Twenty years ago, beer in a can signaled a “cheap” or mass-marketed brand. Craft brewers shuddered at the thought of putting high-flavored, authentically brewed craft beer in a can. Fast forward to today, and cans will likely make up half of all distributed craft beer by the end of this year. It all… Read More…
Nestlé To Create Market for Food-grade Recycled Plastics
Nestlé has announced that it will invest up to $3 billion to lead the shift from virgin plastics to food-grade recycled plastics and to accelerate the development of innovative sustainable packaging solutions. Via: Via Food&Beverage
White Claw to Build New Production Plant in AZ
Mark Anthony Brewing, maker of White Claw hard seltzer will build a new, 916,000 square foot production plant in Glendale, AZ. The $250 million facility is expected to be completed in a quick seven months in order to meet exploding demand.. At a time when there is excess capacity in the industry due to… Read More…
Pabst Goes ‘Craft’
Pabst Brewing Company has been through a long and storied history. It’s a brand that has always been able to find a new life, just as it looked like the end might be near. The company dates back to the mid-1880’s and became the first American brewery to reach 1 million barrels of production… Read More…
CBMAs – Only 16 Days Left – Enter Today!
2020 Craft Beer Marketing Awards Home of “The Crushies” Honoring the Best Beer Marketing Awarded during CBC in Texas!
Boulder Beer to Close Brewery
Iconic pioneering Boulder Beer Company announced yesterday that they will close their Boulder, Colorado brewery and sell the building. The announcement comes just three months after the company said that they were downsizing by terminating all packaging and limiting business to only their onsite brewery tap room sales. Not more than a few weeks… Read More…
A Taste Test of Hard Seltzers?
Compared to even the subtle and delicate flavor profile of an authentic Pilsner style lager (let alone a robust IPA), hard seltzers, well, just don’t really taste. Maybe the distant flavor of a fruit, but that is about as complex of a flavor profile this new prolific beverage gets. The Growler took this elusive… Read More…
What Does the Next Decade Hold for Beer?
Another decade behind us. Take yourself back to the year 2010 and recall what the beer industry looked like. Far, far fewer breweries, IPA’s just beginning to emerge as the leading craft style, Anheuser-Busch InBev had yet to acquire their first craft brewery (they purchased Goose Island in 2011) and craft was the darling… Read More…
Almost Done – Congress Passes One Year extension of Tax Bill
Congressional leaders came to an agreement on a tax extender package this week that includes a one-year extension of the recalibrated federal excise tax (FET) rates for breweries and the ability to transfer beer between bonded facilities, the Brewers Association reported. The House passed the appropriations packed bill on Monday and the Senate passed… Read More…
How Utah Turned Leftover Low-ABV Beer into Natural Gas
After Utah’s recent “Big Dump”, when 275 cases of bottles and cans were taken from a warehouse in Salt Lake City to Wasatch Resource Recovery and all 275 cases—almost $18,000 worth of now-discontinued beer—were poured out. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the sad situation was necessary, because the beer could no longer be sold… Read More…
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