San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing Co. won’t open the doors to its new Virginia Beach brewery until 2016, but Virginia drinkers won’t have to wait until then to get “San Diego prices” on their beer. Starting this February, the brewery began selling its entire lineup at San Diego prices, about 20 percent less than what... View Article
Beer is going places. Literally—you can now find respectable selections of beer on airplanes, ferry boats and cruise lines. Delta now offers seven new lagers and ales on board its domestic flights, cruise ships are serving custom beers, and the Denver International Airport hosted a pop-up airport beer garden last year, complete with beer flights.... View Article
Kirin Ichiban beer has not been brewed in Japan since Anheuser-Busch InBev took over brewing in 1996, but if you thought it was, you may be entitled to up to $50. AB InBev has settled a lawsuit filed by two Miami residents who alleged that Kirin’s marketing and packaging led consumers to believe the beer... View Article
St. Louis’ Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. is opening a brewery in the Bavarian town of Wolnzach, Hallertau. The small brewery space was formerly occupied by the closed Bürgerbräu Wolnzach. The new venture is also a return home for co-founder and brewmaster Florian Kuplent, who was born and raised in Bavaria. “Since my apprenticeship as a... View Article
Fifteen acres of former pasture land at Black Hops Farm in Lucketts, VA, will be converted into Virginia’s largest hop yard and the Mid-Atlantic’s first commercial-scale hops processing facility. The facility is committing to purchase at least 3,500 pounds of Virginia hops over the next three years, an average of 61 percent of its purchases,... View Article
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced in January that it would add another existing brewery to its portfolio, Seattle’s Elysian Brewing. The brewery, founded in 1995 by Dave Buhler, Joe Bisacca and Dick Cantwell, is a major player in the Northwest beer scene, with a production facility and four Seattle brewpubs. The news came about 10... View Article
An Icelandic brewery, Brewery Steji, has brewed a beer with whale testicles. The brewery made the beer, called Hvalur 2, in time for the midwinter monthlong festival of Thorri. Each batch is brewed with a whole testicle from endangered fin whales for flavoring. Last year the brewery came under fire from conservation groups for brewing... View Article
Ireland’s best-known beer is now available for snack-food consumption. British company Burts Potato Chips, in collaboration with drinks producer Diageo, has rolled out Guinness-flavored potato chips in two flavors: classic Guinness and Guinness Rich Beer Chili. The chips are on sale at pubs and grocery stores across the United Kingdom.
Eagle Rock Distributing Co. of Georgia is converting a warehouse into a movie studio. Renovations on Eagle Rock Studios Atlanta, a fully funded $13 million project, are expected to be completed by the end of March, Eagle Rock Distributing CEO Steven Economos told the Gwinnett Daily Post, and production companies have already begun touring the... View Article
