America’s Beer Distributors

America's Beer Distributors Celebrate American Craft Beer Week

America’s 3,330 licensed beer distributors are celebrating the excitement that craft beer brings to the beer industry during American Craft Beer Week, May 14-20, 2012, a national celebration highlighting the culture and contributions of craft beer and the nearly 2,000 craft breweries across the United States.

The Craft Beer Distributor of the Year Award recognizes an American beer distributor who goes above and beyond in their efforts to actively market, sell and promote craft beer. Nominations will be accepted until August 15, 2012. Nominate a distributor today!

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Stop Underage Drinking Resources

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May 13, 2012

ALEXANDRIA, VA – America’s 3,330 licensed beer distributors are celebrating the excitement that craft beer brings to the beer industry during American Craft Beer Week, May 14-20, 2012, a national celebration highlighting the culture and contributions of craft beer and the nearly 2,000 craft breweries across the United States.

April 30, 2012

America’s Independent, Licensed Beer Distributors Celebrate Independent, Licensed Taverns

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Throughout the month of May, the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) will recognize Tavern Month, a celebration of the many licensed bars and taverns that provide hundreds of thousands of jobs to hardworking men and women and enrich America’s social culture.

April 18, 2012

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) and the Brewers Association (BA) are seeking nominations for the Sixth Annual Craft Beer Distributor of the Year Award. The award recognizes an American beer distributor who goes above and beyond in their efforts to actively market, sell and promote craft beer. The award will be presented October 13, 2012, at the Great American Beer Festival® hosted by the BA in Denver, Colorado.

March 30, 2012

Highlight Effective Role of State-Based Alcohol Regulation

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Throughout the month of April, the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) will be recognizing Alcohol Awareness Month, as designated by the U.S. Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to raise awareness about the problem of alcohol abuse.

May 16, 2012

Union Beer Distributors of Brooklyn, New York, announced that Heady Topper from The Alchemist Brewery of Waterbury, Vermont, has arrived in New York City. Excitement for the beer has grown among beer aficionados waiting for it to arrive in the city.

May 16, 2012

Starting June 1, consumers can buy alcohol in places other than state-run liquor stores, but will customers be able to swallow the new prices? State run stores currently mark up liquor about 52 percent. When Initiative 1183 takes effect, that percentage will be replaced by a standard 10-percent fee at distribution and two fees at the retail level, totaling 37 percent. But to make any profit, retailers and distributors will have to add their own markup.

May 16, 2012

The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage control has a program to see whether alcohol retailers abide by the law and to crack down on businesses that sell to underage buyers. Between July 2009 and February 2012, the state conducted more than 9,700 underage buyer inspections. Thirteen percent of the time, retailers failed the inspection by selling to the underage buyer or committing another infraction, according to an analysis of the data by Capital News Service.

May 16, 2012

Blue Moon Brewing Co. of Golden, Colorado, is kicking off an eight-market test this month for Farmhouse Red Ale. The beer, a hybrid of a Saison and a Belgian Red, “gets its red amber color and malty caramel taste from a unique combination of five malts. We then add white pepper and hibiscus for a subtle spice character, balanced with a pleasantly tart finish.” The test markets for the launch include: Atlanta, Columbus, Denver, Hartford, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Rochester and St. Louis.

May 15, 2012

Thanks in part to D. Bertoline & Sons, Inc., a beer distributorship located in Peekskill, New York, more than 1,200 seniors from six high schools recently participated in the Street Smart program, which encourages students to make the right choices and avoid underage alcohol consumption.

May 8, 2012

For the second year, Peter Heimark, president of both Heimark Distributing Co. and Triangle Distributing Co. in California, held a one-page essay contest for employees of the companies who were interested in attending the 2012 NBWA Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.

May 2, 2012

Congressman Hurt with LDC Co-Owners Linda Lawrence Dalton and Barry DaltonU.S.

April 26, 2012

Please take a few minutes today to be part of the 2012 Compensation and Benefits Study! The deadline is May 4, 2012.

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