Allagash Brewing mentioned today only on Twitter that the first of the brewery’s spontaneously brewed beer will finally be sold. These beers were brewed over the course of the last 1-3 years.
Interestingly enough, the brewery will NOT announce when the Continue Reading →
MLive is reporting that starting in summer of 2011, Founder’s Brewing will be releasing some of their beers in 750ml “bomber” format. Beers are to include tap room “one offs” plus others.
The recent 7 million dollar production plant expansion has Continue Reading →
Revolution Brewing (Chicago, IL) is still young. Founded as a brewpub in February 2010. After a profitable first year, Revolution has begun production of a production facility. The new facility per the Revolution Blog will be 35,000 square feet. High Continue Reading →
As part of Bell’s Brewing’s ongoing expansion, the brewery announced they are installing a canning line at the Comstock facility.
A 500 can per minute canning line will be active by Spring, 2012. That’s almost double the speed of the bottling Continue Reading →
Great Divide Brewing is growing, much like the rest of the beer community in the United States. It’s a good thing! But….As we have seen recently with the Dogfish Head news, and acquisition of Goose Island by InBev, because you are growing, Continue Reading →
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but can you judge a beer by its label? Beer becomes a first amendment issue. @JayeMarie, beer lover & future lawyer helps breakdown the legal side of this beer issue.
The Breakdown: Flying Dog filed suit in federal court this week against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) with the request that the federal judge overturn the state-wide ban on one of its top selling beers, Raging Bitch, and award Flying Dog damages for the loss of sales due to the ban.
All out of state beer manufacturers must apply to the MLCC for a license to sell their product within the state of Michigan. Failure to do so may result in criminal charges.
Flying Dog first applied for a license to sell Raging Bitch in 2009 but was turned down. The brewery appealed only to be turned down again because according to the MLLC, the brew’s name, label, and statement on the back “contains such language deemed detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the general public.”
Wrestlemania is a week away. Perhaps a battle of the elves is in order. Troeg’s Brewing (Harrisburg, PA) has filed a cease & desist order against Bethlehem Brew Works (Bethlehem, PA), makers of Fegley’s beers.
The Breakdown:
Troeg’s Brewing makes Mad Elf Continue Reading →
