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07/02/2021

Craft Brewing and Distilling News for June 22, 2021 - Shanken News Daily

Sixpoint Brewing alums launch new brewery in Hudson, NY. https://www.shankennewsdaily.com/index.php/2021/06/22/28872/craft-brewing-and-distilling-news-for-june-22-2021/

•A group of Sixpoint Brewing veterans has teamed up to create Return, a new Hudson, New York-based craft brewer. The new brewer is founded by Mikey Lenane, Jack Liakas, and JD Linderman, who total over 20 years of experience in … Continue reading →

05/14/2021

R.I.P. Mark Terry

Mark Terry, who worked as a winemaker and vineyard manager for 20 years at Hargrave Vineyard in Cutchogue, Long Island, and its successor, Castello di Borghese, has died in Winston-Salem, NC at the age of 61.

News of his death on May 14 was shared on his page by his daughter, Nikki. There were no details, but a separate Facebook post indicated he suffered a heart attack.

Terry was the general manager and winemaker at North Carolina’s oldest winery, Westbend Vineyards in Winston-Salem, from 2004 until its closing in 2014. He and his daughter, Nikki, then went on to establish a wine and beer shop in downtown Winston-Salem called Corks, Caps & Taps.

Terry was a 1978 graduate of Southold Junior-Senior High School.

In addition to his daughter, Nikki, he is survived by daughter Tracy Lynn Martinez, also of Winston-Salem, son Dan Olsen, of Mechanicsville, VA, and his long-time companion, Lillian Kroustalis, who owned Westbend until its sale in 2015.

03/25/2021

Wine Talk: This year is different… from all other years

Israeli wine for the Passover Seder. Of course. Here are some picks from my friend and Jerusalem Post wine writer Adam Montefiore,

Buy where you are most comfortable and within your budget.

03/11/2021

Trappist Beer Needs Trappist Monks to Brew It, but the Vocation Is Dwindling

Brothers in beer in short supply

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trappist-beer-needs-trappist-monks-to-brew-it-but-the-vocation-is-dwindling-11615392562?mod=itp_wsj&mod=djemITP_h

Abbeys have fewer brothers these days, worrying those devoted to the high-end beers.

01/12/2021

Mine is Slater's Golden Rabbit Nibbler. Would you drink it? What's your real ale name?

01/08/2021

He put Long Island wines on the map.

09/14/2020

Taco Bell is now selling its own custom wine

Taco Bell's newest offering: wine.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/business/taco-bell-wine-canada/index.html

There's tons of cheese on Taco Bell's menu, so a wine to pair with it is a natural next step.

06/18/2020

Wine Talk: Tears of Bacchus

A good read on wine you probably never heard of: https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/wine-talk-tears-of-bacchus-631903

Making wine is basically an investment in tomorrow. Planting a vineyard in lands of strife is a statement of hope.

05/21/2020

27-year-old Long Island Cabernet proves to be a pleasant surprise | Corks, Caps & Taps

On the blog.

I found a pleasant surprise recently rummaging through my wine cellar: a forgotten relic from my early days of covering the Long Island wine industry for Newsday.

02/24/2020

Untappd’s Parent Company Acquires Beer Advocate | Brewbound

Untappd’s Parent Company Acquires Beer Advocate | Brewbound

Two of the largest remaining beer rating platforms are joining forces. Next Glass, the parent company of popular beer rating app Untappd, has reached an agreement to acquire Beer Advocate. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

01/22/2020

Molson Coors to acquire Detroit's Atwater Brewery

Another craft brewer acquired by Big Beer.

Detroit-based Atwater Brewery announced Wednesday a deal to be acquired by Molson Coors Beverage Co., the largest U.S. brewer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed Under the agreement, Atwater...

12/04/2019

Healdsburg family acquiring Anderson Valley Brewing

New owner for Anderson Valley Brewing.

12/04/2019

Constellation Brands Will Sell Struggling Ballast Point To Small Illinois Brewery

Bizarre?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisfurnari/2019/12/03/constellation-brands-will-sell-struggling-ballast-point-brand-to-small-illinois-brewery/?fbclid=IwAR2fHJgA6o6grO0R81p74WP41wRQWh6NbXRH8kQVjf7zNCDDtTMsC4HMpjM#d07eb10741e2

Constellation Brands — the third-largest U.S. beer company — said Illinois-based Kings & Convicts Brewing would purchase the Ballast Point brands, along with its breweries and brewpubs throughout the country. Ballast Point’s $48 million brewing facility in Virginia was not included in the deal...

11/19/2019

New Belgium Brewing, Colorado’s largest craft brewery, announces sale to international beer conglomerate

Japan's Kirin buys Fat Tire maker New Belgium!
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/19/new-belgium-brewing-sale-kirin/?fbclid=IwAR0_RtuTddYoBd7wwPIau092AAKisaa5tldySpldn6P2feSs7UE2eXcEW2I

More than 300 of New Belgium’s employee-owners will receive more than $100,000 in retirement money through the deal, with some receiving “significantly greater amounts,” according…

11/12/2019

Corks, Caps & Taps updated their business hours.

Corks, Caps & Taps updated their business hours.

09/26/2019

Craft brewing industry contributed $79.1 billion to the U.S. economy, responsible for 559,545 jobs

News out of Denver.

Boulder, Colo. • September 25, 2019 — The craft brewing industry remains a strong contributor to the U.S. economy, evident by the 2018 Economic Impact Report, which was released today by the...

08/31/2019

Spanish brewer Mahou to acquire Founders Brewing

Founders Brewing goes Spanish
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Food, agricultural and agribusiness news for Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and the Lake Michigan shoreline.

08/03/2019

On the shelf in Carrefour Express, Krakow, Poland.

07/24/2019

Facebook and Instagram to restrict content related to alcohol

Watching

Between this and Instagram testing hiding likes, there're a lot of people losing their s**t right now. And it'll be interesting to see how this impacts Facebook beer trading groups. The new policy...

06/25/2019

The Greek God of Hops: Ex-Red Sox star brews up a second career

From baseball to brewing.

Kevin Youkilis is a legend in Boston for his time with the Red Sox, but you wouldn't know it by visiting his award-winning brewery in California

06/10/2019

A tasting of Lucien Albrecht’s wines provides a reminder of Alsatian delights | Corks, Caps & Taps

New on the blog.

I realized that recently while sampling the delightful wares of producer Lucien Albrecht with the producer’s winemaker, Jérôme Keller, in a New York City restaurant.

05/09/2019

Dogfish Head Brewery to Merge with Boston Beer Company

Sam Adams and Dogfish Head to merge

The cash and stock transaction, valued at approximately $300 million, combines two award-winning craft beer pioneers with unrivaled brewing expertise and portfolios of leading beer and “beyond beer” brands.

04/23/2019

The Whiskey Advocate rates Big Box store private label Scotch and Bourbon

04/23/2019

OG Philly brewery Weyerbacher declares bankruptcy -- with plans to start fresh and flourish

Yikes!

New president Chris Lampe, son of a cofounder, is bullish on the beermaker's new path.

04/12/2019

Glamorous Long Island winery hits the market at $17.9M

Got a spare $18 million for an LI winery?

An upscale Long Island vineyard that was owned and operated by late Hollywood mogul Michael Lynne has been put up for sale with an asking price of $17.9 million, The Post has learned. Bedell Cellar…

03/21/2019

Bring on the mead: NY state now licensing farm meaderies

https://libn.com/2019/03/21/bring-on-the-mead-ny-state-now-licensing-farm-meaderies/

New York State is offering new licenses to operate farms for the production of mead, an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey with water.

02/12/2019

A Chinese booze that nobody knows | Corks, Caps & Taps

A new post in time for Chinese New Year.

Have you ever tasted baijiu (prounced bye-jyo)? Nevermind. Have you ever heard of it? Probably not. Neither had I, until recently.

02/04/2019

Sierra Nevada Makes First-Ever Acquisition, Buys Fast-Growing Sufferfest Beer | Brewbound.com

Sierra Nevada Makes First-Ever Acquisition, Buys Fast-Growing Sufferfest Beer | Brewbound.com

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, ranked by industry trade group the Brewers Association as the third largest U.S. craft brewery, today announced the purchase of San Francisco-based Sufferfest Beer Company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the transaction is expected to close in earl...

01/25/2019

Hoist a toast of whisky today to Scottish poet Robert Burns.

01/25/2019

Japan’s Asahi Buys London Pride Brewery for $330 Million

Japan's Asahi buys UK's Fuller's

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy Fuller, Smith & Turner Plc’s brewing business for $330 million, showing that despite business angst about Brexit, there’s still international demand for those most British of products -- ale and cider.

01/24/2019

LI bar to serve rare beers, ciders

Black Sheep aged beer fest

A wild ale, a maibock and a stout-barleywine blend walk into a bar... Well, they won't so much walk into a bar as roll in, inside the casks in which they were aged. And on the evening of Thursday, Jan

01/11/2019

The Supreme Court May Change the Way You Buy Wine

Do your buy your wine out of state?

The justices will hear oral arguments in a contentious case involving whether consumers can order from out-of-state wine shops.

11/18/2018

The perfect pour.

11/09/2018

Artisanal Brewing Ventures Execs Discuss ‘100 percent’ Acquisition of Sixpoint Brewery | Brewbound.com

Six Point Brewery sold

After four years of discussions with Sixpoint Brewery founder Shane Welch, Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) finally completed a deal to purchase 100 percent of his Brooklyn-based craft brewery this week. Even though ABV had been courting Sixpoint for several years, it wasn’t until this summer when...

11/01/2018

Greenport Harbor’s head brewer balances art with science | Northforker

Greenport Harbor’s head brewer balances art with science | Northforker

Thirty-year-old Pat Alfred is working a bit of a dream job at Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. and hard work is how he earned it.