Forbes’ Top 10 Michigan Breweries(July 13) – Michigan beer expert Ben Darcie says the Bells’ brewery is “the cornerstone of the Michigan beer industry,” and, despite hundreds of worthy competitors, its beers still rank No. 1 in the state. Darcie, a home brewer who founded a beer-education organization called Experience Beer. Complete Story
San Clemente’s Left Coast Brewing opens an Irvine location(July 13) – Left Coast Brewing Co., one of the oldest craft beer breweries in Orange County, opened a new location in Irvine Wednesday with a tasting room and smokehouse specializing in Kansas City barbecue. Complete Story
Peticolas Brewing Company Earns National Honor(July 11) – Award winners at the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship were announced Monday, and a North Texas brewery took top honors. Dallas-based Peticolas Brewing Company was named Grand National Champion, after three of its beers won gold medals, and two more earned silver. Complete Story
Constellation Brands Acquires Texas’ Four Corners Brewing(July 10) -Constellation Brands will expand its reach in the craft beer segment with the acquisition of Texas’ Four Corners Brewing, the New York-based beverage alcohol company announced today. Four Corners will join California’s Ballast Point Brewing and Florida’s Funky Buddha Brewery in Constellation’s growing craft and specialty beer group. Complete Story
Southern Star Brewing sets new fundraising record for Operation Pets Alive(July 10) – The results are in from the Operation Pets Alive fundraiser held this spring. During the 2nd Annual Southern Star BBQ Cook Off, the event generated record-breaking donations raised during a single event for the nonprofit organization. Danielle Betz, Events Director for Southern Star Brewing Company, who organized and sponsored the event. Complete Story
Bolivar’s Lockport Brewery to Open Second Location(July 10) – Northeast Ohio’s brewery and beer scene continues to be on fire. The Cleveland Brewery Passport program was recently introduced, now we’ve learned that Bolivar’s Lockport Brewery has plans to expand to another location — at the former Georgio’s Grille, 10748 Wilkshire Blvd. Complete Story
Craft breweries are the new hangout spot for parents. Do kids belong there?(July 8) – They piled out of cars driven by their chauffeurs and made their way through Sactown Union Brewery’s front gates, chattering excitedly among themselves. They were drunk on the success of their recently concluded Little League season and ready to guzzle down whatever sodas were being sold out of the food truck. Complete Story
Craft breweries feeling the pinch from federal tariffs on imported aluminum(July 7) – Ohio’s craft brewing industry now faces a cost increase for aluminum cans after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on imported aluminum and steel. “The aluminum itself, sheet aluminum, is not manufactured in the United States,” said Collin Castore, co-founder of Seventh Son Brewing in Italian Village. Complete Story
A Few Old Goats brewery opens in Roanoke, Virginia(July 7) – Beer lovers in Roanoke now have another place to go. It’s called a Few Old Goats and it’s opened in a space in the West End Flats on 8th Street South East. Complete Story
Nueces Brewing Company looks to open on Corpus Christi’s Water Street(July 7) – A new microbrewery is popping up in downtown Corpus Christi with the outdoors and day drinking in mind. And don’t worry, you’re not going to be left with that “drunk face feeling.” Complete Story
Pickle beer? Cincinnati’s Urban Artifact cans popular craft beer again(July 6) – Cincinnati-based brewery Urban Artifact teamed up with Izzy’s to release its Pickle beer for the second summer in a row. The wheat beer has a sour kick to keep beer drinkers refreshed on hot summer days. The traditional Gose beer is brewed with 1,000 pounds of cucumbers, two pounds of fresh dills, 9 pounds of sea salt and more than a pound of coriander. Complete Story
Boston’s Newest Brewery Serves Pizza Bagels With a Side of Democracy(July 6) – Democracy Brewing, a worker-owned brewery, fittingly introduced itself to Boston on July 4, opening in the longtime Windsor Button space at 35 Temple Pl. in Downtown Crossing. At the brewery, wages start at a minimum of $15 per hour, and employees have the opportunity to buy an ownership share after their first year. Complete Story
Diners, suds lovers flocking to Colorado Mountain Brewery at the Roundhouse(July 5) – The line outside the door was like a throng of kids around an ice cream truck in the heat of summer, except the clientele at Colorado Mountain Brewery at the Roundhouse was taller, had credit cards and represented a range of ages. Complete Story
Craft Beer Sales Up Narrowly Through Mid-Year(July 3) – Midway through 2018, off-premise volume sales of craft beer across a variety of large-scale retail stores are up just 1.7 percent, according to market research firm IRI Worldwide. While craft beer dollar sales at grocery, club, drug, dollar, mass merchandiser and convenience stores were just shy of $2 billion through June 17, up 2.9 percent year-to-date, the most recent trends point to a slowdown as brewing companies head into an important summer season. Complete Story
Waynesboro brewery,Basic City Beer Co. replacing Manchester’s Twisted Ales(July 2) – A brewery from the Blue Ridge Mountains is picking up where a recently closed Southside beer maker left off. Waynesboro-based Basic City Beer Co. has struck a deal to take over the equipment and space left idle by Twisted Ales Brewing, which ceased operations at 212 W. Sixth St. in Manchester last month. Complete Story
Boos and brews: The (possibly) haunted Spring Hill Brewing opens July 13(July 1) – When Greg Kamerdze brews beer late at night, he wakes the dead. Doors slam. Shadows dance. Footsteps echo down the hallways. I think they’re thirsty,” he says of the ghosts he thinks haunt the old building. Complete Story
Yee-Haw! A brewery ‘2 years in the making’ set to open in downtown Greenville(June 30) – A brewery and restaurant “two years in the making” is about to come to fruition as Yee-Haw Brewery opens its new location in downtown Greenville on Monday. The Johnson City, Tennessee, brewery is expected to open two locations — one in Greenville and one in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee — on Monday featuring up to 16 beers on tap, a full menu of signature recipes and a cool atmosphere for customers to enjoy. Complete Story
Grimm Artisanal Ales to Open Brooklyn Brewery Saturday(June 30) – Grimm Artisanal Ales’ nomadic ways are coming to an end. After more than two years of construction, the noted gypsy brewer will open its first brick-and-mortar brewery in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday, June 30. Complete Story
The future of IPAs is weird and wonderful, says craft beer pioneer Dick Cantwell(June 29) – Dick Cantwell’s return to brewing has been a long time coming. When the board of Elysian, the well-respected Seattle brewery he co-founded, voted to take a buyout from Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2015, Cantwell voted against the sale and ultimately left the company. His departure came with a non-compete agreement prohibiting him from brewing, and as a result the world has since been deprived of his liquid creativity and expertise. Complete Story
Guinness brewery in Baltimore County to open Aug. 3(June 29) – Baltimore County’s new Guinness brewery — the company’s first brewing operation in the U.S. since the 1950s — will open Aug. 3. Located on a 62-acre property in Relay, the Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House will open to the public for tours, taproom tastings and dining in a 270-seat restaurant. Complete Story
Sound to Summit brewer adding to its Hazy IPA lineup(June 29) – Having taken over Sound to Summit’s brewing operations last month, Adam Frantz is enjoying brewing on the brewery’s seven-barrel system. He’s already giving it a workout: He’s in the middle of releasing four different IPAs in four weeks, having introduced the third one, Cascade Hazy, Jan. 29 and the final IPA, Ryesing Tide, a rye IPA with a heavy Simcoe dry hop on July 6. Complete Story
New Eastpoint brewery coming to Forgotten Coast(June 28) – By August, the Forgotten Coast should be home to its second craft brewery. That’s when Josh Parker says Eastpoint Beer Company hopes to open its doors and join Oyster City Brewing Company in nearby Apalachicola as a 1-2 coastal craft beer punch. Complete Story
Weidemann’s Brewery reopens after 35 years(June 27) – After a 35-year break, Wiedemann Brewery is brewing once again. The new taproom is now open on Vine Street in downtown St. Bernard. Wiedemann’s is Cincinnati’s longest running beer brand and is almost 150 years old. Complete Story
Cannabis-Infused Beverages Emerge as Potential Beer Industry Disruptor(June 27) – Petaluma, California-headquartered Lagunitas Brewing Company, which has a well-documented history with marijuana and is now wholly owned by Amsterdam-based Heineken International B.V., today announced the launch of two psychedelic sparkling water products. Complete Story
6 breweries that are changing the beer game in Georgia and beyond(June 27) – In the bigger picture, though, there are six brewing companies that I think are changing the game here and now, both with the quality and popularity of their beers, and expanding and experimenting with new equipment and facilities. Complete Story
Fat Head’s Brewery – first look at new facility off I-71 near Cleveland, Ohio(June 26) – The long-awaited Fat Head’s Brewery production facility-taproom is closing in on its target opening date of Monday, Aug. 6. “What I want to create is a Bavarian beer hall,” said owner Matt Cole, who said the project has been in the works since January 2014. Complete Story
Summer brewery fun run tour continues Tuesday at Florida Beer Company in Cape Canaveral(June 25) – The second in this year’s Summer Brewery & Running Tour will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Florida Beer Company. The tour, which includes fun runs at 10 of Brevard County’s breweries, is sponsored by the Running Zone in Melbourne and FLORIDA TODAY. Complete Story
Brewers Association Breaks Down Indie Seal Adoption By State(June 22) – A graphical representation of seal adoption across states and U.S.-owned territories, through June 6, which was produced by the BA and obtained by Brewbound, breaks down which regions are using the seal. So where is adoption of the mark strongest? Puerto Rico, with 100 percent acceptance, followed by North Dakota (92 percent), Hawaii (87 percent), Delaware (81 percent), Georgia (79 percent) and South Dakota (75 percent). Complete Story
Daredevil Brewing to bring restaurant/taproom to Ironworks Hotel(June 21) – Daredevil Brewing Co. is one of Indy’s best craft beer makers, sweeping awards at the 2017 Indiana Brewers’ Cup. But Daredevil also does a mean gourmet grilled cheese, and the Speedway brewery is riding that delicious food wave to a new Ironworks Hotel restaurant with well-known Indianapolis chef Neal Brown in the kitchen. Complete Story
Celebrating an American Emblem at America’s Oldest Brewery(June 20) – Everywhere you go inside the Yuengling store in Pottsville, you see the American eagle. When the brewery was first founded in 1829, it was actually called Eagle Brewery. “This brewery was called D.G. Yuengling’s Eagle Brewery. That was the original name of it until 1876,” explained owner Dick Yuengling. Complete Story
2018 Brewery of the Year: Seapine Brewing Company(June 19) – Topping two of our best of beer categories is no small feat, but those winning brews represent just a small part of Seapine Brewing’s award-winning beer arsenal. In large part, that’s why I dubbed it our Brewery of the Year. Complete Story
Your Next Hotel May Have an Attached Brewery or Distillery(June 18) – Following the path blazed by winery inns and microbrewery hotels like McMenamins, a chain of hotels in Oregon, a new crop of American hotels offers not just a comfortable bed and a leisurely stay, but also adult beverages you can’t get anywhere else. Complete Story
San Francisco’s Barebottle Brewing Company Releases LeBron Tears IPA(June 17) – The Barebottle Brewing Company is trolling Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James with its latest beer release. On Instagram, Barebottle Brewing Company revealed that it named its new IPA “LeBron Tears” following the Golden State Warriors’ sweep of the Cavs in the NBA Finals. Complete Story
Jean-Claude Van Damme Knocks Out CraftHaus Brewery Over Beer Name(June 14) – Action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme apparently has a problem with a Henderson brewery using his name for one of its beers. The martial arts actor’s attorney in Belgium sent CraftHaus Brewery a cease-and-desist letter taking umbrage with the brewery’s Jean Claude Belgian Golden Strong Ale, an annual release brewed since 2014. Complete Story
Big Top Brewing company to open a brewery and restaurant in downtown Pensacola this summer(June 14) – Adding to the growing list of restaurants and bars opening in downtown Pensacola this summer is Sarasota-based Big Top Brewery, which will bring a brewery and restaurant downtown in early August. Founded in 2013, Big Top is taking over the old Taco Mez location on 21 West Romana Street, marking the company’s second brewery/restaurant location. Complete Story
Deep Ellum Sells to Canarchy After Fallout with Storied Craft Breweries(June 13) – The transaction, which closed on Friday, June 8, will give Dallas-based Deep Ellum a much-needed capital infusion to finish a $3 million expansion and immediate access to increased brewing capacity at Colorado-headquartered Oskar Blues Brewing’s satellite production facility in Austin, Texas. Oskar Blues, which anchors the Canarchy portfolio, also operates a production facility in Brevard, North Carolina. Complete Story
Upland Brewing Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Preservation Pilsner(June 12) – Upland Brewing Co. is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with several new releases, parties, and the return of a fan favorite, Preservation Pilsner. Preservation Pilsner was a popular Upland offering until it was temporarily retired at the end of 2012. It returns in early June, just in time for summer celebrations. Complete Story
Sustainability a boon for business for DC’s Right Proper Brewing(June 11) – “Our beer starts and ends with the sun. I love that so much,” Thor Cheston, owner of Right Proper Brewing Company in Shaw and Brookland, says with a smile as he looks at his new solar panels. Complete Story
Warped Wing is ‘voyaging through the watermelon patch’ for their newest reveal(June 10) – Warped Wing Brewery can hardly contain their excitement about their latest reveal. On Thursday, June 14th, the Dayton brewery will launch its first gose, Magic Melon, and it’s straight from the watermelon patch. Complete Story
Milwaukee Brewing releases purple glitter beer(June 11) – Milwaukee Brewing Co. is shaking things up with its newest limited edition brew, “We Just Want to Have a Good Time,” a sparkly, purple glitter wheat ale. The beer, which was first released last Friday, is a 5.0 percent wheat ale. It combines sweet orange peel and coriander seed with wheat malt and oats. Complete Story
29-Year-Old Odell Brewing Opens a Larimer Street Taproom(June 5) – Fort Collins-based Odell Brewing Co. on Monday officially opened its second brewhouse at 2945 Larimer Street in Denver. The cozy new taproom and 10-barrel pilot system recall the brewery’s 1989 beginnings in a 1915 Northern Colorado grain elevator. Over 29 years and from its expanded facility in Fort Collins, Odell has become the 22nd largest craft brewery in the country. Complete Story
EagleMonk Pub and Brewery, a neighborhood brewery success story in Lansing, Michigan(June 4) – Sonia and Dan Buonodono have spent six years cultivating a loyal following at their small, English-style pub and brewery. From its spot on West Mt. Hope Highway, EagleMonk Pub and Brewery sits on the edge of a Delta Township neighborhood. The building is painted Spartan green, a nod to Dan Buonodono’s alma-mater Michigan State University. Complete Story
In the World of IPAs, Craft Lagers Make a Comeback(June 3) – In 2007, the craft beer world rejected one of Matt Brynildson’s favorite beers of all time. “To craft consumers back then, the word ‘lager’ just meant dad’s industrial lager beer,” says Brynildson, the brewmaster of California’s renowned Firestone Walker Brewing. “There wasn’t a lot of interest from craft drinkers.” Complete Story
Albion, Michigan welcomes its first downtown brewery, an homage to its past and a step to the future(May 29) – It’s the kind of building you might see in a bigger city. The exterior is sleek and black, Albion Malleable Brewing Company is printed cleanly and visibly above the door. Inside, high ceilings, exposed brick and specially crafted wooden furniture come together to create an industrial sort of aesthetic, a modern echo of the Albion history the brewery is paying homage to. Complete Story
Brewery, beer garden to open in Tucker, Georgia(May 29) – The city of Tucker is buzzing with anticipation for the June 2 grand opening of its newest business, Tucker Brewing Company. A first-of-its-kind for the city, the brewery, taproom and 8,000 square foot outdoor beer garden make up Tucker Brewing Company, with craft beers based on the motto of “German-style beer with Southern roots.” Complete Story
Meet the new brewer at Yonkers Brewing(May 22) – 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 21) – 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(May20) – 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