With the noticeable rise in trademark disputes in the beer industry, self-described beer geek and co-founder of OvalOptions Jason Gladfelter thought that brewers might be interested in the process of mediation over litigation. So, after a year and a half of research, the Denver-based OvalOptions launched the Brewery Mediation Network, a nationwide network that connects... View Article
From Hawaii to Seattle to Portland, Oregon, the Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) is trying to solve a puzzle of how to connect and grow its established breweries in a constantly shifting marketplace, reinvigorate respect and relevance for older flagship brands while remaining innovative and nimble, and growing its brands in home markets while keeping an... View Article
The International Trappist Association has granted Rome’s Tre Fontane Abbey the right to use the Authentic Trappist Product trademark on its beer, making it the 11th Trappist brewery in the world. The brewery’s first designated Trappist beer is an 8.5% tripel brewed with eucalyptus called Three Fountains Tripel. It is sold only at the Tre... View Article
It’s tea time for beer drinkers, with the help of “beer-enhancing sachets” released by a company called Hop Theory that raised more than $30,000 on Kickstarter. The sachets include a blend of hops, fruit peels and natural flavors to flavor a pint, and each sachet can be used up to four times.
A pending Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule that would require chain restaurants to list calorie and other nutrient and health data of beer on their menus could cause headaches and loss of sales for brewers, warned Brewers Association director Paul Gatza. As of mid-June, the Brewers Association was still awaiting formal guidance from the FDA... View Article
SABMiller, the second-largest brewer in the world, has acquired London-based Meantime Brewing Co. for an undisclosed amount, and entered the U.K. beer market. Founded in Greenwich, London, in 1999 by brewmaster Alastair Hook, Meantime is regarded as one of the pioneers of the U.K.’s modern beer movement. Its value as a small brewer and its... View Article
There’s a 50-pound bag of two-row pale malt sitting on the concrete floor of Regulator Brewing’s brewery space. A small amount of text on its front states its contents, but it also may read like something of a map and business plan in one. Grown, malted and packaged about 30 miles to the south of... View Article
The Brewers Association (BA) released the top 50 U.S. craft brewing companies, based on 2014 beer sales volume, and for the first time Pennsylvania’s D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc. topped Boston Beer Co., makers of Sam Adams, to become the largest craft brewery in the country. It was a change in how the BA defined... View Article
Forty-two breweries and counting across the country and world have signed the Climate Declaration, a business call to action that urges policymakers to seize the economic opportunity of tackling climate change. The declaration was launched in 2013 by Ceres, a nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization and its business network, Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy... View Article
