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Early next month, Craft Brew Alliance will launch Square Mile Cider Company and its first two hard ciders as part of a regional test comprised of 14 select wholesalers in Washington, Oregon, and California.

A few major themes from the 6,400-strong Craft Brewers Conference

When Lagunitas announced — around this time last year — that they’d build a new brewery in Chicago, it was slated for an eventual 600,000 barrel capacity to exactly mirror the Petaluma facility…

Charlie Papazian opened the 2013 Craft Brewers Conference today wishing the late, great beer and whiskey writer Michael Jackson a happy birthday…

In the coming months, you might hear something about a “Flying J” in connection with New Belgium founder Kim Jordan…

Amid all the pro- excise tax reform talk on the leadup to tomorrow’s Hill Climb, Lagunitas’ Todd Stevenson took to the BA forum Friday to explain the case for the other side…

For craft beer fans in the Mid-Atlantic, it’s practically impossible to ignore Tröegs Nugget Nectar fever this time of year.

It’s a year of milestones for 1986-born Harpoon. Last month the brewer opened a 6,000 square foot beer hall sporting several tap towers, each with 20 handles of Harpoon beer and cider, overlooking can and kegging operations. Cofounder Rich Doyle says he expects 200,000 people…

Brew Hub will offer strategically located facilities “built out with every whistle you can imagine” with which craft brewers can partner to brew — or do anything, really.

We’re about one week out from the largest Craft Brewers Conference in history – and with it, the largest Hill climb the Small BREW Act has seen to date. We caught up with longtime excise reform bill proponent and Saint Louis Brewery (/Schlafly) CEO Dan Kopman for updates.

It’s almost Craft Brewers Conference, AKA prediction and perspective time. You may know J.B. Shireman, VP of Craft Services for beverage consultants and bankers First Beverage Group…

The $20 million, 58,000 square foot Virginia Beach facility will employ more than 40 Virginians and mirror the one in San Diego. And it will help the brewer reach its goal…

You could hear the wheels turning inside CBA’s collective head on today’s full-year earnings call.

We caught up with Ninkasi CEO Nikos Ridge. Having finished last year at almost 70,000 barrels, they’re shooting close to the 100,000 barrel mark for 2013, having undergone expansion plans and just broken into SIG’s top beer vendors in grocery list despite a small, Northwestern-based footprint.

Portland, Maine-based Allagash is sort of an anomaly in the craft world…