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Continuing yesterday’s coverage of Tenth and Blake turning 3: What’s next for the workhorses? Blue Moon plans to win with Hispanics, and Leinenkugel’s pushes for all-season shandy business.

The National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Brewers Association have just announced the nominees for the Seventh Annual Craft Beer Distributor of the Year Award with a record 26 entrants, up from last year’s record-breaking 22.

Atlanta’s biggest craft brewer teased some new markets and offerings in its latest newsletter…

The thrust of the pending legislation is more stringent labeling requirements for the already-legal practice of growler refills at different breweries.

The company just announced it will begin construction of a multi-million dollar brewery a half-mile from the original Alamo itself. Its slated for completion in October 2014. And Ex-Pabst chief operating and strategy officer Jim Walter has been tapped for the task of COO for the new Alamo brewery.

The latest in the ongoing growler saga: Recall our reportage last month of ABC Fine Wine & Spirits being among the first retailers outside the Florida panhandle to carry 32 oz. growlers …

It’s not been quite two years since Boston Beer and Alan Newman announced a project under the working title of Alchemy and Science…

How about a new model for nanos? Long Island City’s Big Alice Brewing is taking the Community Supported Agriculture model (CSA), where members typically pay upfront for a season’s worth of produce, to craft beer…

They’re not often talked about in the same breath as other, larger national craft brands. Perhaps that’s because Rogue keeps a lower profile…

Recall that CBD reported that Green Flash is entering Minnesota (see CBD 06-23-13). Now we know with whom…

Alchemy & Science announced today that it has acquired all rights to the Coney Island craft beer brands…

Last week we promised more on IRI craft insights for the coasts. Who is gaining share? That depends where you are…

Dan Wandel finished yesterday’s Power Hour by slicing the craft pie. He parsed the segment into 5 tiers to pinpoint sources of growth and decline…

In IRI’s multi-outlet universe, YTD ended Aug 11, IRI-defined craft is up 15.3% in cases vs. YA, and 17.3% in dollars; in multi-outlet plus convenience, those numbers increase to 15.9% case and 18.4% dollar growth, with BA-defined craft up slightly higher.

Despite a few more craft brewers taking up distilling recently, it sounds a lot like craft spirits makers are about to bring a fight.