CraftWorks Holdings, which owns the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant chain, Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery chain and Logan’s Roadhouse has permanently laid off nearly all of its 18,000 employees and closed its 261 restaurants in response to stay-at-home orders issued in most states due to the coronavirus. The company filed for bankruptcy in early… Read More…
Brewers Association Hands out $50K in Diversity Grants
The Brewers Association has committed $50,000 to fourteen different events around the country, with the goal of encouraging “diversity and inclusion” in the craft-beer world. Some of the other winners include: ColdXela, a Los Angeles festival focused on Latinx, Asian and African-American beer brewers; FemAle Brew Fest, a one-day Florida event that celebrates women… Read More…
Ballast Point Deal Closes – Will Open New Taproom in Calif.
Three months after the deal that shocked the industry, the Kings & Convicts agreement to purchase Ballast Point Brewing from Constellation Brands has closed. It’s a done deal. The company said in a Chicago Tribune article that they will soon announce a new satellite taproom location in northern California. Ballast point currently has five… Read More…
Stone Brewing Closes Shanghai Brewpub Citing Tariffs and Virus
Stone Brewing has announced that it is closing up its Shanghai brewpub and China business office. The San Diego-based brewery will also scrap plans for expansions in Beijing The brewpub was opened in August 2018 and has been profitable in each month of operations since its third month. Stone called out both the trade… Read More…
Owner of Gordon Biersch and Rock Bottom Restaurants Files for Bankruptcy
CraftWorks Holdings, which owns the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant chain and Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery chain has filed for bankruptcy. The company runs over nearly 400 restaurants nationally under a variety of brands which also include Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom and Logan’s Roadhouse. The company has said they will try to keep… Read More…
Sierra Nevada Gets Strainge with New Kombucha
Sierra Nevada Brewing, known for its rigid conformity to making authentic and world-class quality beer has jumped into the alternative beer field. Not with a hard seltzer, but with an alcoholic kombucha. Strainge Beast Hard Kombucha. Weighing in at 7.0% abv is the company’s first ever non-beer release. It combines live cultures with a… Read More…
It’s a Match – Breweries and Cannabis Growers Share CO2
It’s a perfect marriage of sorts. Commercial cannabis growers using the CO2 that brewers emit naturally during fermentation and normally vent into the air, adding a greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.. The State of Colorado and three Colorado business, Earthly Labs, Denver Beer Co., and The Clinic have started a pilot program to establish… Read More…
Stoudt Brewing to Cease Operations
She was the first brewmaster in America since Prohibition. Along with her husband, she was a pioneer in the craft brewing industry. She was seen at industry events for decades, always willing to chat and to help other brewers. Thirty-three years after opening, Carol Stoudt has announced that Stoudt Brew will cease operations. … Read More…
Pioneering Sprecher Brewing is Sold
Randy Sprecher, 73, who opened the first brewery in Milwaukee since Prohibition, has found a path to retirement. Sprecher, who is 73, has sold Sprecher Brewing, founded in 1985, to a group of local investors. Sharad Chadha, former vice president for GE Medical and an executive with Samsung, will become Sprecher Brewing’s chief executive… Read More…
Rodenbach Does First Collab with Dogfish Head
Rodenbach, the nearly two-century old iconic Belgium brewery, has teamed up with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to do a collaboration beer. The blended sour ale called Vibrant P’Ocean is the first-ever collaboration beer by Rodenbach. The first batch was brewed at Rodenbach and is a two-year, foeder-aged sour from its legendary, standing oak casks…. Read More…
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