It’s yet another example of how delicate naming a beer can be. Scottish and US brewer Brewdog has may need to stop using the name of one of their best-selling beers, a grapefruit and blood orange IPA called ‘Elvis Juice’ after losing a trademark appeal against Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), the company that manages the… Read More…
Southern Pacific Brewing Goes Up For Sale
Would you buy a brewery/restaurant during a pandemic? Southern Pacific Brewing, an 8,500-square-foot restaurant, bar, and brewery in San Francisco is for sale. “People’s lives have changed,” owner Chris Lawrence told Eater SF, “and it’s time to pass the torch of this great, successful business … although the pandemic has most people holding onto… Read More…
Yuengling & Molson Coors Form Joint Venture
Molson Coors Beverage Company and D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. have formed a joint venture to oversee and execute the westward expansion of Yuengling beer into states beyond its existing 22-state footprint and New England, the two companies said today. The partnership will bring beers from America’s Oldest Brewery to millions more drinkers in… Read More…
Boston Beer to Release a Non-Alcoholic Hazy IPA
Boston Beer will release its first non-alcoholic beer, Just the Haze, a hazy IPA. The release is slated for early 2021. The beer, which has 0.5% ABV, will enter an increasingly crowded new market but one which seems to have a growing appeal. Boston Beer said it has been developing the beer for two… Read More…
Fair State Brewing Becomes ‘First Unionized Microbrewery’
Fair State Brewing, with two locations in St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN became the “first microbrewery in the United States to become unionized,” according to a company statement. Employees at both locations requested that Fair State recognize their union. In consultation with the member-owner Board of Directors, the company agreed to voluntarily recognize the… Read More…
California Brewery Brews Beer to Honor First Black-Owned Brewery in US
Oak Park Brewing in Sacramento, CA is releasing in cans and draft Oak Park’s People’s Beer to honor People’s Brewing Co., one of the first Black-owned breweries in the U.S. and likely in the world. People’s Brewing was founded by Ted Mack, a Civil Rights crusader and Ohio State football player who brought the… Read More…
Surly Announces Permanent Closure of the Beer Hall
Surly Brewing Co. of Minneapolis has announced it will be closing its huge southeast entertainment complex, the Beer Hall and focus on its brewing operation. “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, Surly has had to adapt, change, pivot, and change again, all in the hope of pushing the two sides of… Read More…
From One to the Other – Stone Hires Ex-Lagunitas CEO
Stone Brewing has hired Maria Stipp as new CEO, replacing Dominic Engels who left the company in August. Maria is the former CEO of Lagunitas Brewing Co. where she departed in February of this year after a five-year stint. “Maria has all the qualities we were looking for in a CEO,” explained Steve Wagner,… Read More…
Employee of 36 Years Takes Over as Brewmaster at Anchor Brewing
When Fritz Maytag moved Anchor Brewing to the Potrero neighborhood of San Francisco, he made a point of hiring locals to fill roles in the brewery. Thomas Riley was among them, taking a summer job on the packaging line in 1984. He now fills the prestigious role of Brewmaster at the iconic brewery. … Read More…
Three More Breweries Close in Oregon
The list of COVID-19 related brewery closures continues to grow, with three more breweries in Oregon announcing closure. Portland’s Grixsen Brewing, Salem Ale Works and 3 Sheets Brewery & Taproom in Albany announced they would be closing. Grixsen and Salem Ale Works are permanent closures while 3 Sheets said that they are closing their… Read More…
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