Company Week is a very cool Colorado-based publication that covers companies in the Rocky Mountain West. It has a sister publication -- Brewery Week -- that does the same for breweries and beer-related companies in the region. CW/BW editor-in-chief, Eric Peterson, has just done a great piece that profiles Brewery [...]
I'm lending a hand to Rick Wehner and his company, Brewery Finance. Launched in 2005, it's the first financing company in the USA to focus on the craft beer industry. I met Rick in the early days of his enterprise when it provided much-needed help to Oskar Blues Brewery. Since [...]
Jest of Life: Marty Jones is Brewing's Best Behind-the-Scenes Promoter. On April 1, 2012, Denver's Wynkoop Brewery announced a novel beer style. In the accompanying video, pitchman Marty Jones -- tall and string-bean straight, runner lean, head shaved smooth, grinning like a late-night infomercial salesman -- detailed Rocky Mountain Oyster [...]
Shipyard Brewing is now releasing its Pumpkinhead fall seasonal to US retailers. The pumpkin spice beer debuted in 1997 at Federal Jack’s brewpub, (Kennebunk, Maine) which was started by Shipyard founder Fred Forsley. Shipyard then launched Pumpkinhead in 22-ounce bottles in 2002. Today the beer is one of craft beer’s [...]
In something of a shot heard around the Australian craft beer world, a canned beer from Australia’s Dainton Family Brewers won the top beer award in the recent 2017 Australian Craft Beer Awards. Dainton’s Cherrywood Smoked Baltic Porter was named Champion Australian Craft Beer at the July 27 awards ceremony [...]