It is a brand-new year, with plenty of fresh powder across the Rockies and our go-to adventure beer, Escape to Colorado IPA, is sporting a bright new look and a bold hoppy-citrus recipe. Escape was the first beer we brewed at our Denver brewery, in the legendary RiNo neighborhood, and has long embodied our love […]

With the shutdown now in its fourth week with no signs of ending and about 800,000 federal employees affected, a new website is offering concerned citizens a chance to “PayItFurloughed.”  YES! You can buy a beer for a furloughed federal employee during the Trump shutdown! It might not get them paid but t least they […]

MillerCoors today named Kraft Heinz executive Michelle St. Jacques as its new chief marketing officer, the first woman to ever hold the role. St. Jacques was most recently senior vice president and global head of brands and capabilities for Kraft Heinz. She’s scheduled to start February 4. “Michelle has been a rising star over the […]

Finally. Asbury Park Brewery today announced that a limited edition Panic! At The Disco beer, called IP!ATD, will be available exclusively at the internationally acclaimed rock band’s sold out Prudential Center show on Jan. 18 in Newark, New Jersey. IP!ATD will also be available at Asbury Park Brewery starting Jan. 19 while supplies last. Asbury […]

Constellation Brands recorded a healthy 9.5% increase in net sales during its third quarter as its Corona and Modelo brands continue to drive growth. Viva Mexican Beer. Constellation Brands net revenue for the quarter were $1.97 billion as the firm’s beer division grew 16%. However, sales growth in the company’s wine and spirits segment was stagnant, up 0.4%. […]

As the Trump’s Government Shutdown enters its 4th week it is taking a painful toll on breweries big and small. Most of the press has been focused on the closure of the TTB affecting label approvals for packaged beers. And this is a big deal and is already have direct financial impacts on hundreds of […]

The camera pans across a dark, smoky club, where beautiful women surround a bearded man who regales listeners with tales of his manly deeds. Images flash of the man arm wrestling a South American dictator, saving a bear from a trap, capturing an enormous fish to the delight of his female companion – this is […]

Craft Beer growth is still doing well despite some rumbles, stumbles and bumbles. According to the Brewers Association overall U.S. beer volume sales were down 1% in 2017, whereas craft brewer sales continued to grow at a rate of 5% by volume, reaching 12.7% of the U.S. beer market by volume. Craft production grew the […]

The Three Tier Distribution System Has Been In Place Since Prohibition. A recent joint announcement from two very interesting alcohol distribution disruption companies, Republic National Distributing Co (RNDC), and Liberation Distribution (LibDib) that they have formed a strategic alliance and will be working together is a potentially big deal. For starters, RNDC is the second […]

So big that Popular Mechanics just wrote a really excellent article ranking and reviewing the top 17 celebrity beers. Yes that Popular Mechanics. And Yes they reviewed and ranked each one. 17 Celebrity Beers Ranked from Rockin’ to Rotten Can celebrities brew? Well, yes. The question is whether you’ll want to drink the results.  We’re […]

Advertising regulators say MillerCoors can claim Miller Lite has “more taste” than Bud Light and Michelob Ultra but recommends the brewer stop commercials that make it appear that the conclusion is based on a survey on taste preference. At issue were vignettes Chicago-based MillerCoors produced showing consumers drinking unnamed beers and saying which had “more […]

According to FoodBev Media Ball Corporation is having a ball debuting some pretty sweet new colors, finishes and treatments for beer cans.  One of those new colors is called Day Glo. Ball’s Day Glo technology can allow for brighter designs to stand out in foodservice environments such as bars and pubs. Day Glo brings a […]