Houston’s Saint Arnold Brewing Co., the oldest craft brewery in Texas, is expanding to Florida’s Gulf coast this month. Expect to see the brewery’s Fancy Lawnmower Beer, Elissa IPA and Christmas Ale on tap at bars and restaurants in Sarasota and Manatee counties on Nov. 20, according to Saint Arnold founder and brewer Brock Wagner. […]
Craft brewing is a unique industry in America, not just for its creative, bold products, but also because of the regulation of its distribution and sales, which keeps alive its independent, local spirit amid intense monopolistic forces. Just how important is wholesale distribution to craft beer? For starters, it was a key in ending Prohibition. […]
Normally, businesses scale back when sales slip. Pepin Distributing did quite the opposite. Despite a slight drop in overall beer sales, the local distributor has completed a $12 million warehouse expansion to make room for a trendy, niche product: craft beer. Craft beer sales make up just 5.5 percent of the Tampa beer market but […]