The top BA-defined craft beer producer last night reported Q4 depletions up 20%, while Boston Beer’s Q4 core shipment volume was up 29% to 941,000 barrels.

Recall, last week we reported on Firestone Walker Brewing Co. launching their new “Keg Shed” at their Paso Robles facility [see CBD 02-14-14]. Now the company has further plans to expand the facility by implementing a 25,800-square-foot addition for bottling, according to a report by Pacific Coast Business Times.

One of the newest to come online is Georgia’s Red, White & Blue Distributors, newly licensed and headed by former Gulf Distributing Holdings specialty brands GM Billy Madison.

Colorado can craft pioneer Oskar Blues and Nevada leading wholesale distributor Wirtz Beverage announced yesterday a partnership to bring the brand to the state for the first time.

We’d heard some rumors that Cigar City was opening new markets — not terribly far-fetched, considering their December announcement to work with forthcoming Florida contract outlet Brew Hub.

We checked in with specialty wholesaler Cavalier Distributing chief George Fisher, who ran down the trends:

Having finished 2013 at over 400,420 barrels, and projecting 640,420 for 2014, Lagunitas founder Tony Magee told CBD they’ll soon open the new Chicago facility at 260,000 barrels production rate initially, and end the year there with 400,000 barrels annualized capacity.

After 18 years with Vermont Hard Cider Company, President and CEO Bret Williams has made the decision to step down from his post effective March 1, 2014.

Spokane, Washington’s No-Li Brewhouse is having a moment, or three.

New Belgium came out of the gate strong in 2014, with Fat Tire up 20%+ and variety packs up even stronger in IRI to January 26.

We cited IRI’s short YTD period earlier this week to highlight the many bull brands — but short windows can be tricky. After we reported that New Glarus was

They say it can’t keep growing, and yet craft is up a strong 22% in dollars YTD … and contract deals keep on rolling.

FIFCO chief Ramon Mendiola kicked off NAB’s annual distributor meeting general session reviewing 2013 objectives: Improving Genne profits, capitalizing on craft growth, accelerating Seagrams, stabilizing Labatt…

The long-awaited, craft-facing Florida bill from Debbie Mayfield, Chair of the House Subcommittee on Business and Professional Regulation, just dropped this week…

Anheuser-Busch today announced it has agreed to purchase New York-based Blue Point Brewing Co., in a move that will bring additional resources to Blue Point’s operations, allowing it to meet growing consumer demand. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.