-owner of Mind Over Mash Brewing Company. “When looking for a location, we noticed Hendricks County is a little deficient in that area of craft beer and we saw a lot of growth potential in Brownsburg.” Complete Story
Jester King Brewery Buys Hill Country Brewing Land(May 13) – Jester King Brewery now owns the land that the brewery resides on in Dripping Springs. It bought Ceres Park Ranch, which also includes the wood-covered Ceres Park Ranch Event Center (which will eventually open for events and weddings) and Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza (which will now offer the brewery’s beers). Complete Story
Dustin Watts named president of Terrapin starting in the fall(May 11) – Terrapin Beer Company’s Frank Skorzewski has announced his retirement as of August 31st of this year. A longtime employee of the brewery Dustin Watts will assume the presidential role upon Skorzewski’s retirement on September 1st. Complete Story
40 Best Craft Breweries in Ohio(May 11) – We think it is safe to say that Ohio is the new craft beer capital of the US. Want proof? Ohio’s 3 largest cities (Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati) are filled to the brim with nationally ranked craft breweries and our small towns represent with their high quality brews. Here is our list of the 40 Best Craft Breweries in Ohio. Make sure to try them all! Complete Story
Sam Calagione Warns Brewers Not to Get Caught in the ‘Jaws of Death’ at Brew Talks CBC(May 10) – During Brewbound’s most recent Brew Talks meetup, Dogfish Head co-founder and CEO Sam Calagione described the beer industry’s current competitive landscape as the “smiling mouth, jaws of death phenomenon.” Complete Story
Americans are drinking less Bud. The rest of the world loves it(May 10) – Sales of Budweiser fell 1.3% during the first quarter, largely because of the decline in the United States. A-B InBev is struggling in America as craft brews become more popular — and the company has tried to cash in by acquiring smaller beer companies like Goose Island, Blue Point and 10 Barrel. Complete Story
Chemistry professor leaving Eastern Kentucky University to start Fusion Brewing(May 9) – When the semester ends next week at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, like a lot of teachers Christian Paumi will be thinking of beer. Which isn’t that different from his regular academic days of teaching about fermentation. Except that Paumi will be leaving the ivory towers for the brewhouse for good. Complete Story
Port City Brewing Wins Silver at World Beer Cup(May 9) – Port City Brewing Co. won a silver medal for its porter in the robust porter category at the 2018 World Beer Cup in Nashville, Tennessee. This year, the beer cup received 8,234 entries, which represents a 25 percent increase from 2016, according to a Port City press release. Complete Story
Six Harbors Brewing Company in Huntington gives beers Long Island inspired names(May 9) – Six Harbor’s brews are named for hamlets and bodies of water that dot the area, from a copper-tinged Lloyd Harbor Lite House Lager — which has more weight than a typical lager — to a cloudy Bay Hills Blues Blueberry Wheat and a Walt Whitman White XPA. There’s Centerport Pils, Duck Island Dark — you get the idea. Complete Story
Coors Chairman Slams Brewers Association in ‘Open Letter’(May 7) – Pete Coors, the chairman of Molson Coors’ board of directors, didn’t appreciate some of the comments that were made about large brewing companies during last week’s Craft Brewers Conference. The annual event — which was hosted by the Brewers Association and drew nearly 14,000 attendees from across the beer industry to Nashville, Tennessee, for a week of learning and socializing – began with a familiar refrain: “Big beer” is bad. Complete Story
Stone Brewing Opens Brewery in Napa, California(May 7) – Stone Brewing opened its new brewery overlooking the Napa River in the heart of California wine country on Sunday. The brewery is located on 3rd Street and Soscol Avenue, inside an historic two-story building with an upstairs bar and outside seating. The perfect place, according to the company’s co-founder. Complete Story
Tree House Brewing announces 16,000-square-foot expansion of Charlton facility, on-site trail system(May 7) – Tree House Brewing Co., which has gained a cult beer following over the past seven years, is planning expansion of its new Charlton facility. This summer – pending local approvals – the company will begin constructing a 16,000-square-foot expansion to its retail shop and brewery; several new outdoor spaces; an on-site trail system and more. Complete Story
How a metal band became a new West Oakland brewery called Ghost Town(May 7) – Sometimes hobbies become careers. The co-founders of West Oakland’s Ghost Town Brewing were looking for a space to jam rather than to brew when they got together six years ago. The four co-founders — Ryan Nosek, Sam Carr-Prindle, Jason Gehman and Adam Hill — were a metal band that got together to home brew on the weekend. Music was the point. Beer was just a side-gig. Complete Story
Brewers Association to New Brewers: Set ‘Realistic’ Growth Expectations(May 7) – According to Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson, breweries founded after 2014 are driving the majority of segment growth. Those breweries collectively added 916,000 barrels to the category in 2017, which represents growth of 52.6 percent versus 2016. Breweries founded before 2014, however, added 285,000 barrels to the craft segment and collectively grew just 1.3 percent. Complete Story
Gone in a Flash: What Green Flash’s woes mean to craft beer(May 6) – Mike Hinkley came to last week’s national Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville with a message: He’s not the ghost of San Diego beer past.“I’m meeting with retailers, letting them know Green Flash and Alpine are still alive,” said Hinkley, who founded Green Flash in 2002 and bought Alpine Beer in 2014. “We didn’t die, we’re alive and we want to come back.” Complete Story
Weyerbacher Brewing in Easton, Pennsylvania Announces May Beer Releases(May 6) – Weyerbacher Brewing announces an impressive list of beer releases craft beer fans can look forward to during the month of May. Opie is a super smooth, sweet and slayable fruited lager brewed with a ton of prickly pear puree, blue agave nectar, lime juice and Huell Melon hops. Opie will be available on draft at The Tap Room only. Anticipated release date is Saturday, May 5th. Complete Story
Colorado Brewery Warns Of Imposter Beer Cans(May 6) – One of Colorado’s own breweries is dealing with an unexpected problem.Odell Brewing said they accidentally sold cans of water which were marked as beer. The brewery hasn’t said how many cans are imposters, but they say if your can is stamped between the dates of Aug. 11, 2018 20:00 and Aug. 11, 2018 21:00, then you contact the brewery. You can email the brewery at quality@odellbrewing.com. They vow to affected customers they will make it right.
Parable Brewing — A Manchester Story(May 6) – The story of Parable Brewing Company started with a plan to tap enthusiasm for a hometown cold one. Parable’s operating owner, Jesse Odell, 37, said he and other owners have sunk about $500,000 into the North Main Street brewery and tap room, which grew out of the former Top Shelf Brewing. Complete Story
See the 4 Cincinnati breweries won medals at the 2018 World Beer Cup(May 6) – Moozie. Gustav. Vlad the Impaler. 10&2 Barleywine. No, these aren’t names of Kentucky Derby horses. Rather, they’re names of the beers that fetched medals for Brink Brewing Company, Taft’s Ale House, Fretboard Brewing Company and Fifty West Brewing Company this week at the biannual World Beer Cup Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Complete Story
Stone Brewing’s Napa Outpost Opens in an Historic Building This Sunday(May 5) – Since 2016, big news has been brewing in Napa and the wait is finally over. Just in time for BottleRock Napa Valley, the famed Stone Brewing of San Diego is opening its Napa location inside a 10,000 square foot, 141-year-old stone building on the Napa River. Compete Story
Great Divide Brewing Company Launches Community Recycling Program(May 5) – Denver’s Great Divide Brewing Company has always strived to be environmentally conscious; its smart green building and storm water protection program are perfect examples. But now the 24-year-old brewery is undertaking its most ambitious effort yet: The start of a community recycling program in the RiNo district, funded by a $16,000 grant administered by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Compete Story
Red Hare’s 34° North brewery now open in Shallotte, North Carolina(May 4) – Marietta, Georgia-based Red Hare Brewing Company, founded by Roger Davis and Bobby Thomas, announced that their second brewery is now open. The 34° North Experiment Station is located at 4802 Main Street in Shallotte, North Carolina. Red Hare celebrated the official grand opening on April 21. The 34° North brewery will feature small batches of funky experimental beers, inspired by the wild yeasts coming off of the coastal winds. Complete Story
New brewery Cervecería Colorado opens on Cinco De Mayo weekend in Denver, Colorado(May 4) – A new Mexican-style brewery kicks off its grand opening on Cinco de Mayo weekend. Called Cervecería Colorado, the new offshoot of Denver Beer Co. is located at 1635 Platte St. in Highland. Cervecería brews and serves beer created as a collaboration with Mexican breweries, Denverite reports. With a five-star rating out of three reviews on Yelp so far, Cervecería has already made a good impression during its soft opening. Complete Story
Voodoo Brewery opens in new beer garden at Prince Street Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania(May 4) – A beer garden opened Friday at Prince Street Park in downtown Lancaster. Voodoo Brewery will be operating for the season out of a converted shipping container in the park at 118 N. Prince St. Voodoo joins TACOS Lancaster, which sells tacos from an Airstream trailer. Complete Story