Craft Brewing and Distilling News for July 16, 2013
July 16, 2013•Louisiana-based Abita Brewing will add a new Grapefruit IPA to its limited-release Abita Harvest line later this year. Made with Louisiana ruby red grapefruit, pale, pilsner wheat and caramel malts and Cascade hops, the new brew will debut in December. Meanwhile, Abita says it will release its popular Andygator high-gravity Helles Doppelbock in six-packs this October. Abita president David Blossman said the addition of a new packaging line and planned improvements to the group’s brewhouse have enabled the six-pack format for Andygator, which is made with pale malt, German lager yeast and German Perle hops. Andygator will continue to be sold in 22-ounce bottles as well.
•New Belgium Brewing is set to enter Delaware on August 19 through NKS Distributors, part of the Anheuser-Busch network. Initially, 22-ounce packs of New Belgium’s Fat Tire, Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA and Trippel beers, as well as 12-pack cans of Shift will be on offer, with more draft and 12-ounce formats following in mid-October. Delaware marks New Belgium’s 33rd state of distribution. The company, which is quickly expanding East of the Mississippi from its base in Colorado, is entering Florida this month and says its plan is to continue “inching our way into more and more areas in the Northeast.”
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