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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

IRI Top 30 Beer Brand Performers in 2007

The 30 fastest growing beer brands in the U.S. last year included notables such as Bud Light, Miller Lite and Coors Light….
Click here to read the article.
IRI Top 30 Beer Brand Performers in 2007
Total U.S. Supermarkets

Rank
Beer Brand

1
Blue Moon Belgian White Ale

2
Samuel Adams Seasonal

3
Heineken Premium Light Lager

4
Stella Artois Lager

5
Newcastle Brown Ale

6
Coors Light

7
Bud Light

8
Yuengling Traditional Lager

9
Miller Lite

10
Samuel [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Boston Beer Profit Soars

March 11, 2008, 3:23PM
From 2008 The Associated Press
BOSTON — Boston Beer Co. Inc. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as the company sold more barrels of beer and consumers increasingly chose its Samuel Adams brews.
For the quarter ended Dec. 29, net income jumped to $6.8 million, or 46 cents per share, from [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Sam Adams steps up!

Saw an article about this by Lew Bryson. Sam Adams is selling 20,000 lbs of hops they determined they can live without to small craft brewers at cost. Very cool.
http://www.samueladams.com/promotions/HopSharing/Default.aspx

Posted by: Sean-o on Saturday, February 16th, 2008

U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage

U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage
© Business Wire 2007 - 2007-12-08 00:40:32 -

Participants in the Brewers Association’s (BA) Export Development Program (EDP) recently won a combined 30 medals from the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival and the European Beer Star Competition. EDP is an initiative created to increase the international recognition of
U.S. craft breweries [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Sunday, December 16th, 2007

How much would YOU pay for a craft beer?

OK, by the title you are imagining that this is an article based on the hop shortage and the increase in the cost of grains. BUT if you did, you would be incorrect. I posted this article because they mention the Utopias and the Dark Lord.
Enjoy!!
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!
P.s. This adds one more [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Brewer in Dispute With Real Sam Adams

This is one of those times that you’re better off researching before shooting from the hip. We’ve all done it before… Spoke before our brain has finished computing. BUT.. Even negative press can help a mayoral campaign. Can you believe that someone actually poured beer into a toilet?Enjoy!!
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!
Brewer in Dispute [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Friday, October 26th, 2007

Samuel Adams - Battling with the big guys

Below is an article about the Business side of Samuel Adams Brewery (Boston Beer Company). This market analysis was made before the announcement of the Coors/Miller merger. It’s interesting to see a former Microbrewery battling with the big guys….
Sean
Drink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!
P.s. I added extra pictures for those who might find this rather [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner

Hello Fellow Beer Lovers,Ian and I wanted to post some information about the Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner. Yes, it’s strange that I am mentioned Sam Adams here, but once we sampled this offering, we knew it was a home run. I have added our official review and information from Sam Adams. If you are [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Saturday, October 13th, 2007