The Brewers Association, the trade association representing the majority of U.S. brewing companies, today released 2010 data on the U.S. craft brewing industry. Small and independent craft brewers1 saw volume2 increase 11 percent and retail sales dollars increase 12 percent over 2009, representing a growth of over 1 million barrels (31 gallons per U.S. barrel), equal to more than 14 million new craft cases. (more…)

Beer crafters at the Limestone Brewing Company in Plainfield would like to sell kegs of 6450 Red Ale to local restaurants who want to serve it to their customers. (more…)

In 1964, during his acceptance speech as a presidential candidate, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater famously proclaimed that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice…[and] moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Considering that Goldwater got clobbered by Lyndon Johnson in the election that followed, he obviously misgauged the mood of the nation at the time. (more…)

Inside the St. Louis-based Lohr Distributing Co.’s refrigerated warehouse less than two miles north of the Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery, pallets of Budweiser bottles, Busch cans, Bud Light kegs and other A-B products fill vast rooms from floor to ceiling. (more…)

In 1976, there were two craft breweries in America. Today, that number is closer to 1,600. This phenomenon has been dubbed “The American Craft Brewing Renaissance.” (more…)

Sen. John Kerry is renewing his push to give the country’s 1,600 small beer makers a tax break. (more…)

A group of local residents opposed to expansion plans for the Creemore Springs brewery have taken their fight to the Ontario Municipal Board. (more…)

Locally-brewed craft beers are continuing to defy the economic downturn and the long-term decline in beer drinking, according to a new industry report. (more…)

While red wine is often touted as the heart-healthy libation, more evidence is showing beer has a great deal of nutrition and health-promoting qualities as well, according to an article published in the Winter 2011 issue of the American Dietetic Association’s member publication, ADA Times. (more…)

In the past few years, the nation-wide trend of craft brewing has developed a following of aficionados as zealous, finicky and committed as its counterpart in the wine world — if a little scruffier. The trend has led to an explosion in the number of breweries operating nationwide, up nearly 20 percent in the last five years alone, according to the Brewers Association. (more…)