A bi-weekly, non-comprehensive roundup
of news of beer and other things.
Weeks 25/26
3 - 16 July 2016
- 14 July 2016
Death toll climbs to 84 after Tunisian-born terrorist careens truck through Bastille Day revelers in Nice, France.
—Via Washington Post. - 14 July 2016
Private equity firm VMG invests $89.5 million in a recently formed limited partnership with California's Stone Brewing called VMG Stone Brewing Coinvestment.
—Via Brewbound. - 14 July 2016
Even 'craft' breweries have become Pokémon Go 'gyms'.
—Via All About Beer. - 14 July 2016
Changes in Massachusetts beer franchise laws might be early warning for wholesalers throughout the nation.
—Via Beervana.The [distribution] beer market is in flux and there could be seismic changes coming. - 13 July 2016
Ninety percent of the alfalfa, cotton, corn, soy, papaya, sugar beet, zucchini, and summer squash crop in the United States is genetically-modified.
—Via Bloomberg. - 12 July 2016
Beer industry leaders including Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors, HeinekenUSA, Constellation Brands Beer Division, North American Breweries and Craft Brew Alliance —which account for more than 81% of the volume of beer sold in the United States— have agreed to voluntary disclosure of calorie, carbohydrate, protein, fat, ABV/W, ingredients, AND freshness on beer bottles, cans, and packages.
—Via Beer Institute. - 8 July 2016
He was manning the ramparts when the craftbeer revolution began. Steve Dresler, thirty-year-plus brewmaster for Sierra Nevada Brewing, to retire.
—Via All About Beer. - 8 July 2016
After four decades in the beer business, a 'craft' beer distributor retires in northern Virginia.
—Via YFGF. - 8 July 2016
California's Stone Brewing release its first east coast-brewed beers, at its Richmond, Virginia plant.
—Via Richmond Times-Dispatch. - 6 July 2016
The 100 best beer bars in America.
—Via Draft Magazine.A [beer] bar can have thousands of white whales in a building as glorious as the Taj Mahal, but shitty service is a deal breaker. - 6 July 2016
The United States is now the world's largest hop producer, at 21,556 hectares, up 16.7 percent over 2015.
—Via hop broker Barth-Haas, at Appellation Beer. - 4 July 2016
By Jove! NASA's Juno probe achieves orbit around the planet Jupiter, after a five-year, 1.7 billion mile voyage from Earth, only the second spacecraft to orbit Jupiter and the first solar powered craft to do so.
—Via Washington Post. - 3 July 2016
—Via economist Bart Watson, at [U.S.] Brewers Association.Craft brewing growth slowed from 18 percent to 13 percent from 2014 to 2015, but that wasn’t a huge concern for the industry since the absolute growth of the industry was still very large. It’s only natural that as craft gets a larger and larger base, growth rates will slow. - 4 July 2016
Pittsburgh ranks number one among "15 best American beer cities for beer lovers," according to real estate brokerage firm Redfin.
—Via YFGF. - 4 July 2016
Freedom House reports that the number of countries showing a decline in freedom for the year —72— was the largest since the 10-year slide began. Just 43 countries made gains.
—Via Marginal Revolution. - 3 July 2016
- A 'craft' brewster returns to work after recovering from second and third-degree burns over thirty percent of her body.
—Via Idaho Statesman. - Reports to the government of injuries suffered during brewing have increased from 160 in 2011 to 530 in 2014.
—Via All About Beer.
- A 'craft' brewster returns to work after recovering from second and third-degree burns over thirty percent of her body.
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