INDIANAPOLIS In an effort to showcase solidarity throughout the independent craft beer industry, Indiana breweries are joining together in a statewide collaboration for the inaugural Indiana Statewide Stout Day on Saturday, February 20th.
Indiana breweries across the state will feature Stout-style beers on tap in their taprooms, and many are planning new beer releases on this day. Collectively we unite to show the importance of supporting local breweries and businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a vitally important time for the Indiana craft beer industry to join together to promote independent craft brotherhood and sisterhood and our continued efforts to give back to our communities.
Brewing Buds: Big Beer corporations enter the cannabis industry Medical marijuana advocate and craft beer lover, Paul Lewin, examines the impact ‘Big Beer’ could have on the cannabis-infused beer landscape.
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Publishing date: Feb 15, 2021 • February 16, 2021 • 5 minute read • With their ability to source, process and distribute internationally, Big Beer can certainly afford to wait for full cannabis legalization across all 50 states before expanding its infused beverage market presence in America, writes Paul Lewin. / Photo by EddieHernandezPhotography / iStock / Getty Images Plus
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The rising tide of legal cannabis commerce is finally attracting the attention of so-called “Big Beer” corporations, and with good reason. Over the past seven years, home and craft brewers carved a niche for themselves by partnering with hemp farms and wholesale retailers with cannabis terpenes for sale to make infu
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Denver’s Great Divide to Sell RiNo Taproom and Packaging Hall
Great Divide Brewing Company plans to sell its nearly six-year-old Barrel Bar and packaging hall in Denver’s River North Art District.
The 27-year-old craft brewery will consolidate its operations at its Ballpark District brewery and taproom at 2201 Arapahoe Street, where the company has maintained its beer production.
Great Divide will continue to operate the packaging hall and taproom until it sells, so the company will likely exit the facility in mid-2022, the company said in a press release.
“Right now, we have two facilities that are not being maximized,” Great Divide founder Brian Dunn said in a statement. “We had three options on the table: move all operations to RiNo; move everything to a new location outside of Denver; or relocate to our original location. In the end, returning to our roots made the most business sense. This will allow us to reinvest in ou
Instead of gathering at an event this year, consumers can visit their favorite taprooms or microbreweries to see what’s on draft (or in cans) to celebrate FeBREWary. Not all of Carroll’s craft beer establishments are doing something specific this month, but a few are trying to mark the occasion.
Ballast Point s Community Engagement Manager, Misha Collins
White dude with beards. That’s the impression most have about who works within the craft beer business, and it’s often accurate. Within San Diego and the industry at large. Statistics offered by the Brewers Association estimate some 92 percent of brewers are male, while 89 percent of brewers and 88 percent of brewery owners identify as white.
A new scholarship created by Ballast Point Brewing seeks to put a dent in at least some of those figures. The newly announced Brewing for Diversity Scholarship will cover the roughly $6200 costs of completing UC San Diego Extension Brewing Program. Over 12-18 months of night and weekend instruction, students of the program learn both the science behind brewing quality beer, and the best practices of the pro brewers who’ve mastered the craft.