A bill in the Maryland state legislature to lift restrictions on the amount of beer a craft brewery can sell direct to the consumer died in committee, killing the hopes of craft brewers in the state, at least for now. The bill was pushed and promoted by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot who is assigned… Read More…
Pennsylvania Awards $700K for Beer Projects
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has awarded grants totaling $704,985 to 13 projects to increase the production of Pennsylvania-made malt and brewed beverages and enhance the Pennsylvania beer industry through promotion, marketing, and research-based programs and projects. “Brewing beer is an important industry to Pennsylvania’s economy that is growing,” Governor Tom Wolf said in… Read More…
Interesting Conversation on Salaries in the Brewing Industry
An interesting thread on brewery salaries has popped up on Reddit over the weekend. The goal of the post is to create a sort of salary guide for brewers with an increase in salaries for brewers hopefully following. Unfortunately the original post did not ask that responders include their city/state which undoubtedly impacts salary. How… Read More…
Boston Beer CEO Position with Peet’s Executive
Boston Beer announced today that former president of Peet’s Coffee, Dave Burwick, will take the reins of CEO. Dave will replace longtime Boston Beer CEO Martin Roper. Dave is currently on the Board of Boston Beer Co. and is expected to take over sometime in the second quarter of the year. He took the… Read More…
Stone Brewing Files Suit Against MillerCoors
Stone Brewing has filed a lawsuit against MillerCoors, alleging that the Keystone line of beers has infringed on the San Diego craft brewery’s “Stone” trademark. The complaint was filed yesterday in the U.S. district court of Southern California. Stone Brewing claims that MillerCoors is purposely trying to “steal the consumer loyalty” by highlighting the… Read More…
Key Franchise Legislation Stalls in Mass. Legislature
A set of competing legislative bills addressing franchise laws in Massachusetts has died in committee, dealing the Massachusetts Brewers Guild a setback in the year-long effort to reform franchise law in the state. The Guild put out an urgent “call to action” to beer consumers in the state to request that representatives support two… Read More…
Columbia Acquires Two Wholesalers
Columbia Distributing of Portland, Oregon has made two acquisitions over the course of just a few weeks, purchasing both Oregon-based General Distributors and Marine View Beverage in western Washington. The two deals combined will add about 11 million cases of sales to Columbia. “Columbia is a growth company and we all benefit from this… Read More…
Falconer Foundations Offers Brewing Ed Scholarships
In collaboration with the Seibel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering two full-tuition brewing education scholarships in 2018. Both scholarship are full tuition grants with travel/lodging stipends. The first scholarship is to the World Brewing Academy Concise Course in Brewing Technology in Chicago in October 2018. The Concise Course in… Read More…
BA Creates New Draught Beer Quality Position
The Brewers Association has created the new position of Draught Beer Quality ambassador which will be filled by Matt Meadows and Neil Witte. The two will share responsibilities in working to promote the mission of the BA Draught Beer Quality subcommittee—to improve the quality of draught beer dispensed at retail, and educate wholesalers and retailers… Read More…
Pioneer, Leader, ‘CEO of Craft Beer’ to Step Down from BA
The Brewers Association announced today that founder and past president Charlie Papazian will depart the Brewers Association on January 23, 2019, marking his 70th birthday and 40 years with the association. “We are all here today because of Charlie Papazian,” said Bob Pease, president and CEO, Brewers Association said in a press release. “His… Read More…