They are people of their word: SweetWater sales chief told CBD last summer that they’d look to “key Texas cities” around Q4. And just this morning, the brewery announced it will hit Texas and Maryland next month, after having opened five new markets in 2014.

New tasting room action in Montana would allow taverns to brew and small brewers with limited on-premise serving ability to blow past current caps. Distributors aren’t happy.

Those who read sister publication BBD know that A-B has been fighting a battle in Kentucky to seal the deal on their new Owensboro distributorship. Late last year, the brewer won a court battle that allowed them to secure that business, like the one it has operated in Louisville for roughly 40 years.

After decades in the beer business, ex-Tenth and Blake chief Tom Cardella told Harry at last week’s Beer Summit, “I’m not retiring from the industry per se. I’ve retired from a full time job … we’ll see what happens.”

Houston’s Saint Arnold sent over a note detailing their stellar 2014 and plans for cans in the New Year. Saint Arnold churned out 66,587 barrels in 2014, representing a 14% year-over-year increase. This also marks the fourth consecutive year that the brewery’s production has grown by more than 8,000 barrels from the prior year.

With the approval of a conditional site plan by the Montgomery Planning Board, Angry Orchard could be making its way into Montgomery, New York, per report by Record Online.

Lately, Florida has been a legislation war zone for craft brewers, in their quest to legalize the standard growler size. But now it looks as though they’re gearing up for another battle: Both the Florida Independent Spirits Association and the Florida Retail Federation have filed an administrative lawsuit against the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, surrounding the way they hand out licenses.

We rounded up three of craft’s fastest growing brewers at our annual Beer Summit to get their stances on hot topics and find out their keys to success. Panelists included Donn Bichsel, the director of sales for the Chicago-based Revolution Brewing; Nico Freccia, co-founder of San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery; and Bryant Goulding, co-founder of Cincinnati’s Rhinegeist Brewery.

Last night the Brewers Association announced they’d reintroduced the Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act (Small BREW Act) in the House of Representatives.

Brew Hub has landed Schlafly’s veteran head of Brewing, Jim “Otto” Ottolini, as their new chief of brewing operations for their Chesterfield facility.

The city of Richmond’s plans to dole out more than $30 million in bonds to Stone Brewing to help fund their East Coast project has certainly raised a few eyebrows.

With their latest announcement, Oskar Blues Brewery has increased their total U.S. markets to 40 states, “and more to be announced soon.” Imminent rollout states include Iowa, Nebraska, Maine, Vermont and downstate Illinois markets.

Colorado grocery stores are making moves to ensure a ballot initiative in 2016 that would allow for sales of full-strength alcohol.

Missouri wine, spirits and beer house Major Brands has been making moves in craft. As we’ve reported earlier this year, the distributor has been swooping up hot craft brands, the most recent which include Oskar Blues and St. Louis’s Urban Chestnut.

Boston Beer is one of CLSA’s “top ideas heading into 2015,” and they’ve upgraded the company from outperform to buy, per latest report. CLSA noted that the “combination of 11-12% estimated revenue and 20% EPS growth through 2017” helped warrant the raise.