The American Craft Beer Rumor Mill – October 21, 2015

American Craft Beer|October 21st, 2015|

We’re halfway through October already…And clearly nothing’s slowing down anytime soon. But no worries – Rumor Mill is always on the case, keeping you plugged in to all the craft beer news that matters. Plus we’ve an all-important update on what we’ve been drinking lately and you absolutely don’t want to miss that.

An IPO For An IPA (San Diego, CA) – The nation’s 31^st largest craft brewery, Ballast Point has officially filed plans to go public with the Securities and Exchange Commission according to Fortune. If approved, the brewer would become one of a very few publicly traded craft beer companies, which currently includes breweries like Sam Adams, Redhook and Kona.

Blue Jays Ban Beer Can Sales At American League Playoff Games (Toronto, CA) – Well not everywhere in the stadium but definitely in the upper deck at Rogers Centre. According to the AP, the “Toronto Blue Jays have banned selling beer cans in the upper deck at the AL Championship Series after fans threw them on the field during a ruckus earlier in the playoffs.” And we have to ask, while we’re at it, why is a team based in Canada, allowed in the “American” League to begin with? We know how they get when they drink.

Words To Drink By (Washington, DC) – “Beer has always been my drug of choice…I’ve been drinking it since I was nine.”

Tom Bobak – ACB Founder & Editor-In-Chief

Craft Beer Goes LoCo (Ashburn, VA) – Our friends at Lost Rhino will be hosting the first ever LoCo Brewfest this weekend and if you’re in the area, you should think about hitting it. We recently toured all the artisan breweries out in Loudoun County and we’re blown away by all the exciting things going on up that way. Saturday’s festival is your opportunity to sample the region’s bounty all in one place – and we suggest you take it.

Beer Study Confirms What Most Of You Already Know (Grand Rapids, MI) – Craft beer tourism is providing an economic boost to communities all across America and a recent Experience Grand Rapids study only re-confirms what all of you already know. The study reports that craft beer has had a 12.23 million economic impact on Grand Rapids and draws more than 13,000 out-of-state visitors annually to the city.

What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Manhattan, KS) – We’d like to thank all the breweries who ship us beer from time to time. It’s always great to sample the brews that we write about and helps to give us a better feel for what’s happening out there. And last night we hit up a Pint of something we really enjoyed from Tallgrass.From its classic video game themed cans to the fact that it comes in 1 Pint cans, everything’s right about Tallgrass 8-Bit Pale Ale. And at 5.2% ABV Galaxy hop-forward fresher, invites you to have another…and we did!