Craft Brewers Conference Showcases the Return of Regional Brewers to PA and the USA.PHILADELPHIA -- Thirty years ago, Coors came to Philadelphia, heralding the decline and ultimate demise of regional brands like Ortlieb's and Schmidt's. But now the microbreweries of the 1980s and 90s have grown up, repopulating the regional brewer ranks with the likes of Philadelphia's Yards Brewing Company Yards Brewing Company is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's only production brewery within city limits. Despite Philadelphia's history as a home to thousands of brewers and a regional brewing center, a number of factors including the consolidation of the brewing industry and the city's , Stoudt Brewing from Adamstown and Dogfish dogfish, name for a number of small sharks of several different families. Best known are the spiny dogfishes (family Squalidae) and the smooth dogfishes (family Triakidae). Spiny dogfishes have two spines, one in front of each dorsal fin, and lack an anal fin. Head Craft Brewery in Delaware -- as well as host of others from across the country that now sell in the Keystone State. Starting April 14, the nation's small brewers gather in downtown Philadelphia, giving local media a unique chance to see the new face of beer: innovative pioneers who started new breweries at a time when experts considered the industry to be in decline. Today these brewers continue to buck that trend, thriving in a craft beer segment that grew by more than 7 percent last year even as the rest of the beer industry struggles to maintain sales. These feisty brewers dish out innovative beers and creative business strategies that bring flavorful beer to the taps and coolers of Philadelphia. The conference will conduct two specific briefings for media, one aimed at business content, the other focused on food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. content. These briefings can be attended in person or via phone. See: www.beertown.org/phillymedia.html or contact Ray Daniels at ray@brewersassociation.org or 312-203-8383. We will also work to make individual brewery owners or groups of owners available to the media at their convenience. Please see details below and contact Ray Daniels at 312-203-8383. Regional Brewery This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. Founders and Management Attending Craft Brewers Conference Among those available for interviews during the conference will be the head of the country's largest female-owned and managed brewery, New Belgium New Belgium can refer to:
Heads of out-of-state regional brewers distributing in Pennsylvania who will attend include: Allagash Brewing Co. (ME) Boulder Beer Co. (CO) Brewery Ommegang Brewery Ommegang is a brewery located near Cooperstown, New York. Ommegang brews Belgian-style ales. Ommegang began brewing Belgian-style ales in 1997. Built by Don Feinberg, an aficionado of Belgian beers, it started up in a purpose-built building based on a traditional (NY) Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn Brewery was started in 1987 by former Associated Press correspondent Steve Hindy and former Chemical Bank lending officer Tom Potter. Hindy learned to brew beer during a six year stay in various Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and Syria, where possession and (NY) Flying Dog Brewery Flying Dog Brewery is a beer brewery located in Denver, Colorado. When it opened in 1990, it was the first brewery in Aspen in over 100 years, and one of the first brewpubs in the Rocky Mountain region. (CO) Goose Island Brewing Co. (IL) Great Divide BC (CO) Great Lakes Brewing Co. (OH) Harpoon Brewery (MA) Kalamazoo Brewing Co (MI) Left Hand & Tabernash BC (CO) Pyramid Breweries (WA) Rogue Ales (OR) Russian River Brewing Co. (CA) Smuttynose Brewing (NH) Stone Brewing Co. (CA) Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. (OR) |
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