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 [...]
In early 2007, Maui Brewing Company founder Garrett Marrero and his girlfriend and business partner, Melanie Oxley, were looking to put their brewpub’s made-in-Hawaii beers in a package for the first time. Instead of purchasing a bottling line for the Lahaina, Maui brewpub, the pair bucked the status quo, ordered [...]
On Saturday, May 20 from 7-9 PM, Shipyard Brewing Company will host a membership rally for the American Homebrewers Association (AHA). The event will take place at the Shipyard brewery (86 Newbury Street) and highlights the final weekend of American Craft Beer Week, which runs from May 15-21. Rally [...]