Garage Brewing Co. out of Temecula, California has named a new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. 

Beverage industry veteran Allan O'Neil, who started out at Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York will be Garage's new VP. The full release from the brewery is below.

TEMECULA, Calif. – Beverage industry veteran Allan O’Neil has been named vice president of sales and marketing at Garage Brewing Co., a brewpub and craft beer manufacturer in Southwest Riverside County.

O’Neil’s most recent role was general manager at Bonanza Beverage Company, a family-owned beer distributor in Las Vegas, Nev.

He began his career at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York and progressed through a series of management roles that culminated in VP of sales and marketing.

After Coca-Cola Enterprises acquired the company, he became the regional vice president in New Jersey with full profit and loss responsibility.

O’Neil was then recruited by Heineken USA to manage the national accounts off-premise sales and category management teams for the company’s largest national and regional clients. He was then promoted to regional VP for the Western United States. Heineken USA Western distributors won the prestigious Red Star Award five times during O’Neil’s tenure.

Short's Brewing Co. out of Bellaire, Michigan has announced three new bottle releases to start 2019.

One of the beers, Not Unofficial, is a collaboration IPA brewed with mango and guava from Short's and Lagunitas Brewing Co. out of Petaluma, California.

Also being released are Woodmaster, a brown ale brewed with maple syrup, and FLOAD, a dark American sour brewed with raspberries. The full release is below.

Not Unofficial is a dry-hopped India Pale Ale brewed with mango and guava in collaboration with Lagunitas Brewing Company. Golden in color and slightly hazy, this beer has huge aromas of juicy tropical fruit. Medium bodied this beer leads with flavors of mango and guava before finishing with dank hoppiness.

7.1% ABV
39 IBU

Woodmaster is a high gravity, American Brown Ale fermented with Northern Michigan maple syrup and toasted pecans. This dark brown, full bodied ale is rich with sweet malt and syrup flavors. These flavors are complemented by the presence of hop aromas and a faint nuttiness.

10.5% ABV
23 IBU

Diebolt Brewing Co. in Denver, Colorado has announced the release of a new canned beer.

Chin Chin is a Belgian Golden Strong Ale that serves as the brewery's warming winter seasonal. The full release from the brewery is below, and full event details can be found here.

Chin Chin - Belgian Golden Strong
Can release and tapping!

Prost! Skål! Salud! Santé! Cheers!

Originally named Chin Chin Du Diable (Cheers, Devil). This winter seasonal has finally made it into cans and is ready to help you toast all the winters devilish glory!

Our take on this classic style starts with an irresistibly aromatic bouquet of citrus, pear and spicy perfume that lures the senses and tempts the palate. The flavor is soft, clean and light bodied with subtle fruit and spice notes that levitate to a smooth, dry delicate finish.

Raffle every hour - We'll be raffling off beer and swag every
hour. Raffle ticket provided with every purchase of 10oz,
16oz, and 6 pack.

4pm - 6pm - Live Music: Caitlin Gilmore (Jazz)

4pm - Bonus Re-Release: Brett Barrel Aged Chin Chin.
Midnight in Belgium is 4pm Mountain Standard time and
we are re-releasing bottles of Chin Chin aged in
Chardonnay barrels for 24 months with Brettanomyces.

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San Francisco Beer Week has announced that its opening gala will feature five collaboration beers from Bear Republic Brewing Co., Fort Point Beer Co., Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., Strike Brewing Co. and 21st Amendment Brewery.

The full release from SF Beer Week is below.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Five never-before-tasted Bay Area Brewers Guild collaboration beers are being readied to debut on Friday, February 1, at the 11th SF Beer Week Opening Gala. This annual brewing tradition, initiated by the Guild to celebrate the cooperative and creative spirit of the craft beer community, will result in five packaged beers for the first time in 2019, with four cans and one bottled beer available during the week of beer festivities. In addition, all five brews will be served on draft at the Opening Gala.

pFriem Family Brewers in Hood River, Oregon, which was recently named as the best brewery of 2018 by The Beer Connoisseur, has announced the release of two of its beers in cans for the first time.

The brewery's Pilsner and IPA will both be made available in 12-ounce cans starting in 2019.

Six-packs of IPA will retail for $11.99 and Pils will be $10.99. The full release from the brewery is below.

pFriem Family Brewers, one of the most award-winning breweries in Oregon, announced today that the brewery’s beloved IPA and Pilsner will be available in cans beginning in early March throughout Oregon and Washington. Both beers will continue to be made available on draft and in bottles.