§ May 15th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured Comments Off
(Portland, OR) – The controversy around a beer name and its label artwork took a strange turn on Tuesday.
Last week, Burnside Brewing sent around a press release promoting its Kali-Ma beer, urging beer drinkers to, “Come worship ‘the black one’ Kali as the ultimate reality or Brahman.” The beer was supposed to be released today.
Soon after, a Hindu statesman condemned Burnside, urging it not to release the beer. Burnside issued a swift apology and agreed not to release the beer with that branding. The same Hindu statesman then sent out another press release bringing closure to the debacle.
Well, not so fast. Fast forward to today’s session in the upper house of the Parliament of India, the “Rajya Sabha.” The Bharatiya Janata Party, the largest conservative party in India, wants more action taken…
"Summon US Ambassador to India… and make him apologise for this," he said condemning the act and demanded a statement from External Affairs Minister. As BJP and other members supported the issue, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla intervened saying, "I will convey the concerns to External Affairs Ministry.”
It remains to be seen whether this will have any impact on U.S.-India relations or whether U.S. officials will get involved…
But if anyone from Burnside was considering making a trip to India someday, go ahead and cross that off of the list.
§ May 14th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured Comments Off
And here they come…
We most definitely are. We are in the process of registering our brands now and finalizing our distribution footprint. We plan on rolling out all of our brands with the exception of Old Stock Ale (alcohol exceeds state law).
via MSBeer.org.
§ May 14th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured, Front Page Comments Off
(Brooklyn, NY) – BeerPulse sat down with Brooklyn Brewery Chairman and President, Steve Hindy, for a quick interview while at the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego. Part of the discussion centered around the sale of Hindy’s voting shares. The other part focused on mainly on growth at Brooklyn and in the craft segment…
On Brooklyn’s ongoing $12 million expansion:
“We have eight more 200-barrel fermenters coming in later this year. Then there is still some other equipment that we will buy in Brooklyn and that will essentially complete the $12 million expenditure. And we are looking at possibly expanding our capacity up in Utica [where Brooklyn currently has some of its production contracted]. Right now, our capacity between Brooklyn and Utica is probably 230,000 barrels. We’ll do 180,000 barrels this year and if we keep up this momentum, we’ll hit up against capacity in 2014. We have to decide what we’re going to do pretty soon. Another alternative would be to build another brewery.”
On new capacity opening in the marketplace:
“I think you could do a simple calculation based on new [breweries-in-planning]. Add 500 barrels for each new brewpub and 1,000 barrels for each new brewery. Even that gets you up to ten million barrels of new capacity.
The biggest challenge for any manufacturer is expansion. We’re doing maybe 180,000 barrels this year and we could build capacity to take us to 300,000 barrels in two or three years- if we don’t fill that, we still have to pay for those tanks. It’s a tricky calculation. I think some people are going to get it right and some people are not going to get it right. All the expansion that is being announced now is based on the last five years of growth which has been the steepest period of growth in craft brewing [in terms of volume].”
On Tenth and Blake:
“I think it’s pretty smart what they’re doing. They are really going to school on the whole craft segment. They are getting their people Cicerone-trained. They are trying to figure out a way to be small like us. I’m pretty impressed with what they have done with Blue Moon. Obviously, I think they have more clout with wholesalers because of MillerCoors’ importance to wholesalers.”
BP: Do you see them being a benefit to the craft segment?
“I think so. I know a lot of my colleagues don’t agree but, to me, the more they talk about flavor in beer, the more likely it is that the people they are talking to will try Brooklyn Lager or Sorachi Ace or one of our beers. I think it has always been a dilemma for them because the more they talk about flavor [with T&B], the more they signal to people that their big brands don’t really have much flavor.”
§ May 14th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured Comments Off
That is what you can expect when the 14 breweries in Wyoming release Wy-P-A, an original beer they all helped craft. The state’s breweries will tap kegs of Wy-P-A Monday in honor of American Craft Brew Week. Several weeks ago, brewers from around the state gathered in Pinedale at the Wind River Brewing Company. Each brought hops and malt to concoct a recipe to serve as a state beer.
via Trib.com.
§ May 14th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured Comments Off
On May 21st, 2012 come celebrate with us as we release the fifth beer of our 12 BEERS OF THE APOCALYPSE series :: RUIN Rosemary Agave IPA. Ruin will be available on draft and in bottles with labels featuring the artwork of comic artist Charles Burns from his Black Hole series.
via newsletter.
§ May 14th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured Comments Off
Oskar Blues has inked a letter of intent to lease the historic train depot that will be part of the Depot Square at Boulder Junction development of 31st and Pearl streets in Boulder, Dale Katechis, Oskar Blues founder, told the Camera. A lease could be signed before the end of the month, he said.
via Longmont Times-Call.
§ May 14th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured Comments Off
The joys of starting a brewery…
It took months of legal wrangling with city hall to get ordinances changed to allow the brewery. Then he had to test the recipes. Halker brewed more than a hundred batches of Caramel Cream Ale before it reached perfection. From conception of the idea to the grand opening of Due South Brewing Co. on May 12, it took Halker 21 months.
via New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
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The new facility is to quadruple Meantime’s beer production capacity to 100,000 hectolitres and will host a visitor’s centre and shop. The business is investing £3 million over the next two years and aims to create 30 new jobs in London as a result of its expansion.
via Drinks International.
§ May 14th, 2012 § Filed under News § Tagged featured Comments Off
But while I was enjoying “no-commenting” to fictitious journalists using Weber Shandwick’s FireBell tool, a real five-alarm social media inferno was raging at Diageo. A day earlier, BrewDog, an independent brewery, had blogged about the big drinks company’s efforts to stop it receiving the accolade of “bar operator of the year” by threatening to withdraw sponsorship from future awards ceremonies. Amplified through Twitter, Facebook and other online media, at one point on Wednesday the story was “trending globally” – the sort of situation that multinationals’ communications and brand chiefs have learnt to fear.
via FT.com.
Soon after, a Hindu statesman condemned Burnside, urging it not to release the beer. Burnside issued a swift apology and agreed not to release the beer with that branding. The same Hindu statesman then sent out another press release bringing closure to the debacle.
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