Metallica and Arrogant Consortia (a Stone Brewing imprint) have announced Enter Night Pilsner. Launching in the US now, and internationally this spring, Enter Night Pilsner is a unique expression of the shared values that have helped define Metallica and Stone Brewing: fiercely independent, transcending genres, shattering preconceptions and challenging convention. Enter Night Pilsner is the […]
Beverage industry veteran Allan O’Neil has been named vice president of sales and marketing at Garage Brewing Co., a brewpub and craft beer manufacturer in Southwest Riverside County. O’Neil’s most recent role was general manager at Bonanza Beverage Company, a family-owned beer distributor in Las Vegas, Nev. He began his […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
During the gold rush, it’s a good time to be in the pick and shovel business. Mark Twain Or so the conventional wisdom goes. But several very troubling no warning closures over the last 12 months of the ‘pick and shovel’ vendors of the craft beer gold rush, the brewery […]
Ok, so I have kids. A few of them. Ok, a lot of them. And I like beer. And I admit that while maybe I’m not as cliche as the hipster with a waxed mustache and a dog who visit a brewery, I am the other stereotype of a 40 […]
It used to be pretty hard to really show people what the San Diego beer scene meant. Sure, you could have them take a taxi out to Miramar and visit a few establishments. But in 2016, there a couple ‘scenes’ that are making bold statements about what San Diego and […]
Sites like indiegogo and Kickstarter have truly changed the way that marketing and commerce work in today’s marketplace. You can float ideas and see if they’re good or bad. You can test whether people believe what you believe. And ultimately, you can create cash without giving up any equity. Let’s […]
I just got a new brewery investor proposal from a group of guys with a lot of passion as well as a great idea. They’re bootstrapping their new brewery concept. They’ve scrapped together almost enough cash to buy their equipment. They’re intellectual property (IP) is pretty good and their concept […]
