Revolver Brewing

Tilray Brands chairman and CEO Irwin Simon doesn’t believe the narrative that drinkers – including the youngest legal-drinking-age consumers – are giving up alcohol.

Tilray Brands will cease operations at Hop Valley Brewing in Eugene, Oregon, in July, and transfer production of Hop Valley beers to other breweries owned by the global cannabis and U.S. craft brewing company, Brewbound has learned.

Tilray Brands is moving large-scale production from Revolver Brewing’s facility in Granbury, Texas, to other facilities, the company confirmed in a statement to Brewbound. Revolver’s Texas location “will continue to operate, focusing on unique and innovative brews, and the taproom will remain open.”

This fall, Texas-based Revolver Brewing is joining forces with the Dallas Cowboys and LEGENDS Hospitality to debut three new, limited-edition beers as part of AT&T Stadium’s Teamwork Brews series. 

San Francisco-based Anchor Brewing opted to give itself a makeover as a 125th birthday gift. Ballast Point has revealed new packaging art that has already begun rolling out to retailers. Granbury, Texas-based Revolver Brewing will roll out new artwork for its core offerings this spring. Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned Blue Point Brewing debuted a new logo and branding that will replace art that the Patchogue, New York-based craft brewery has been using for four years.

Combining the trailblazing history of Bulleit Frontier Whiskey with the boldness of Revolver Brewing Company, the whiskey and beer brands have teamed up to reimagine one of the very first Revolver beer recipes—Hey Porter—by aging it in Bulleit Bourbon barrels to create perfection.

Revolver Brewing co-founders Rhett Keisler and Grant Wood are stepping down from their roles leading the Granbury, Texas-based craft brewery, according to an announcement from Molson Coors Brewing Company, which acquired the brewery in 2016.

In this Distribution Roundup: Popular Vermont craft brewer Lawson’s Finest Liquids is partnering with Remarkable Liquids for statewide distribution in New Jersey; Republic National Distributing Company forms a joint venture with Young’s Market Company; MillerCoors’ Revolver brand adds distribution in three states; and more.

The Texas Supreme Court today declined to hear a constitutional challenge brought by three craft breweries to a 2013 state law that stripped beer companies of the ability to sell their distribution rights to wholesalers. The Institute for Justice, a law firm representing the three craft breweries, called the Supreme Court’s refusal to review the case today “a blow to the economic liberty of all Texans.”

Fans of Revolver Brewing now will be able to enjoy four of the brewer’s signature beers in cans for the first time. The new cans are expected to start hitting shelves this week.

In this week’s edition of Last Call: President Donald Trump makes tax reform law; Left Hand seeks $6 Million in damages in White Labs lawsuit; the Beer Institute releases November domestic tax paid estimates; the Brewers Association offers to pay to return lost kegs; and more.

In a clear win for beer distributors, the Texas Senate yesterday voted 19-10 in favor of a bill that, if signed by Governor Greg Abbott, would require breweries making more than 225,000 barrels annually to repurchase their own product from wholesalers in order to continue selling beer for on-premise consumption at their taprooms.

In this week’s, Legislative Update: Texas lawmakers consider bill that could force big breweries to close taprooms; North Carolina fails to increase cap for self-distribution; and much more.