We all know that Craft beer is great for drinking, and some of us are lucky enough to make a living in the craft beer industry, but what about the masses?  Craft beer is getting all grown up, and like a kid wearing a tuxedo for the first time, people (with money) are beginning to […]

There’s something going on at Stranahans Whiskey, and they are keeping it to themselves.  Much like Goose Island, they are selling out.  Cashing in on the hard work and investment and the name they built for themselves by selling the place.  They are selling to Proximo Spirits, probably best known for their Soprano wiseguy endorsed 1800 […]

It seems to have taken forever to get off the ground, but starting June 3rd the beer will begin to flow on the roof of Eataly, and NYC will have its latest must-see stop for beer geeks. Called “Birreria,” the beer garden in the sky will feature beers crafted in collaboration between Dogfish Head, Birra […]

Due to overwhelming demand the Laughing Dog Brewery was forced to leave their smaller and tighter facility and move into a much larger one down the road.  Even without the new fermenters that will be delivered in the next 6 to 8 weeks, Laughing Dog has already increased production over 91% from first quarter last […]

Out with the wordy and in with the…well, less wordy.  I’m a little puzzled.  Maybe it is because Jack Daniels hadn’t changed their label in like forever, but why exactly is this news worthy?  They have just cleaned it up a bit.  They took off the line about Lem Motlow being the proprietor, I suppose […]

Dan Ackroyd is more than just an awful/terrific actor, he’s also a distiller of a top shelf vodka called Crystal Head.  It’s the stuff that comes in a cool skull-shaped bottle. Well, Mr. Aykroyd should be bummed today, because some 21,000 bottles have been stolen from a California warehouse.  While the news is bad, his […]

This is a hilarious new ad campaign from the folks at Breckenridge brewery.  In total there are 4 different 15 second spots, each poking fun at a big boy advertisement.  It is so easy, but it is so funny in its simplicity and how it exposes the big boys for all their stupid advertising shenanigans. […]

A recent study from AlixPartners shows that the next year is going to be a good one for most drink makers – unless you’re a macro brewer. The study polled 1,000 people in early February, asking if they expected to spend more or less on certain kinds of beverages, from sports drinks to the heavy […]

This is a project that Buffalo Trace has been working on for over ten years.  It is intriguing, but at the same time a bit confusing.  This is Called the Buffalo Trace Single Oak Project.  It started with 96 American White Oak trees from the Missouri Ozarks.  The trees were selected for their grains, some tightly grained […]

Well, I really don’t know what to make of this “beer”.  And I put Beer in quotes, because can it really be beer without any alcohol?  I’m not saying it has to be a lot but maybe like 2% or 1.5%.  This beer is being developed by a Belgian Team at AB InBev.  They say […]

OK, hold onto your butts because this is some legal stuff I’m gonna be layin’ down here.  I have it on good authority that there is a method to AB InBev’s madness when it came to the purchase of Goose Island Beer Company, and unfortunately it has nothing to do with making beer…

Well it is happening again.  This time it is Pabst Brewing the makers of Colt 45 Blast.  They are being targeted by 19 state’s attorney Generals to take their product from shelves in their respective states.  The argument is that each of the Colt 45 blasts is the equivalent of 5 beers in one can, and based […]

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has deemed a beer label as inappropriate and forbid the sale of Flying Monkeys Brewing’s Smashbomb Atomic IPA.  No, there is no obvious swear word, there is no inappropriate sexual images, just a cartoony label that depicts an explosion on the bottle.  I’m sure when the brewers at […]

If you recall, we were the ones who said definitively that the Discovery show Brewmasters was dead.  There were a lot of folks who said we were wrong, but we had it on good authority that the show was done. Now we have it on even better authority.