Winston-Salem based Foothills Brewing has acquired the beer division of Carolina Beer & Beverage of Mooresville for an undisclosed price. (more…)

Staffordshire-based Freedom Brewery says it has had its best ever year with an 80 per cent increase year-on-year. (more…)

Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewing Co. will begin offering its products to the Bloomington area starting in April. The expansion comes after the company last year invested in a new 30-barrel system at its Indianapolis brewery. (more…)

The business of making beer continues to grow in Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties. At least five small breweries have opened in the Great Lakes Bay Region in the past decade, and most expect a good year ahead despite a tough economy. The Michigan Brewers Guild estimates the craft-beer industry generates $133 million in Michigan. (more…)

Baxter Brewing in Maine has joined a growing number of small craft-beer breweries distributing their brews in cans — just like mainstream mass-produced beers — rather than in bottles. A decade ago, it’s believed there weren’t any U.S. craft breweries canning their suds. Nowadays, nearly 100 sell at least one beer variety in metal. (more…)

Demand for locally-produced beer is growing across the country, and here in the Mid-South it’s fueling the expansion of a brewery in Memphis.
“We need to increase our refrigeration space, and increase our production capabilities in terms of extra boilers, more fermentation tanks, so we have more time and space to age the beers,” said Chuck Skypeck, founding partner of Ghost River Brewing. (more…)

St Austell Brewery, Cornwall’s biggest brewer, has announced it is to launch two new cask ales in 2011. (more…)

Sharp’s Brewery has cemented its position as one of the fastest-rising players in the British craft brewing sector after reporting impressive growth figures. (more…)

The volume of craft beer sold will increase by 8% per year over the next 3 years. That’s  more than 2.4 million barrels per year. Levy sees this growth partially as a result of several demographic factors. (more…)

North Dakotans who make wine and booze already can get a state license to sell their beverages, and a Minot lawmaker wants people who make home-brewed beer to be able to do the same. (more…)