Altstadt Brewery in Fredericksburg, Texas has announced that its core lineup of beers will be available in cans year-round. Full details from the brewery are below.

Fredericksburg, Texas — Altstadt Brewery is excited to announce that their core beers, Kolsch, Lager, Amber, and Hefeweizen are now available in cans. Previously only available in bottles and draft, the new can will allow beer lovers to enjoy Altstadt’s German-Style Beers where glass is not allowed.

Altstadt beers have won many awards including the 2019 Gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival for both German style Kolsch and Munich Style Helles Lager, the gold medal at the 2019 US Open Beer Championships for German Style Kolsch, the bronze medal at the World Beer Cup for Amber (German style Altbier) and many others. Rounding out the can offerings is a German-style Hefeweizen that was previously available only on draft.

The cans feature unique embossed lettering and vibrant colors in a proprietary design that uses new packaging technology.Altstadt has seen strong growth in distribution and sales and recently expanded to North Texas.

“Based on our sales success and high consumer demand for our beers in cans we decided to invest in a state-of-the-art canning and packaging facility and are proud to offer this new can technology to beer lovers all over Texas,” said William Scripps Jr, Vice President and Manager of Altstadt Brewery.

Heavy Seas Beer in Baltimore, Maryland has announced a collaboration beer with Max's Taphouse and BARCS called Pooch Power Pilsner. Full details on this release are below.

BALTIMORE — Heavy Seas Beer is excited to announce the next release from its 15 Barrel Brewhouse, Pooch Power, an unfiltered Pilsner. This beer will be available in 4-packs of 16 oz. cans and on draft in the Heavy Seas Taproom at the brewery during the official release on Friday, April 17, and at its annual Pups & Pints event on Sunday, April 19. Max’s Taphouse will also be having a draft only release of the beer on Saturday, April 18th. A portion of all Pooch Power 4pack sales at the brewery, and Pooch Power draft sales at Max’s, will be donated to the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS).

“Sometimes simple and classic is best. It doesn’t get any more classic in Baltimore for craft beer enthusiasts than Max’s Taphouse,” says Heavy Seas Brewmaster, Christopher Leonard. “When developing a beer with them to help benefit our fine furry friends through BARCS, we opted to brew a Franconian-style Kellerpils. Imported German pilsner malt with just a hint of Vienna malt for the slightest bready character blends with Perle, Hallertau, and Strisselspalt hops for a classy, clean, refreshing, golden brew that is eminently quaffable.”

Payette Brewing Co. in Boise, Idaho has announced a "Buy a Pal a Pint" program, which will take effect when the brewery reopens following the coronavirus pandemic. Full details from the brewery are below.

Boise, ID (March 18, 2020) – Today, Payette Brewery launched an online “Buy Your Pal a Pint” program, giving the local community a way to share some love and comfort during this uncertain time.

This “Buy Now. Redeem Later” program allows people to virtually send a beer to a friend from the comfort of their own home, which can then be enjoyed by their pal at the brewery when this madness is over. The cost of a pint is $5. Multiple pints can be ordered.

“Our brewery knows that during times like this, sometimes you just need a beer to help you

through it,” said owner Mike Francis. “This idea was sparked by our staff who wanted to

Continue to pass over a beer to our friends and supporters in our community, and assure them we care during this uneasy time.

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Motorworks Brewing in Bradenton, Florida has released a hand sanitizer made from beer with Dark Door Spirits to help people clean their hands in order to avoid the COVID-19. Full details from Motorworks are below.

Bradenton, Fla. (March 18th, 2020) –  Bradenton’s Motorworks Brewing and Tampa’s Dark Door Spirits have joined forces again, this time to make hand sanitizer.

Baxter Brewing Co. in Lewiston, Maine has ceased its dine-in and bar service at the brewery, allowing only to-go orders for a short window. Full details from the brewery on this decision are below.

AN UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19

We make this next announcement with an extremely heavy heart; after much deliberation and with the safety of our staff and patrons being our top priority, we have decided to cease all dine-in and bar service at The Pub, effective immediately. This was not a conclusion that we arrived at easily, but based on Federal and Local guidelines, we will no longer be open for regular service.

We used yesterday, a day usually spent enjoying great beer with friends and family, to allow the team time to construct the best method for offering beer to go in a safe and efficient manner. We will launch daily specials and some great pricing on take-home crowlers from our speciality lines and move forward with our scheduled release of Window Seat in 12 ounce 6 packs today.

Beginning today, Wednesday, March 18th the Pub will be open for “To-Go” beer sales only, between 4 PM-7 PM. This is an ever-evolving situation so please understand that this may change as we are responding to this situation as proactively and responsibly as possible.