Chris Crowell

Hershey, PA’s Tröegs Independent Brewing revealed the winner of its annual Art of Tröegs contest. For almost two decades, the Art of Tröegs contest has invited fans to create an original work of art inspired by the independent, family-owned brewery.  This year’s grand prize winner, Josh Stolberg, wowed the brewery’s employees with his majestic entry titled “Bird ofRead More

Holidaily Brewing Co., based in Golden, Colo., is the passion project of Karen Hertz, who survived both melanoma and thyroid cancers, leading to a treatment regimen including a gluten-free diet. Hertz struggled to find a great-tasting, 100% gluten-free beer and was driven to solve this problem. Holidaily Brewing Co. is a 100% certified dedicated gluten-free brewery, one ofRead More

Colorado’s marquee celebration of fresh hop beers — Southwest Fresh Fest at Billy Goat Hop Farm — returns for the third year on Saturday, September 21, with live music and dancing, local food, yard games, and a farm tour. All of the breweries pouring will serve a beer made with fresh hops that will beRead More

Twisted Fate Brewing will occupy prime ground-floor retail space, and anticipates opening the doors to this Suffolk Downs location in the Spring of 2025.

Just in time for the Halloween season, Empyrean Brewing Co. introduces a tantalizing addition to its limited collection, Spellcaster Sour Apple Ale, and the label rules! Just look at it. “We’ve been brewing for over 30 years, and it’s still exciting to try something different,” says Jim Engelbart, Operations Manager. “Spellcaster is fun, a bitRead More

Japas Cervejaria, a female-led Japanese-Brazilian brewery based in Brazil, is delighted to announce the celebration of ten years in business this October. To commemorate this significant milestone, Japas has kicked off a series of collaborations, ten in total, with breweries from around the world, and will also be releasing Kanpai, an anniversary ale, to moreRead More

Neshaminy Creek Brewing, just outside of Philadelphia in Croydon, Pa., has officially won the Halloween season, and the Craft Beer Marketing Idea of the Week (month? year??), by announcing a FULL MONTH of spooky programming. Let’s take look. The Monster Mash-In on Saturday, October 19 is the brewery’s big Halloween Bash with DJ Hi-Tide thatRead More

Organized by local hemp beverage brands Shift Naturals, Ablis and Altitude Functional Beverages, the inaugural Pacific Hemp Beverage Summit on October 11, will provide education, networking and collaboration opportunities for hemp beverage suppliers, distributors, and retailers in the Pacific Northwest. “Hemp beverages continue to capture the imagination of adult consumers across the country,” said ChristopherRead More

Austin Eastciders is showing off its first brand refresh. The updated packaging featues vibrant illustrations with colorful characters.

Registration is now open for the Vermont Craft Brewers Conference, hosted by the Vermont Brewers Association (VBA) from Nov. 11-12.

Hershey, Pa.’s Tröegs Independent Brewing and New York’s Sloop Brewing Company have collaborated on the Sloop John T double IPA. This is part of Tröegs’ Collaboration Beer Series for 2024. “Collaborating with other breweries is a great way to branch out and learn from each another,” says Tröegs co-founding brother and brewmaster John Trogner. “We’reRead More

The Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for September 2024 shows a continued downshift in distributor sentiment, falling further into contraction territory to a reading of 31. This follows a trend for the post-Covid marketplace, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA), which has seen contracting (<50) BPI readings the past three Septembers. After a summer of heightenedRead More

The Karl Strauss Brewing Dos Lagos location will be the second in Riverside County and its ninth overall in Southern California.

Griffin Claw Brewing is honoring World Down Syndrome Month with a special release and calling on breweries to help raise awareness via the TRI-21 Project.

The Perennial Percent label to encourage food and beverage companies to incorporate small percentages of perennial grains, such as Kernza.

The Calling All Makers grant program will award $10,000 to winners in Food & Drink Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Arts, Music, and Activism.

Montclair Brewery is planning to open a second location in East Orange, NJ, to triple its production capacity, and reach a new community.

Shoutout to Cincinnati's MadTree Brewing for the "Let's Grow Local" volunteer effort to plant mad trees in the Avondale neighborhood.

Learn about DelaWeAre, a statewide collaboration to help grow the Delaware craft brewing industry, which is returning this Fall.

The TTB published an Industry Circular on the Use of Social Media in the Advertising of Alcohol Beverages on Nov. 1.