Archive for Boston Beer Company

Time to worry about the big guys?

Should we be worried that American owned macros are a dying breed? I’m not worried yet. With the local craft brewery down the street, I’ll take a fresh draft.
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!

The Biggest of a Dying Breed
washingtonpost.com
By Greg Kitsock
One year shy of 180, D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc. in Pottsville, Pa., [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Boston Beer Company increased sales in the Second Quarter of 2008

Boston Beer posts profit jump as sales increase
BOSTON - The Boston Beer Co., the Sam Adams brewer, posted a 25 percent rise in second-quarter profit, due in part to higher sales of craft beers.
For the quarter ended June 28, the company earned $8.5 million, or 60 cents per share. That was up from $6.8 million, [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Indian Ranch Summer Brewfest 2008

 
Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 4-8 p.m.
Come down and sample beer from some of the finest Craft Brewers around including Magic Hat, Sierra Nevada, Sherwood Forest, Hook and Ladder, Woodchuck Cider, Narragansett, Opa Opa, Cape Ann, Wachusett, Harpoon, Long Trail, Red Hook, Berkshire, Sam Adams, Shipyard, Boulder Beer, and more!
Live music by The British [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Samuel Adams Beer Lovers Choice - Is Coming For YOU

Ale House Wednesday? Anyone?
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!
August
8/4/2008 Barking Dog 19-23 Friend St, Amesbury, MA 7-9pm
8/6/2008 Ale House 37 Friend St, Amesbury, MA 7-9pm
8/8/2008 Andover Liquors 209 North Main St, Andover, MA 5-7pm
8/28/2008 Greenwood Wine & Spirits 969 Main St, Wakefield , MA 5-7pm

 
 
The 4th annual Samuel Adams Beer Lovers Choice program will [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Top premium and craft beers, by volume

Top premium and craft beers, by volume
NEW YORK (Associated Press)
TOP THREE U.S. PREMIUM BEERS, 2007, BY VOLUME SHIPPED:
Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch Co., St. Louis, Mo., 42 million barrels
     - Six-pack of 12-ounce bottles, typically $5.59
Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, 24.6 million barrels
     - Six-pack of 12-ounce bottles, typically $5.59
Miller Lite, MillerCoors, Chicago, 18.4 million barrels
     - Six-pack of 12-ounce [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Saturday, July 26th, 2008

First Quarter Losses for Boston Beer Company

Boston Beer swings to 1st-quarter loss on recall costs
BOSTON - Boston Beer Co. Inc., which brews Sam Adams-brand beers, said Tuesday it swung to a loss in the first quarter, due to costs and lost sales stemming from a recall of some of its glass bottles last month.
For the quarter ended March 29, the company [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Weekend Update - Happy Cinco de Mayo

*** HAVERHILL TAP - TONIGHT - to CELEBRATE CINCO DE MAYO ***
I hope that you had a great weekend. For me, it was a very busy beer weekend, in which I attended both Nerax and CBC. In case you forget, here are the Previous blogs:
CBC Birthday Celebration
NERAX 2008 - Be there or be square
Nerax (New [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, May 5th, 2008

Changes for Goose Island in Chicago

Goose Island plans last call for its Clybourn pub
By Mike Hughlett | Tribune reporter

Goose Island Beer Co.’s pioneering North Side brew pub, where the Chicago area’s flagship craft beer was launched 20 years ago, is scheduled to close at the end of 2008, a victim of rising rents in its hip neighborhood.
But the brew [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, April 21st, 2008

National News from the Brewers Association

Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List
Boulder, Colo. • April 7, 2008 – The Brewers Association, which tabulates industry growth data, announced its annual list of the top fifty brewing companies. Released are both a Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies¹ list and a list of the Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies. Statistics are based on [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Growth challenge is brewing at Boston Beer

By Jon Chesto
The Patriot Ledger
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BOSTON — If the craft brewing industry held a popularity contest, Boston Beer would easily win. The South Boston-based company took the No. 1 spot among craft brewers years ago and never looked back, with its shipment volumes of Samuel Adams beers rising by more than 15 percent in the last [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, April 14th, 2008