Back in April at SweetWater Brewing Company’s (Atlanta) 420 Fest, founder Freddy Bensch hinted at the brewery distributing to Ohio.
While SweetWater wants to remain pretty much a southeastern brewery (for now?), Bensch’s wife Jen is from the Buckeye State. (Remember Continue Reading →
Green Flash Brewing (San Diego, CA) is headed to Hawaii later this summer.
Currently, we don’t have a finalized date, but the distributor of record is Paradise Beverages Inc. (Par Bev). By August, islanders will be sipping Palate Wrecker, among other offerings.
Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. (Lexington, KY) has just expanded into Texas, New Mexico and New Hampshire. Soon the brewery and distillery will ship to Pennsylvania, South Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
All in Continue Reading →
SweetWater Brewing Company (Atlanta, GA) officially taps in Memphis this week. The brewery has been making its way across Tennessee this year.
Launching in Elvis Presley’s home city is 420 Extra Pale, SweetWater IPA, SweetWater Blue, and the Tackle Box, featuring Continue Reading →
New Holland Brewing Company (and Distillery) will be launching their lineup in New England beginning mid-June. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island are the targeted launch states.
“We’re heading east to some fun launch events in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island” says New Continue Reading →
Almanac Beer Company will begin distributing to Colorado starting in mid-June.
Distribution will be handled through Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project‘s distribution efforts.
Over the last year at SF Beer Week and GABF, our mutual love and respect Continue Reading →
SanTan Beer Company (Chandler, Arizona) is entering the Texas market in June. The brewery has partnered with Ben. E. Keith distributor.
Texas can expect Devil’s Ale, HopShock IPA, SunSpot Gold, Mr. Pineapple Wheat Beer, plus a variety pack.
SanTan was founded in 2007, and expects Continue Reading →
Back in April at SweetWater Brewing Company’s (Atlanta) 420 Fest, founder Freddy Bensch hinted at the brewery distributing to Ohio.
While SweetWater wants to remain pretty much a southeastern brewery (for now?), Bensch’s wife Jen is from the Buckeye State. (Remember Brown-eyed Buckeye from the Dank Tank Series?)
The brewery will be making a formal announcement to follow. Typically, SweetWater will stagger the the rollout across the state over time.
Distribution to start in September, 2014.
Green Flash Brewing (San Diego, CA) is headed to Hawaii later this summer.
Currently, we don’t have a finalized date, but the distributor of record is Paradise Beverages Inc. (Par Bev). By August, islanders will be sipping Palate Wrecker, among other offerings.
By our calculations, that places Green Flash in 49 states, with only Utah left to go.
Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. (Lexington, KY) has just expanded into Texas, New Mexico and New Hampshire. Soon the brewery and distillery will ship to Pennsylvania, South Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
All in all, by fall 2014, Alltech will ship to 25 states.
Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. has amped up production, adding new equipment, including a larger, faster bottling line. Particularly experienced in barrel aging, the company’s brewers regularly age 3,000 to 5,000 barrels at a time in the brewery’s large cold storage warehouse, and handle up to 1,000 barrels per week.
All states will get over time, Kentucky Ale, Kentucky Kölsch, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Stout, and Kentucky IPA, with most of the focus on Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. Seasonals to include Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Barleywine and Kentucky Peach Barrel Wheat.
SweetWater Brewing Company (Atlanta, GA) officially taps in Memphis this week. The brewery has been making its way across Tennessee this year.
Launching in Elvis Presley’s home city is 420 Extra Pale, SweetWater IPA, SweetWater Blue, and the Tackle Box, featuring new Take Two Pils.
“We’ve had our hands full expanding the brewery while simultaneously launching our new can line and conditioning process,” said SweetWater Founder and Big Kahuna Freddy Bensch. “With that under our belts, we’re finally at a place where we feel we’ve ramped up production enough to move further West and bring Memphibians the brews they’ve been training for!”
The brewery signed a distribution deal with Budweiser of Memphis for distribution. Launch events run all week. SweetWater can now be found in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana and Virginia.
Follow SweetWater in Tennessee on the Tennessee Facebook page.
New Holland Brewing Company (and Distillery) will be launching their lineup in New England beginning mid-June. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island are the targeted launch states.
“We’re heading east to some fun launch events in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island” says New Holland Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Fred Bueltmann. “We’re looking forward to getting out there, meeting people and bringing some great flavors from the Midwest to our craft brothers and sisters in New England.”
Distribution will be handled through L. Knife & Son companies. Since New Holland has a diverse lineup, go HERE to see which state is getting what.
If you go (initial launch events):
Wednesday, June 18th
Rhode Island Launch at Doherty’s East Avenue
342 East Avenue – Pawtucket, Rhode Island
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Join us for a meet and greet with New Holland crew, as we bring along some of our tasty brews like – Mad Hatter IPA and Dragon’s Milk Barrel-Aged Stout.
Thursday, June 19th
Boston Launch at Stoddard’s Fine Food & Ale
48 Temple Place – Boston, Massachusetts
6pm-9pm
Join us for a meet and greet with New Holland crew, as we bring along some of our great beer and spirits like – Mad Hatter IPA, Dragon’s Milk Barrel-Aged Stout and Beer Barrel Bourbon.
Almanac Beer Company will begin distributing to Colorado starting in mid-June.
Distribution will be handled through Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project‘s distribution efforts.
Over the last year at SF Beer Week and GABF, our mutual love and respect for wild yeasts and funk brought us together and made us fast friends. We knew Crooked Stave would be the perfect distribution partner for bringing Almanac to the Mile High City, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, and everything in between!
Launch beers will include: Farmer’s Reserve Blackberry, Dogpatch Strawberry, Almanac IPA, Golden Gate Gose, and Ichibier.
SanTan Beer Company (Chandler, Arizona) is entering the Texas market in June. The brewery has partnered with Ben. E. Keith distributor.
Texas can expect Devil’s Ale, HopShock IPA, SunSpot Gold, Mr. Pineapple Wheat Beer, plus a variety pack.
SanTan was founded in 2007, and expects to brew 25,000 barrels (775,000 gallons) in 2014.
