Archive for the 'Breweries' Category

Brew Hub plans first brewery in Florida

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Brew Hub has announced plans for the company’s first brewery in Lakeland, Fla. The Florida brewery will be the first of at least five planned facilities that will offer craft brewers the opportunity to “partner brew” their beers on site.
Partner brewing is designed to allow craft breweries to brew their beer to exact specifications [...]

Craft beer sales soar 15%

Monday, March 18th, 2013

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Craft beers sales climbed 15% by volume in 2012, while dollar growth increased 17%, according to figures released by the Brewers Association. The increase amounts to almost 1.8 million more barrels (each of them 31 gallons) of craft beer.
With production at 13,235,917 barrels in 2012, craft brewers reached 6.5% volume of the total [...]

US craft beer exports up 72%

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

The American craft beer industry set a new record for exports in 2012. Based on results from a recently completed industry survey, the Brewers Association reports craft beer export volume increased by 72% compared to 2011, with a value estimated at $49.1 million.
Canada remained the industry’s largest export market, with shipments increasing 140% by volume. [...]

Anchor to build second brewery, quadruple capacity

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

The San Francisco Giants and Anchor Brewing have announced that Anchor will build a second facility on the San Francisco waterfront.
Anchor Brewing will occupy what is now Pier 48 with production and distribution facilities (artist rendering), a restaurant, museum and other public attractions. The 212,000-square-foot space in the Giants’ Mission Rock development will not replace [...]

Samuel Adams, Deschutes shine in UK judging

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Samuel Adams beers captured nine medals at the International Brewing Awards 2013 in England.
The bi-annual competition attracted more than 1,000 entries from 45 countries. Forty judges, all professional brewers, assessed the beers over the course of three days. The medals winners in each category were announced at the National Brewery Center in Burton upon [...]

Government blocks AB InBev deal for Modelo

Thursday, January 31st, 2013

The U.S. sued to block Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposed $20.1 billion purchase of the half of Grupo Modelo brands it doesn’t already own, stating that the deal would violate antitrust law.
Shares of both companies plunged after the Justice Department filed a complaint in federal court in Washington. The DOJ said the proposed purchased would eliminate [...]

Alaskan Brewing adds another energy saving tool

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

Alaskan Brewing has become the first brewery in the world to use its spent grain as the fuel source to power the steam boiler it uses in making beer, and reduced the company’s fuel oil consumption in brewhouse operations by 60 to 70 percent.
“We have the unique honor of brewing craft beer in this stunning [...]